Legal Associate at Sunray Ventures

Sunray Ventures is an African venture builder, addressing Africa’s core opportunities and challenges, by building and growing high-impact companies that are leaders in their respective fields. Sunray Ventures currently works in three different verticals.

We are currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Associate

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Description
The primary objective is for the Legal Associate to provide general legal support to the group’s businesses. The key responsibilities of this role include:

Directing, coordinating and supervising groupwide legal matters,
Monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements;
Monitoring external counsel;
Ensuring timely filing of statutory returns;
Preparing legal templates required for business processes and engagements; negotiating contracts with counterparties;
Identifying and forecasting legal risks and advising on legal risk mitigation.
Acting as company secretary,
Attending and maintaining of minutes in respect of group meetings;
Providing and implementing recommendations on the group’s corporate governance framework, ensuring that the group not only adheres to legal requirements but to global corporate governance best practices;
Liaising with regulatory and governmental institutions as required;
Tracking and maintaining records of regulatory developments within the group’s industries, and reporting such developments to management;
Other related activities, as may be required from time to time.

Requirements

Law degree with excellent grades
Admission to the Nigerian bar.
Minimum of 2 years post-call (Nigerian bar) work experience in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment. Strong preference will be given to applicants that have worked in top-tier law firms.
Proven law firm experience and background in Nigerian law particularly power, oil and gas, employment, project financing, investment law and general corporate advisory
Proven background on liaising with regulatory authorities in Nigeria
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office applications in particular MS Word at an advanced standard
Experience in managing and dealing with high-profile counterparts
Commercial awareness
Excellent communications skills and the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
High degree of personal maturity with the ability to lead conversations and negotiate with high profile counterparts
Ability to critically analyse complex problems and provide structured solutions
Comfortable with working as part of a team
Confidentiality
Willingness to work flexible hours if necessary.