# Junior Legal Officer

**Company:** [Tetra Maritime](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/aCYF6mx9KXBHoKCgWT46pD.md)
**Location:** Apapa, Nigeria
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Business Support

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## Description

Founded in 2007 (originally as Beta Shipping), Tetra Maritime is a Nigerian ship owner and operator specializing in tailored marine logistics across the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil & gas supply chain. With a fleet of Nigerian-flagged vessels operating across the African continent, and a strategic partnership with Union Maritime, a UK-based ship owner with global acclaim, we are committed to delivering end-to-end logistics solutions to our clients. 

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Junior Compliance professionals 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.

## Requirements

-   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;