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Nairobi - Kenya

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Job Description

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

Employment Type

Full Time

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