Legal Internship
Cytonn Asset Managers Limited (CAML) is a regulated Fund
Manager by the Capital Markets Authority and the Retirement Benefits Authority.
The company is also a licensed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Manager
under the Capital Markets Authority. Our objective is to offer superior
risk-adjusted investment returns to our clients through investments in both the
public and alternative investments markets. The fund manager provides Cytonn
Money Market Fund (CMMF) (https://cytonn.com/asset-managers/money-market-fund),
one of the high yielding money market funds in Kenya, which is fully automated
for our retail investors.
CAML investors include global and local institutional
investors, individual retail investors, and diaspora investors.
In a bid to empower the youth in the country, the Company is
running an internship class and wishes to recruit energetic, passionate,
creative and hardworking individual looking to join the team as a Legal Intern,
a programme specifically suited to sharp individuals who have concluded with
their pupillage and are looking for entry and growth towards a corporate legal
career.
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 departments 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;
- Creative,
commercial legal thinking and appreciation of the business aspects in
their application of the law
- 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; and
- High
level of analytical and problem-solving skills.
Learning Opportunities
- Growth
in commercial, corporate, real estate and investments law;
- Prowess
in contract negotiation drafting and management;
- Practical
skills in Legal Compliance;
- Exposure
to Corporate transactional support and administration;
- Corporate
Secretarial tasks;
- First-hand
experience in Legal Research and advisory and Litigation.