Cytonn Investments is an investment and real estate company with offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and the DC Metro area, U.S. We focus primarily on offering alternative investment solutions to global institutional investors, individual high net-worth investors, local institutional investors, and diaspora investors interested in the East African region.
The role of a Legal Assistant involves providing comprehensive legal support across various business functions, focusing heavily on corporate and real estate matters, contract management, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate must be highly organized, possess excellent analytical skills, and be capable of working proactively and with minimum supervision.
Responsibilities
- Assist with reviewing, drafting and revising a wide variety of contracts, including but not limited to, non-disclosure agreements, customer and supplier agreements, professional services agreements and developing template agreements.
- Assisting with various corporate matters, including Real Estate conveyancing transactions, corporate governance matters and facilitating business filings.
- Assisting to provide strategic legal advice on business matters and product development.
- Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes.
- Provide support in compliance and legal risk management, including researching statutes, laws, and other legal matters applicable to the company’s activities.
- Maintaining the department's safes and various registers and documentation.
- Collaborating with other departments as may be required to perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
- Any other duties as may be prescribed from time to time.
Requirements
- A Second Class Upper Degree in Law (LL. B) from a recognized University.
- Must have attained a B+ and above in O levels/ high school.
- Completed the academic programme at the Kenya School of Law (including Pupillage).
- Ability to pro-actively and creatively manage potential legal issues.
- A team player willing to learn, adapt and work with minimum supervision.
- Excellent organisation, administration, communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
- High levels of energy and enthusiasm and ability to work long hours, under tight deadlines and to deliver to multiple stakeholders.
- High level of analytical and problem-solving skills.
