Head of Legal, Moove
MooveAV
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Mobility fintech for ride-hailing drivers
Posted today
Mobility fintech for ride-hailing drivers
501-1000 employees
Posted today
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To disrupt vehicle ownership and make financial freedom within reach.
Role
Who you are
- Law degree (JD) required
- Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience (or equivalent in the employee’s jurisdiction of qualification)
- Specific skills and competencies include:
- Corporate and commercial law expertise
- Strong debt and equity financing experience
- Experience in a senior inhouse counsel role leading and managing a team of lawyers
- Experience in managing complex transactions and projects, especially those that fall within the areas covered by the Central Legal Matters
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including confidence in managing senior stakeholders and ability to manage a wide range of internal and external stakeholders effectively
- Inhouse experience in a rapid growth, scale-up business is desirable
- Sound judgment in evaluating and mitigating legal risk
- Commercial mindedness
- Ability to work with a very high degree of autonomy and initiative
- Ability to work under pressure, effectively manage competing priorities and manage tasks proactively
- Strong work ethic
- Positive and can-do attitude
- Adaptability and agility in supporting a business that moves fast and changes direction quickly
What the job involves
- Leading and managing the Central Legal team, which provides transactional support and legal advisory services in relation to transactions that cut across debt and equity financing, M&A, corporate restructuring, fintech, data privacy as well as Expansions, Marketplace & Partnerships
- Contribute to the development and execution of the Legal strategy, aligning it with the Company’s overall business goals and objectives
- Provide strategic direction to the Company based on legal advice
- Manage and provide oversight on all Central Legal Matters to ensure efficient execution and proper identification, management and mitigation of legal risk
- Keep the Chief Legal Officer informed of material legal and regulatory risk issues affecting the business
- Line management responsibility for all members of the Central Legal team
- Manage the efficient delivery of work through team members
- Liaise with and manage relationships with external counsel on Central Legal Matters including scoping work, negotiating fees and closing of files
- Provide legal and regulatory advice to other departments and business units within the organisation
- Provide training to other departments on legal and regulatory compliance in relation to Central Legal Matters
- Perform such other responsibilities and handle other project-based work within the scope of the Legal department’s responsibilities on an as-needed basis
- Our team is collaborative, positive, curious, and engaged. We think fast, work smart, laugh often, and are looking for like-minded people to join us in our mission to disrupt vehicle ownership and make financial freedom within reach
Application process
- Moove relies on the accuracy of information contained in employment applications, as well as the accuracy of other data presented throughout the hiring process and during employment
- Any misrepresentations, falsifications, or material omissions in any information or data provided by an applicant may result in the applicant being excluded from further consideration for employment or if an individual has already been hired, termination of employment
Our take
In many African countries, cars serve as the primary mode of transportation, yet car ownership rates remain significantly lower than those in the United States and Europe. A major obstacle exists in the form of limited access to financing for individuals, companies, and small businesses seeking to acquire the vehicles necessary for their mobility needs.
Moove has set out to confront this challenge by offering revenue-based vehicle financing solutions to ride-hailing app drivers. In partnership with Uber, Moove operates in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya and has began expanding into Latin America. Unlike traditional car loans, Moove's financing model links an Uber driver's repayments directly to their work volume and revenue generation, providing customers with increased flexibility in managing their repayments.
Within its first year of operation, Moove facilitated 1.4M trips using vehicles financed through its innovative approach. The company is now poised to leverage funding to expand its presence across West Africa, and , folliwng its acqwuisition of Kovi, its making a strong entry into the Latin American market. Moove's overarching goal remains to address the substantial vehicle financing gap that exisits and its sure is making big moves.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
32% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2024
$100m
SERIES B
Aug 2023
$28m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $221.2m
Company HQ
Jodenbuurt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Jide Odunsi
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previous Founder and Partner of Grace Lake Partners Ltd.
Ladi Delano
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Founding and Managing Partner of Grace Lake Partners Ltd for 5 years. Previous CEO of JCDecaux.
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