Maritime, Shipping and Energy Lawyer

Tetra Maritime is a leading Nigerian ship owner and operator, providing comprehensive and tailor-made solutions across the oil and gas supply chain, including upstream, midstream, and downstream.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Maritime, Shipping & Energy Lawyer

Location: Lagos

Description

• 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;