Vacancy title:
Commercial Legal - Summer Associate

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Pharmaceutical, Category: Legal]

Jobs at:
Axmed

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, May 29 2025

Duty Station:
Remote | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

As a Commercial Legal Summer Associate, you’ll support the legal team with contract drafting, review, and process improvement across multiple jurisdictions. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll gain hands-on experience in commercial law within a fast-paced, mission-driven start-up focused on expanding access to medicines globally.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Contract Review & Drafting: Assist with reviewing, drafting, and organizing commercial contracts, NDAs, vendor agreements, and partnership documentation across multiple jurisdictions.
• Template Development: Help improve and maintain internal contract templates and legal workflows that can scale as we grow internationally.
• Cross-Functional Legal Support: Partner with commercial, operations, supply chain, and business development teams to ensure contracts reflect both legal and business priorities.
• Contract Management: Support the structuring and upkeep of internal databases, version control, and filing systems for all commercial legal documentation.
• Risk Awareness: Assist in identifying and flagging key legal risks within commercial agreements and recommending mitigation steps.
• Stakeholder Communication: Help prepare contract summaries or guidance notes to make legal terms accessible to non-legal stakeholders.

What You Will Get from Working Here:

• Real Commercial Legal Experience: Work on contracts and negotiations that are central to our operations — across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and beyond.
• Exposure to Legal Work That Enables Scale: Gain insight into how robust, practical contracts enable startups to grow responsibly and sustainably in regulated sectors.
• Mentorship: Learn directly from experienced legal advisors and commercial leaders in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Ownership: Take real ownership of projects — you’ll see how your work contributes to partnership execution and business continuity.
• Start-up Speed: Join a collaborative, ambitious, and fast-paced team where your work is meaningful from day one.
• Purposeful Work: Know that your contributions are helping us expand access to life-saving medicines around the world.

Work Hours: 8

Experience: No Requirements

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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