Senior Paralegal

Job Type: Full Time or Part time

Location: AfricaRemote

Department: Legal Regulatory Affairs

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience as a paralegal with a leading global or African law firm (inhouse work experience a plus)
• Relevant educational degrees and professional certifications
• Proficient in Google apps Microsoft Office and legal software/applications
• Experience supporting the incorporation of foreign companies (e.g. apostilles etc.)
• Experience designing and managing electronic records and virtual data rooms
• Experience supporting a diverse group of inhouse lawyers
• Fluent in English (French plus)

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all company secretary functions at the parent and its subsidiaries
• Maintain a comprehensive filing and recordkeeping system for all contracts legal correspondence
• litigation/arbitration documentation constitutional and other official corporate documents etc.
• Support the commercial onboarding and finance functions by designing and administering selfservice portals for easy access to requirement KYB documentation
• Maintain a database of a wide variety of templates
• Coordinate the contract review and approval process
• Participate in relevant meetings and prepare related documentation
• Manage administrative/invoicing relationships with external law firms
• Generally support the inhouse legal team

Note: Job responsibilities may be split with an existing paralegal so actual responsibilities may be a subset of those listed above

Reports to: Assistant General Counsel

Direct reports: None

Remote Work :

No