Head of Legal, Capi
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3 days a week in office
Overseas payments for African importers
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Overseas payments for African importers
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
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3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give businesses in Africa the same price and speed as businesses expect in the US and Europe.
Role
Who you are
- To succeed, you need to relish working on problems you’ve never encountered before and finding creative solutions to difficult challenges
- Qualified lawyer with at least 2 years PQE in firm, and at least 2 years in-house
- Top-tier law firm experience
- In-house experience at a high-performance company (ideally a VC-backed start-up)
- Fluency in French (both spoken and written, including legal drafting) and English
- Work experience in financial services regulation strongly preferred
- You find unfamiliar problems exciting rather than daunting
- You’re creative when faced with novel challenges
- Willingness to travel to our markets up to 3 weeks a quarter
- Management experience preferred
- Experience working in / with emerging markets preferred
What the job involves
- As our first full-time legal hire, you will provide comprehensive legal advice covering all aspects of our business operations
- From leading the legal side of equity and debt fundraising to negotiating partner contracts to engaging with our regulators, this role will be varied and challenging
- In addition, you will be responsible for obtaining licenses in new markets
- Provide legal advice on a wide range of matters including corporate governance, fundraising (debt and equity), commercial contracts, intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory compliance
- Lead applications for licenses / regulatory partnerships in new markets, including in Africa, including drafting AML/CFT policies tailored to these markets
- Manage and mitigate legal risks associated with new product launches and business initiatives
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements and partnerships
- Ensure compliance with financial services regulations, including AML/KYC requirements
- Collaborate with external counsel as necessary
- Advise on employment law matters and assist with HR-related legal issues across multiple jurisdictions in Europe and Africa
- Eventually, recruit and manage Legal Counsel
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: 31 January 2025 at 00:00 GMT
- Start date: Ideally Jan 2025
Our take
In Africa, goods importers pay as much as 10% to settle their invoices - and wait weeks for the payment to arrive. Capi is setting out to combat this, with its international payments platform built specifically for importers in Africa.
Through the platform, users can pay suppliers in EUR, UDS or GBP. All at competitive rates and with settlement in just 24 hours. This is a significant improvement to the present situation, which makes Capi stand out almost by default.
With strong support from investors, Capi is in a good position to broaden its impact in the future - as it strives towards a future where African companies have the same quality of payments as in the US and Europe.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Autonomy
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Company benefits
- Paid time off (20-25 days depending on market)
- 4 weeks of work from anywhere
- Hardware provided
- Benefits aligned with market regarding pension, insurance, etc.
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
Leadership
Mitch R.
(Co-Founder & CEO)Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, former COO/CFO/GC at Taptap Send, and was Regional Director and Evaluation Lead at GiveDirectly.
Phil Efstathiou
(Founding Engineer)Also Founder at Osma, co-founded and was CTO at Alva and was a Software Engineer at Babylon Health and Thriva Health.
Scott Liddle
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Markets (CRO & CMO) at Taptap Send, Founder at SpareHand and Director of Policy at Rory for London.
Tom Watson
(CTO (Founder))Co-founder and CTO at Capi Money (YC S23). On the side I am the Co-founder, MD and Developer at P4SD. A 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 for Europe in Technology. Previously co-founder and CTO of Hubble.
People progressing
Previously with ReD Associates, and then Central Growth Lead at Taptap Send; promoted from Commercial Lead to Head of Growth at Capi.
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