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Job DescriptionsDraft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, transactional documents, corporate governance instruments, and other legal documentation.Coordinate regulatory licensing applications, trademark registrations, statutory filings, and compliance processes involving relevant regulatory bodies, including CAC, SCUML, NLRC, FRC, and LSLB, as applicable.Conduct legal research and prepare legal opinions, advisory memoranda, and reports on commercial, corporate, employment, and regulatory matters.Provide legal and regulatory advice on the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023, applicable subsidiary regulations, and relevant international data protection frameworks.Conduct Data Protection Compliance Assessments (DPCAs), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and regulatory compliance gap analyses.Draft and review privacy notices, data processing agreements, consent forms, data protection policies, and other privacy governance documents.Advise clients on cross-border data transfers, regulatory reporting obligations, data breaches, incident response, and privacy risk mitigation.Support clients in developing and implementing effective data protection and privacy compliance frameworks.Independently manage assigned client matters and engagements, ensuring timely delivery, accuracy, and high-quality service.Maintain appropriate matter documentation, monitor deadlines, and provide regular updates on assigned engagements.Collaborate with colleagues across practice areas to deliver commercially practical and client-focused legal solutions.

Job DescriptionsDraft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, agreements, and other transactional legal documents.Conduct legal due diligence on corporate transactions, investments, and business opportunities.Provide legal advisory services on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, fintech, data protection, and regulatory compliance.Identify legal risks and recommend practical, commercially viable solutions.Conduct legal research and prepare articles, reports, and other thought-leadership content on relevant legal developments.Maintain strong client relationships and collaborate with colleagues to deliver high-quality legal services.Keep abreast of developments in corporate law, technology, financial services, and regulatory frameworks.

Job DescriptionsManage the Department’s calendar, meetings, appointments and action trackers.Maintain and update the Department’s physical and electronic filing systems and ensure easy retrieval of documents.Maintain and update the contracts register of contracts including execution, expiry, renewal and other key dates.Maintain and update the litigation/dispute trackers including court dates, deadlines, external counsel updates and legal fees.Track statutory, regulatory and other Department tasks, deadlines, filings and deliverables.Support contract administration processes, including document circulation, execution tracking and record maintenance.Assist with legal research, data gathering and preparation of routine reports, presentations and correspondence as assigned.Coordinate engagements with external counsel, consultants and service providers, including processing and tracking invoices and supporting documentation.Schedule and coordinate departmental meetings and maintain records of key action items where required.Coordinate departmental events including retreats, workshops and other team activities including logistics and vendor management.Assist with preparing presentations, reports and other materials required by the Head, Legal & Company Secretary.Provide general administrative support to the members of the Department and assist with special projects as required.Manage departmental calendars, meeting schedules, and logistical arrangements.Perform any other reasonable administrative or coordination duties assigned by the Head, Legal & Company Secretary from time to time.