{"id":509,"date":"2026-07-06T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senior-legal-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:23:12","slug":"senior-legal-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/jobs\/lagos\/senior-legal-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Legal Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Senior Legal Officer\", \"description\": \"Role Overview\\nWe are seeking a Legal Officer with fintech or financial services experience to provide legal advisory, manage contracts, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate legal risks across the business.\\nKey Responsibilities\\nProvide legal advice on commercial, regulatory, and employment matters.\\nDraft, review, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents.\\nManage litigation matters and coordinate with external counsel.\\nEnsure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.\\nConduct legal research, maintain legal documentation, and provide regulatory updates.\\nSupport legal training and policy development.\\nRequirements\\nBachelor's degree in Law LL.B..\\nCall to the Nigerian Bar BL and a valid practising licence are mandatory.\\nMinimum of 6 years' post-call experience.\\nMandatory experience in the fintech or financial services industry consumer lending experience is an added advantage.\\nStrong knowledge of commercial law, contract drafting, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and dispute resolution.\\nExcellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-06\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Terawork\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Lagos\", \"addressCountry\": \"NG\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-20T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Terawork<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Lagos<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-20<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Role Overview<br \/>We are seeking a Legal Officer with fintech or financial services experience to provide legal advisory, manage contracts, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate legal risks across the business.<br \/>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Provide legal advice on commercial, regulatory, and employment matters.<br \/>Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents.<br \/>Manage litigation matters and coordinate with external counsel.<br \/>Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.<br \/>Conduct legal research, maintain legal documentation, and provide regulatory updates.<br \/>Support legal training and policy development.<br \/>Requirements<br \/>Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Law LL.B..<br \/>Call to the Nigerian Bar BL and a valid practising licence are mandatory.<br \/>Minimum of 6 years&#8217; post-call experience.<br \/>Mandatory experience in the fintech or financial services industry consumer lending experience is an added advantage.<br \/>Strong knowledge of commercial law, contract drafting, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and dispute resolution.<br \/>Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Share your resume to: temidayo.adegoroye@terawork.com with job title as the subject line.<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:temidayo.adegoroye@terawork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-07-20 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Terawork Location: Lagos Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-07-20 Job Description Role OverviewWe are seeking a Legal Officer with fintech or financial services experience to provide legal advisory, manage contracts, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate legal risks across the business.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide legal advice on commercial, regulatory, and employment matters.Draft, review, and negotiate contracts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21],"tags":[51,18,17,298],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-lagos","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-terawork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}