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