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profile Job Location:

Lagos - Nigeria

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

  • Assist the legal department in drafting agreements
  • Providing legalassistancein relation tothe companysevolving technology solutions and digital service offerings.
  • Reviewing drafting and negotiating IT and IT-related agreements including services level agreements technology procurement implementation licensing managed services and outsourcing agreements.
  • Advising on the structuring of and responses to tenders for the provision of technology servicesand other related matters.
  • Working closely with client engagement teams as well as ourIT team.
  • Policy drafting proffering advise on data privacy (and ensuring data compliance) in line with provisions of the NDPR.
  • Ensuring regulatory compliance
  • Assists with ensuring that the institution meets its legal responsibilities under the Nigerian Laws and Regulations
  • Manages the relationship with external legal firms and practitioners as required
  • Ensures transfer of files to external lawyers in coordination with the MD and monitor performance
  • Reviews and proposes updates to the companys documents as needed
  • Provides assistance to the business in ensuring compliance with all various legal requirements
  • Ensures proper legal consultations are provided to departments / units
  • Ensures the proper filing of the department files.
  • Ensures the registration of agreements before submitting to ministries governmental departments and administrations.
  • Conducts meetings with clients and concerned parties to discuss related legal matters
  • Conducts review of texts of standard contracts agreements legal correspondence and forms as well as analysis of formal complaints against the company and advice on measures of action
  • Understands and owns compliance responsibility as distinctive from operational/revenue generating responsibilities.
  • Risk Owner: as a member of a department you assist in owning some risks that are allocated to them.
  • As a team member you are to report any hazards risk weaknesses or incidents relevant to any part of the organization.
  • Ensuring that all devices connected to the Companys network comply with the Minimum-Security Standard for Networked Devices.
  • Any other related tasks assigned.


  • Minimum of5years of post-calllegalexperiencepreferably in corporateorTech/FinTechOrganization.
  • Relevant certifications as an added advantage.
  • Work Type: Hybrid (4 days onsite & 1 day remote)



Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

Assist the legal department in drafting agreementsProviding legalassistancein relation tothe companysevolving technology solutions and digital service offerings.Reviewing drafting and negotiating IT and IT-related agreements including services level agreements technology procurement implementation l...
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