Legal Policy Regulatory and Governance Intern at Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings

Tongston is a pan-African group of companies connecting entrepreneurship and education through finance, media, consulting and training. Tongston, with special focus on secondary education, partners with educators, parents, students, profit and non-profit enterprises, social influencers, investors and government, whilst leveraging on media, learning and finance, to transform secondary schools into entrepreneurship institutes, secondary teachers to entrepreneurial educators and secondary students to entrepreneurial learners.

Tongston is structured as a holding company, Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings, together the “Tongston Group” with 4 subsidiary entities: Tongston Entrepreneurship College (Tongston College): A business secondary school, Tongston Entrepreneurial Teachers Hub (Tongston Institute): An educator training centre, Tongston Entrepreneurship Ventures (Tongston Ventures): A venture capital & private equity firm and Tongston Entrepreneurship Media (Tongston Media): A multimedia production company.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Policy Regulatory and Governance Intern

Location: Abuja (FCT)

Job Roles and Responsibilities

Monitoring and/or advising on all legal matters, commercial contracts, and agreements
Drafting corporate agreements and handling company secretarial duties
Ensuring the company complies with the statutory and corporate governance practices and guidelines as applicable
Managing intellectual property filings
Managing interfaces with external counsel.

Requirements and Skills

LLB in Law or equivalent Legal qualification
At least 2 years’ experience in a law firm focused on commercial and contract law
Relevant legal qualifications, either solicitor, barrister or CILEX
Strong legal experience in corporate and commercial matters
Excellent contractual drafting skills
Experience handling corporate secretariat matters
Strong attention to detail
Self-motivated and takes initiative
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Possess Entrepreneurial attitude, skills and knowledge
Proficient in the use of Microsoft office tools – PowerPoint word and excel
Ability to work independently and to manage multiple projects
High integrity, ethics and work standards
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.