• Application Deadline: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Senior Attorney


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 - 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Law / Legal 
  


• Salary Range ₦400,000 - ₦500,000
  

Job Description

Details

• 10+ years of major law firm or large corporation in-house experience, preferably working on financial services, fintech, payments, or related products


• 3+ years in contract drafting, negotiation and deal management for larger business transactions


• Experience with third-party service agreements


• Excellent organizational, time management, and follow-up skills


• Are a great deal lawyer--willing and able to roll up your sleeves and get into the details of major deals


• Have worked in, or closely with, one or more technology companies to structure complex financial services relationships


• Are a great communicator and solid project manager, able to effectively prioritize and advance a large number of deals happening simultaneously, often on tight deadlines. Solid understanding of banking operations, payment network rules and other financial services regulatory issues


• Extreme organization skills

How you will lead

• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements and transaction documents, particularly with respect to bank/fintech partnership transactions, payments, innovative financial service alliances, and other third-party service agreements


• Liaise with internal stakeholders for input on privacy, data sharing, data security, regulatory and marketing considerations while developing and drafting form contracts for routine transactions – all while minimizing company and customer risk


• Maintain an understanding of regulatory impact in partnering with financial institutions and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations


• Supporting all internal business units by providing efficient and effective legal counsel


• General transactional/commercial support for other business lines with contract drafting, review and negotiation


• Undertake project work from time to time to support larger initiatives within the team or organization supporting company goals/objectives


• Additional responsibilities as may be assigned as needed


• Work with Legal, Compliance and business teams to implement regulatory changes that impact customer facing products, services, and marketing efforts


• Be tech-savvy and fintech-forward, identifying tools that could aid in the commercial legal support tasks – all to improve processes and efficiencies.


• Provide mentoring and cross-training of colleagues to undertake commercial legal work supporting banking services