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Company Legal Officer
About this role
A Company Legal Officer is sought to protect Standard Life Organization's legal interests by providing legal advice, managing risks, supporting loan recovery, ensuring contractual compliance, handling litigation, and ensuring adherence to laws and internal policies. The role requires collaboration with Management, Credit Operations, Internal Control and Compliance, Human Resources, Audit and Finance to keep activities within the law while safeguarding assets and reputation. The organisation is an NGO-microfinance institution focused on socio-economic empowerment through capacity building and financial services. The position targets a proactive, commercially minded legal professional capable of identifying risks and proposing preventive measures. The role is based in Edo and serves the organisation across governance, compliance, debt recovery, and dispute resolution functions.
What you would do
- Provide timely legal advice to Management and relevant departments.
- Interpret Nigerian laws and regulations affecting the organisation.
- Review internal policies for potential legal exposure.
- Support corporate governance processes, including board resolutions and filings.
- Advise on legal implications of new products, expansions, partnerships and transactions.
- Maintain a register of significant legal risks and mitigation plans.
- Support loan recovery teams with legal input on delinquent loans.
- Review loan documents and ensure enforceability of collateral arrangements.
- Prepare demand letters, default notices, settlement agreements and recovery documents.
- Liaise with external solicitors and recovery agents when litigation is needed and monitor recovery cases.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from a recognised university.
- Barrister-at-Law qualification from the Nigerian Law School.
- 3 to 5 years of post-call legal experience; experience in financial services or microfinance is preferred.
- Experience in debt recovery, litigation, contract drafting and employment law.
- Understanding of Nigerian financial services regulation and commercial law.
- Experience managing external solicitors and legal proceedings is an advantage.
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