Legal Advisor

4 days ago


Sandton, South Africa FirstRand Full time

About us, purpose, experience and qualifications

**about us**:
**purpose**:

- To play a key role in providing legal and compliance advisory role within Ashburton Investments**experience and qualifications**:

- Qualified as an attorney or advocate is essential.
- 3 years’ experience as a legal counsel/advisor in the financial services industry, preferably in an asset manager business and/or
- Investment banking or 3 years’ PQE in a Banking and Finance team in a law firm.
- Knowledge of and experience in complex commercial transactions
- Legal risk management pertaining to legal credit issues within all the applicable credit risk matters.
- Managing client expectations, deadlines and project delivery appropriately.
- Collaborating across teams, departments, intellectually rigorous environment.
- A good understanding of the legislation governing the investment management industry (financial services), with a minimum of 3 years of legal experience.
- A background in funds management, investment research or new product development in financial services industry will be an added benefit.
- Prior experience and knowledge of the non-traditional asset world
- (Hedge funds, private equity, credit originated funds, etc).
- Collective Investments schemes Control Act, including CISCA Board Notice 90
- Pension Funds Act (including Regulation 28), a good understanding of provident and pension funds rules
- Understanding of Companies Act and company secretarial governance
- ASISA codes and standards
- FAIS
- POPI
- FATCA
- Treating Customers**additional requirements**:
**responsibilities**:

- Drafting of agreements, such as Portfolio Management Agreements,
- ISDA, CSA, GMRA, ISLA, Executing Broker Agreements.
- Negotiating of third-party agreements, assisting with service levels,
- Non-Confidentiality Agreements, etc;
- Vetting/drafting and negotiating Loan Agreements and other
- Security/Collateral documentation based on AMLA/LMA and nonstandard legal documentation comprising of but not limited to
- Common Terms Agreement, Preference Shares Agreements,
- Enforcement Rights Agreements, Sale of Business Agreements,
- Sale of Shares Agreements, Partnership Agreements for Private
- Equity Firms (including hedge funds).
- Drafting and negotiating terms of business with independent financial advisors.
- Providing legal advice to business on business transactions;
- Performing of legal research on legislation impacting the business of
- Ashburton Investments and writing of legal articles
- Providing legal advice and drafting legal documentation in regards
- various non-traditional asset classes such as hedge funds, private
- equity, credit originated funds etc
- Analysing legislation and drafting of training material and providing training thereof.
- Ensuring effective implementation by business of existing and emerging legislation.
- Assist the Head of the department with drafting of legal and compliance reports to management and appropriate governance structures



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