Opportunity Description
As Legal Assistant, you will provide general legal and strategic support to the in-house legal team. You will be responsible for executing objectives, strategies and action plans of the in-house legal team
Specific responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and optimize the legal team’s document and knowledge management systems (e.g. Egnyte and Contract Express).
- Digitize, classify, and securely store contracts, pleadings, transaction documents, and correspondence.
- Ensure compliance with data protection laws (GDPR, Kenya Data Protection Act) and internal IT security protocols.
- Digitally manage contract lifecycle including version control, e-signatures and automated renewals/expiry alerts.
- Integrate legal workflows into project management tools.
- Ensure transactions are tracked digitally and closed within agreed timelines.
- Prepare board-ready presentations for meetings.
- Initiating and monitor...