Legal Professional

Job Title: Legal Professional – West Africa (English and French)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract
Position Type: Retainer Contract (with potential for long-term extension based on performance)

Role Overview

• In this role, you will manage the legal affairs of our operational entities in West Africa and provide management with your legal opinion and advice on all relevant matters. Additionally, you will support legal work concerning our international holding structure.
• Furthermore, you must be capable of managing and critically evaluating local external law firms when they are engaged for more specialized or critical matters, requiring more expertise than inhouse counsel alone.
• We are seeking a senior-level, hands-on Legal Professional to serve as Legal Counsel for our West African operations.
• You will be expected to evaluate West African and international frameworks autonomously, delivering sharp initial assessments and clear guidance on how to proceed.
• While we do not expect exhaustive expertise across every single regulation, you must possess exceptional legal research skills.

Strict Requirements

• Deep legal framework knowledge: Demonstrable experience navigating the following laws and regulations – at a minimum:
  • Nigeria: Corporate law and regulations (CAMA), consumer protection laws, and labor/employment laws.
  • Ivory Coast: Corporate law and regulations (OHADA), consumer protection laws, and labor/employment laws.
  • ESG: International Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, including policy development and implementation.
• While translation tools may be used for efficiency, you must be capable of understanding, reviewing and drafting legal documents independently without relying on translation software. We have native speakers how can do the last and final check.
• External counsel management: Proven experience managing external law firms.
• Bilingual – English & French: Professional proficiency in reading and writing both languages.
• Investigative mindset: A keen eye for granular detail and a willingness to deep-dive into complex, ambiguous legal issues.
• Affinity with other international legal frameworks: experience with either US, UK or continental Europe legal framework will be considered a bonus.
• We expect you to be able to brief external counsel with comprehensive internal analyses, before they commence their part of the work and thoroughly vetting/challenging their final work product.
• Pragmatic and business focus: The ability to translate the findings following the investigative mindset into pragmatic and business solutions.
• This includes the ability to effectively communicate with the Business and to translate their needs in legal solutions that work and will stand the legal test when necessary.
• Regional jurisdictional expertise: A proven track record of executing hands-on legal work for corporate entities in both Nigeria and the Ivory Coast.

Ideal candidate:

• Hands-on experience in Nigeria and Ivory Coast, with exposure to international laws and legal environments as well.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Response will follow from July 20, 2026 onwards.
• Please do not respond if you do not meet 100% of the requisite experience listed above.