Legal Officer

2 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Secondments Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
Our company is a private equity and private debt Fund based in Durban reporting to the KwaZulu-Natal
Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA). The Fund seeks to appoint an experienced and suitably Legal Officer.
Ancillary activities will include providing support to the legal and compliance function in transaction execution and post-transaction monitoring for the company.

**Minimum Requirements**:
The following minimum requirements must be met to be considered for this position:

- LLB Degree
- At least 2 years post article experience
- At least 3 years job related experience
- Understanding of project and commercial agreements such as off take agreements, EPC/M contracts, operations and maintenance agreements, shareholder agreements, CTA, inter-creditor and facility agreements;
- Ability to report delinquent and problematic clients to collection head to explore next action, calling risky
- Genuine commitment to highest ethical standards and to sustainable development with particular sensitivity to social and environmental issues;
- Negotiation, analytical, interpersonal and management skills;
- Attention to details
- Diplomatic and business orientated manner;
- Computer literacy (MS Office Suite);
- Ability to communicate at all levels, both internally and externally and
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Key performance areas:

- Provide prompt legal advice to the KGFT in respect of project finance transactional law, equities and

financial services law, procurement law, employment law, social media law, with a sound knowledge of

corporate law.
- Perform legal due diligence assessments, drafting, vetting and negotiations of all loan agreements or

any other business related agreement.
- Ensure that all aspects of legal risk are identifies covered and controlled in the implementation of new

projects, transactions, precedents, agreements, legal opinions, systems, procedures and products
- Assist in developing and delivering strategic risk management initiatives which ensures that best

practice is adopted in compliance with all guidelines including applicable laws, rules and regulations.
- Manage legal documents outsourced to third party legal advisors, providing advice to the project

investment unit, HR unit, Finance and Procurement unit.
- Proactively identify and manage legal and risk opportunities through providing sound advice in respect

of process and procedures
- Develop and implement initiatives and tools in-order to coach and guide business on legal requirements

and risks in the project finance field so as to minimize and eliminate risk in this legal area.
- Keep management appraised or key compliance and default issues and possible ways of resolving such

matters as well as the estimated risk that will arise from those issues.
- Provide legal support to the broader KGFT.
- Attend due diligence assessments relating to KGFT’s investment


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