The Role
About Unlimit
Unlimit is a global fintech ecosystem built to eliminate financial borders holding businesses back. The company provides the extensive infrastructure needed to scale globally, integrating payment processing, multi-currency business accounts, BaaS and crypto gateways into a single, intelligent platform.
Across 17 offices globally, Unlimit bridges hyper-local expertise with a high-capacity financial network, giving companies the agility to expand across regions with operational confidence and speed. Driving the evolution of payments, Unlimit is transforming its infrastructure from human-operated fintech into AI-native financial infrastructure — where APIs are consumed by machines, integrations are negotiated by agents, and systems evolve continuously through intelligent automation. Our next users are not only humans. They are AI agents acting on behalf of humans and businesses.
Unlimit serves more than the needs of businesses today; we are building the nervous system for a borderless global economy.
Unlimit Africa Legal team is seeking a goal-oriented, high-energy, and hardworking individual to join our team as Legal and Compliance Officer (Africa), reporting to Unlimit’s Group Deputy Head of Legal.
Unlimit operates in a high-velocity B2B environment across local (Nigeria) and regional (Africa) initiatives. The role requires close collaboration with regional and local management on a day-to-day basis.
The primary purposes of the role include:
Africa responsibilities (Africa only)
Nigeria responsibilities (Nigeria only)
Core Responsibilities:
- Advising and negotiating contracts and agreements with merchants, partners, and banks;
- Liaising with regional Country Heads and Central Banks as required;
- Embedding compliance with laws, regulations, business principles, and established best practices across governance, strategy, people, processes, policies, and culture;
- Establishing and maintaining effective compliance risk management and control systems;
- Providing timely advice on changes in compliance, privacy, and regulatory environments;
- Supporting preparation and execution of fit-for-purpose contracts and legal documentation.
Key Responsibilities & Activities:
- Provide legal advice on commercial terms, technology and licensing, IP, data protection, marketing and advertising, and labor law;
- Draft and negotiate legal documents including:
- Anticipate legal developments relevant to the business and advise on impact;
- Support and oversee compliance across African jurisdictions in alignment with Chief Compliance and regional officers;
- Assess compliance risks for new business models;
- Advise and train management on legal and compliance risks;
- Maintain and update regional compliance policies;
- Foster strong legal, data protection, and compliance culture.
Service agreements
Vendor agreements
Sale agreements
Lease agreements
Confidentiality agreements
MOUs
Letters and third-party communications
Company secretarial services
Requirements:
- Admitted Nigerian attorney with 2–3 years PQE;
- Articles completed at a recognized corporate/commercial law firm;
- At least 1 year in-house legal/compliance experience in fintech, payments, or financial services (preferred);
- Strong stakeholder management and persuasion skills;
- Act as DPO in Nigeria aligned with Group privacy governance;
- Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal);
- Risk management experience (strong plus);
- Experience advising on payments/financial services regulatory matters (preferred);
- Familiarity with card scheme rules (preferred);
- Team player with cross-jurisdictional collaboration skills;
- Ability to work independently and in a multinational, multicultural environment.
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Unlimit is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
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The Company
What We Do
From London to Singapore and from San Francisco to São Paulo, we help businesses enter new markets, explore new industries, and reach new milestones. We are driven by a deep-seated determination to be the best possible partner for our customers – giving you the support you need to capitalize on a world that’s changing at breakneck speed. Our mission is to provide innovators with a convenient and simple financial interface that enables payments to flow freely and invisibly across borders. We offer a wide range of services, including payment gateway, card acquiring, business accounts, card issuing, alternative payment methods, and more. That’s the reason why we are called Unlimit: we provide unlimited growth opportunities for our customers, freeing them from the payment constraints. Unlimit - Borderless Payments
