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Legal Officer at Tetra Maritime, Apapa, Lagos

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Junior Compliance professional with experience in some or all of the following, to support the Group’s global governance, compliance, and corporate administration activities:

• corporate administration;
• corporate governance and entity management;
• corporate restructuring;
• regulatory filings & deadline management;
• KYC and compliance;
• company secretarial support.

Key Responsibilities

• Support statutory filings and corporate registry submissions across multiple jurisdictions (UK, Singapore, Bermuda, India, etc.) and prepare required corporate documentation;
• Assist with entity management and corporate administration for a global SPV portfolio;
• Draft board minutes, written resolutions, and maintain statutory registers and corporate records;
• Conduct KYC/AML onboarding and compliance checks on third parties;
• Prepare and provide KYC documentation and group structure charts to banks, counterparties, and service providers;
• Coordinate cross‑border incorporations, dissolutions, and corporate changes;
• Support intragroup restructurings;
• Maintain departmental trackers, databases, and filing systems;
• Liaise with banks, auditors, legal counsel, and corporate service providers;
• Provide general administrative, compliance, and CoSec support to the legal team.

• At least 1 year’s experience in a legal, compliance, corporate services, or financial services environment (experience in shipping, commodities, finance, or SPVheavy groups is an advantage).
• Exposure to some or all of the following:
• company secretarial;
• statutory filings & corporate registry submission
• corporate authorities & board documentation
• KYC and compliance;
• crossborder corporate changes and restructurings
• interaction with ship registries or overseas registries (advantageous)
• Joint ventures and other corporate matters.

Key attributes: 

• strong drafting and document preparation skills
• high level of organization and attention to detail
• ability to work with energy, agility, and resilience across multiple fast‑moving matters
• excellent interpersonal skills and confidence liaising with internal teams and external stakeholders
• strong project‑management mindset and ability to track multiple deadlines
• reliable document management and record‑keeping skills;