Legal Associate at Bamboo Nigeria

Bamboo is an investment platform that gives Africans the tools to build wealth from the ground up through real-time access to the global markets.

Job Title: Legal Associate

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Work status: Hybrid
Department: Legal

About the Role

• We are looking to hire a highly skilled Legal Associate with 2-4 years of experience.
• A successful candidate will play a vital role in providing comprehensive legal support and assistance to our Head of Legal on a broad spectrum of legal matters.
• The ideal candidate should have a strong background in legal research, drafting contracts, appeals, and other legal documents, and delivering sound legal counsel.
• Furthermore, the ideal candidate should exemplify unwavering reliability and integrity while consistently delivering exceptional work, even in high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and refine legal documents—including contracts, agreements, internal policies, memoranda, and correspondence ensuring accuracy and full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Monitor securities and payments regulatory environments across all operating markets and advise on implications for products and operations.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to deliver pragmatic, solutions-driven legal advice on new features, services, and technical implementations.
• Support market-entry legal workstreams, including regulatory analysis, entity formation, and preparation of materials for licensing applications.
• Assist with corporate secretarial tasks, maintain governance standards, and manage core corporate documentation.
• Advise on data protection and privacy laws (e.g., NDPR, GDPR) as they relate to products, users, and internal processes.
• Conduct thorough legal research on statutes, regulations, and emerging issues, delivering clear and concise analyses for decision-making.
• Track developments in local, federal, and international laws affecting Bamboo’s operations, guiding stakeholders to ensure ongoing compliance and proactive risk management.
• Maintain an organized system for legal records and produce reports, summaries, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the contract lifecycle by tracking key dates, milestones, and obligations, and coordinating with teams to ensure timely and accurate execution.
• Participate in the negotiation and execution of agreements, offering commercial and legally sound recommendations.
• Provide general legal support to internal teams, address inquiries as they arise, and collaborate with external counsel when appropriate.
• Demonstrate strong understanding or interest in financial-services law, including securities, payments, AML/CFT, and data privacy, combined with a commercial, pragmatic mindset.
• Communicate complex legal concepts clearly to non-lawyers, while managing multiple projects with strong organization and attention to detail.