Legal & Compliance Associate, Francophone Markets

• Review, redline and negotiate NDAs, partner and vendor agreements, banking and payment-provider contracts, and service agreements in French and English.
• Draft from templates and build a bilingual playbook of standard positions, fallback clauses and red lines.
• Translate legal and regulatory documents between French and English.
• Advise whether documents should be signed, signed with changes, or not signed, and explain why.
• Prepare and review licence applications, regulator correspondence and responses to information requests in Francophone markets.
• Track regulatory change in French-speaking markets and assess implications for products and licences.
• Review and maintain AML/CFT policies, KYC procedures and compliance documents for local fit.
• Manage company secretarial work for Francophone entities, including incorporation documents, filings, board resolutions and statutory registers.
• Manage external counsel in each market, including scope, output and cost control.
• Support country managers, partnerships and operations with practical legal input.
• Maintain a live tracker of owned documents and filings, including status, blockers and next dates.

• A law degree; admission to the bar or an equivalent professional qualification is welcome but not required.
• Roughly 3–6 years reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, in a law firm, in-house or in a compliance function.
• Excellent French and English, written and spoken.
• Ability to redline a contract, write to a regulator and run a negotiation call in either language.
• Sound commercial judgement.
• Clear, short writing; ability to summarise a 40-page agreement in five lines a non-lawyer can act on.
• Working knowledge of at least one Francophone African legal environment.
• Evidence of high agency, self-drive, ownership, initiative, problem-solving, fast learning, and reliability.
• Experience in fintech, payments, mobile money, banking or digital assets is a plus.
• Hands-on payment or e-money licensing, or direct dealings with BCEAO, BEAC, COBAC or a national regulator is a plus.
• Knowledge of OHADA company and commercial law is a plus.
• Experience with AML/CFT, data protection or sanctions compliance is a plus.
• Experience managing external counsel across several countries is a plus.

• Health insurance for you and your immediate family.
• Gym membership.
• Business-related expenses covered.
• Other benefits in line with company policy.