Legal Counsel at Jiji Cars (Formerly Cars45 Limited)

Jiji Cars is a part of Jiji, the leading online marketplace in Pan-African countries, with over 200 million users from offices in 10 countries. We work every day to make sure that people have a place for safe buying and selling cars. We constantly improve the quality of service, and we always help our customers to seal deals. That's why now, to be of even more use, the company needs talented and motivated people.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Ilupeju, Lagos

Job Summary

• We are looking for a brilliant Legal mind as a Legal Counsel to join our growing team at Jiji.
• You will have an interesting role of overseeing the legal aspects of our business. As a key member of our team, you will review, interpret and translate all our legal matters and effectively communicate these to the business and all stakeholders.
• You will oversee all legal affairs such as drafting/reviewing corporate, commercial, partnership, agreements, resolving internal and external legal issues and mitigating overall legal/commercial risks the business may be exposed to in the course of its daily strategic and transactional activities.
• You will have complete autonomy and execute at a high level. You will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and international team who are ready to support you.

Responsibilities
The following are some of the exciting projects you will be working on and responsible for:

• Advise on all areas of commercial and corporate transactions as well as negotiate and draft vendor, financial and other transactions.
• Support entire sales and purchase activities – customers, partners and vendors.
• Provide legal advice to the business on new and proposed commercial agreements.
• Assist in the development and review all SLAs and applicable terms and conditions.
• Conduct legal research and draw up requisite legal opinions.
• Where required, assist in the management of all aspects of corporate governance, including board and shareholder materials.
• Advise on intellectual property, corporate law practice, employment matters and all such matters as may be required.
• Perform government relations activities in order to minimize legal liabilities
• Responsible for the development and implementation of security strategies and plans for the company.
• Establish solid relationship with Police and other security arms; Law enforcement agents for the benefits of Jiji Cars
• Analyze, coordinate and lead recovery/mitigating activities in response to security-related emergency situations
• Responsible, at the scene of serious incidents, for initial decisions as to how the issue will be dealt with, who needs to be informed and / or asked to attend.
• Responsible for all security associated decisions with the aim of speedy recovery and the resumption of normal business activities.

Requirements
We believe that you will succeed better if you possess the following:

• L.LB law degree from an accredited university
• B.L from Law school
• At least 3 Years work experience as a practicing lawyer
• A passionate interest in representations and documentations
• Relationship with security arms of government will be an added advantage.

Benefits
We generally offer a vibrant culture, great work ambiance, super intelligent workforce, and a relaxed dress code in order to harness the power of innovation. We care a lot about our employees. It’s obvious that for efficient work you need to stay in favorable working conditions.

That’s why we offer you the following benefits:

• A competitive salary and one of the best in the industry;
• Pension contributions, Healthcare insurance;
• TGIF every last Friday of the month and regular Team Building events;
• Leadership development and new opportunities to grow as we are constantly expanding;
• An opportunity to work with a dynamic and international team all across the world.

Application Closing Date
16th May, 2022.