Zurit Legal Associate at Cytonn Investments
Zurit Legal Associate
- Job
Type: Full Time
- Job
Category: Legal
- Closing
Date: August 29th, 2025
- Location:
Nairobi
At Zurit Consulting, we are more than just a
wealth management firm — we are partners in prosperity. As a specialized
financial empowerment and wealth management company, we are dedicated to
helping individuals, corporates, and institutions grow, protect, and sustain their
wealth. Through tailored financial literacy programs and strategic investment
advisory, we craft personalized solutions that bridge the gap between income
and long-term prosperity. Join us and be part of a team that is passionate
about empowering confident, informed financial decisions and shaping brighter
financial futures.
Cytonn HR has been retained to hire an energetic,
passionate, creative and hardworking individual as a Legal Associate for
our client Zurit Consulting. The Legal Associate will play a pivotal role in
providing comprehensive legal support to Zurit Consulting. This position
involves a wide range of responsibilities, including drafting and reviewing
contracts, litigating matters, coordinating with external counsels,
managing documentation, conducting legal researching, ensuring compliance with
regulatory requirements and cross-functional collaboration with internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Leading
and managing Zurit’s litigation department
- Advising
on all matters regarding Corporate and commercial law; including the
interpretation, impact and effect of the relevant laws that govern these
areas of business;
- Consulting
with clients and opposing counsel
- Developing
and maintaining good client relationship, gaining client’s confidence and
that of other professionals.
- Designing
commercial and legal structures that lead to innovative solutions
- File
management and court diary management.
- Handling
Company Secretarial roles within Zurit Consulting
- Negotiating,
drafting and reviewing legal documents and contracts
- Overseeing
the legal budget and structure, including policies, procedures, registers,
safes and company documentation
- Negotiating,
drafting and reviewing legal documents and contracts.
- Ensuring
that legal compliance checks on all facets of Law affecting the business
are carried put and updated regularly;
- Attending
court, arbitrations, mediations and proceedings before tribunals.
- Any
other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Requirements
- Second
Class Degree in Law (LL.B) from a recognized university.
- Admitted
as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with not less that one (1) year
post admission experience in a busy law firm.
- A
Certified Public Secretary, CPS
- Knowledge
of relevant practice and understanding in Litigation, Conveyancing,
Arbitration and Commercial law, and any other respective laws and
regulations.
- Must
have attained a B+ and above in O levels/ high school
- Excellent
organization, administration, communication, influencing and interpersonal
skills.
- Ability
to pro-actively and creatively manage potential legal issues
- High
level of analytical and problem-solving skills
- A team
player willing to lead, collaborate, adapt and work with minimum
supervision with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- High
levels of energy and enthusiasm and ability to multitask and as well work
under pressure
Learning Opportunities
The Legal Associate shall have the opportunity to practice
across various areas of law, work in a dynamic legal and management team,
manage and lead various transactions, and therefore hone and grow their legal
skills in a diverse financial services and real estate company
Legal Associate at Cytonn Investments
Responsibilities
- Leading
and managing Zurit’s litigation department
- Advising
on all matters regarding Corporate and commercial law; including the
interpretation, impact and effect of the relevant laws that govern these
areas of business;
- Consulting
with clients and opposing counsel
- Developing
and maintaining good client relationship, gaining client’s confidence and
that of other professionals.
- Designing
commercial and legal structures that lead to innovative solutions
- File
management and court diary management.
- Handling
Company Secretarial roles within Zurit Consulting
- Negotiating,
drafting and reviewing legal documents and contracts
- Overseeing
the legal budget and structure, including policies, procedures, registers,
safes and company documentation
- Negotiating,
drafting and reviewing legal documents and contracts.
- Ensuring
that legal compliance checks on all facets of Law affecting the business
are carried put and updated regularly;
- Attending
court, arbitrations, mediations and proceedings before tribunals.
- Any
other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Requirements
- Second
Class Degree in Law (LL.B) from a recognized university.
- Admitted
as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with not less that one (1) year
post admission experience in a busy law firm.
- A
Certified Public Secretary, CPS
- Knowledge
of relevant practice and understanding in Litigation, Conveyancing,
Arbitration and Commercial law, and any other respective laws and
regulations.
- Must
have attained a B+ and above in O levels/ high school
- Excellent
organization, administration, communication, influencing and interpersonal
skills.
- Ability
to pro-actively and creatively manage potential legal issues
- High
level of analytical and problem-solving skills
- A team
player willing to lead, collaborate, adapt and work with minimum
supervision with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- High
levels of energy and enthusiasm and ability to multitask and as well work
under pressure
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.