AppZone is a response to the growing need in emerging markets for financial services accessibility to the masses. The company was formed with a genuine belief in Africa’s latent ability to support the home grown production and delivery of world class IT Software for the enhancement of key sectors of the budding economy. AppZone started off primarily as a developer of custom e-Banking and payment software for leading commercial Banks in Nigeria. In less than 3 years, AppZone had accumulated a remarkable asset-base of e-payment software products and intellectual property. In a bid to extend existing payment solutions to smaller scale Financial institutions, AppZone observed the absolute dearth of basic IT infrastructure and commenced a 2 year project to develop a world class yet affordable core Banking platform for Microfinance Banks (MFBs) and other small scale retail financial institutions. The culmination of this project saw AppZone in full ownership of an entire integrated suite of IT infrastructure required for the effective functioning of any modern retail Bank. Today AppZone has consolidated these platforms into a shared and entirely managed Banking and payment automation IT infrastructure under the brand BankOne. AppZone was incorporated in July 2006 as Price and Networks Limited and commenced full operations in June 2008 with a knife edged focus on creating a world class organization and defacto provider of IT software for the financial services industry. The young, dynamic and driven co-founders of AppZone decided to bring together their wealth of technical, administrative and entrepreneurial experience as well as key leadership competences to create a winning team comprising the best in brains and character. The end point being to transform the financial services industry in Africa and emerging markets around the globe thereby creating immense value for the respective economies and facilitating their overall growth and development.
Job Description
Review, draft and support negotiation of commercial agreements across Qore’s business lines, including platform agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, data processing agreements, service agreements, standard terms and other commercial documents.
Conduct legal research and prepare clear research notes, summaries, draft positions and advisory support materials for Senior Legal Lead review.
Support contract lifecycle management for assigned matters, including intake, review, execution coordination, filing, renewal tracking, expiry tracking and obligation monitoring.
Review counterparty mark-ups, flag deviations from standard positions and prepare comparison notes for Senior Legal Lead review.
Prepare first drafts of routine legal documents, correspondence, notices, amendments, consents, contract summaries and internal legal notes.
Support regulatory-adjacent legal matters, Board-facing legal preparation, governance-adjacent legal work and transaction documentation as directed by the Senior Legal Lead.
Maintain documentation standards, template currency, precedent library records, clause libraries and legal repository hygiene.
Coordinate execution logistics for agreements moving to signature, including signature block checks, document collation, filing and tracker updates.
Work with LRCC Operations & Controls to ensure assigned legal matters are properly logged, tracked and updated in the task management system.
Review AI-assisted legal outputs before escalating them to the Senior Legal Lead or relying on them for research, drafting or contract review support.
Provide occasional cross-functional support to other LRCC teams in crisis or high-priority matters where legal execution support or generalist LRCC exposure is required.
Requirements
Nigerian-qualified lawyer with LLB and BL.
3–5 years’ post-call experience.
Experience in a reputable commercial law firm and an in-house / industry role, preferably within a regulated business, financial services institution, fintech, payments company, technology company or similarly complex environment.
Strong working knowledge of Nigerian commercial law, contract fundamentals, corporate law basics and the legal environment for fintech, payments or digital financial services.
Good contract drafting, review and issue-spotting skills.
Strong legal research ability and clear legal writing.
Good generalist legal exposure across contracts, regulatory-adjacent advisory, corporate governance support, compliance-adjacent matters, data protection clauses and legal operations.
Strong organisation, matter tracking and deadline management skills.
Ability to manage multiple assigned matters at once and escalate early where senior legal judgment is required.
Attention to detail, sound judgment and willingness to work within defined templates, playbooks, trackers and approval gates.
Comfort using AI-assisted tools responsibly as part of legal research, drafting, document review and matter tracking.
Advantageous:
Experience in fintech, payments, banking infrastructure, SaaS, lending, financial services or technology contracting.
Experience supporting contract repositories, legal operations, task management systems or document automation.
Exposure to data protection, AML/KYC, regulatory filings or Board-facing documentation.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
The ideal candidate is a disciplined mid-level lawyer who wants to grow into a strong commercial legal adviser.
They are careful with drafting, reliable with deadlines, honest about escalation, and comfortable working in a structured legal team where quality, documentation and speed all matter.
They should be able to support the Senior Legal Lead without needing every instruction broken down, while still knowing when a matter is above their authority and must be escalated.