Legal Counsel
1 week ago
An exciting opportunity has come up for an experienced lawyer to join the team of our client, a specialist social impact investor, with focus in African Agribusinesses, as Legal Counsel
**Role**:
Reporting to the General Counsel, the Legal Counsel will work within a small legal team, supporting and collaborating with investment and operations teams in London and across offices in sub-Saharan Africa.
**Key responsibilities**:
- Providing support and advice on debt, mezzanine and equity investments including drafting and reviewing investment documentation, managing legal due diligence processes, and managing and coordinating advice from external counsel
- Working with investment teams to ensure that transactions are pursued in a timely manner and legal risks are identified and managed
- Supporting the legal team and the group in relation to a variety of legal, regulatory and compliance risks, keeping abreast of legal updates in the companies jurisdictions of operation, and providing training to staff on these matters
- Assisting with the legal aspects of stakeholder management
- Advising on governance and policy matters
- Advising on a wide range of commercial issues
- Contributing to papers for executive/investment committees on the legal aspects of transactions
- Assisting UK and country offices with statutory filing requirements
- Although the role is based in Cape Town, there may be occasional travel required to offices in London, Nairobi, Lusaka, Kampala and Accra.
**Requirements**:
Essential
- Passion for international development.
- Qualified as a lawyer in South Africa or a common law jurisdiction, with at least five years post-qualification experience (ideally at a major law firm)
- Experience advising on corporate M&A/private equity transactions
- Commercial and corporate law knowledge with proven reviewing, negotiating and drafting skills and attention to detail
- Strong team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to explain legal issues and risks to investment teams, and recommend appropriate courses of action
- Willingness to collaborate and support on a variety of different initiatives and tasks
- Ability to work independently and pragmatically and to manage priorities and work to challenging deadlines
- Flexible and eager to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Working understanding of business integrity legislation (AML, anti-corruption, etc) applicable to international investors
Desirable
- Qualified as a solicitor in the UK
- In-house experience
- Familiarity with DFI ESG standards and requirements
- Experience within an international organisation
- Experience working on transactions across Sub-Saharan Africa
- Experience with debt investments
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