Legal Advisor
1 day ago
**Job Summary**:
- As part of the Group Legal department, provide legal services to the business. This entails ensuring that the legal and regulatory business needs are satisfied by providing legal expertise and support for all legal and legal-related matters, as well as for certain regulatory compliance-related matters and company secretarial matters.
- You will, inter alia:
- be responsible for assisting or handling a variety of legal matters and projects; act as counsel on issues involving company compliance with governmental and regulatory standards; review legal documentation and provide advice on appropriate action; coordinate and/or oversee legal matters requiring external legal assistance; interact with regulators, industry bodies and other external stakeholders; cultivate constructive relationships that result in stakeholders proactively seeking Group Legal involvement; and on top of all this, contribute meaningfully towards ensuring that the business functions well for our clients.You may:
- participate in consultative and lobbying efforts and structures regarding legislative and regulatory developments; participate in corporate affairs and corporate governance related matters; provide work leadership and mentoring to less experienced attorneys, as well as functional advice and training
**Responsibilities**:
- You will be required to:
- Provide legal input & opinions when agreements are being negotiated and vetting agreements drafted by other parties and commenting thereon
- Draft and review a wide array of agreements, primarily of a financial services related nature such as retail distribution and service level agreements, e.g. with third party management companies, fund managers and LISPs; institutional client agreements, e.g. Portfolio Management Agreements; various 3rd party service provider agreements
- Assist/resolve ad hoc legal issues
- Furnish legal opinions and advice concerning the company and its clients, such as in relation to contract and legislation interpretation.
- Advise management, employees and clients on all legal matters
- Advise and assist the Investment Team regarding various matters, such as corporate actions/transactions, ‘inside information’ matters, Companies Act and Listings Requirement issues
- Have/quickly obtain a sound working knowledge and effectively deal with issues arising under the legislation mentioned above
- Perform regulatory lobbying - this includes to assist in commenting on new and draft legislation, including impact analyses
- Represent the company at relevant industry workshops/working groups with regard to legislative developments
- Engage with counterparties in our ex-SA offices
- Provide input on various policies
- Advise and assist in regard to client mandates, applicable legislation and internal rules, processes and policies
- Advise and assist on permissible investments
- Assist in further developing, promoting, implementing and maintaining standards and procedures that enable employees to act in an appropriate manner
- Advise and assist Company Secretary on internal corporate related matters
- Record-keep
- Contribute towards and/or assist with the effective administration of the department
- Assist with internal training and education as may be required - this includes work leadership and mentoring to other attorneys
- Assist with the completion of statutory returns
- Assist with and conduct the rolling out Group Legal policies
- Prepare/assist with the preparation of reports
**Qualifications**:
**Required**:
- LLB degree (or equivalent) with completed articles
- Admitted attorney
- Very strong academics
**Advantageous**:
B Com or similar**Experience and Knowledge**:
**Required**:
- Experience in negotiating, drafting and process management of commercial transactions and agreements
- High proficiency within the financial services industry, asset management in particular
- Sound to excellent knowledge of financial markets
- Current and relevant knowledge of drafting financial services ‘type’ agreements and all legal ‘aspects’ of a global best practise asset manager
- Working knowledge of/experience with applicable financial services legislation especially Financial Sector Regulation Act; Pension Funds Act (incl. Regulation 28); Collective Investment Schemes Control Act (including Board Notice 92); Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act; Long-Term Insurance Act; Insurance Act; Key Standards under Insurance Laws i.e. Governance and Operational Standards; Financial Intelligence Centre Act; Financial Markets Act; Requirements of the South African Reserve Bank in terms of foreign exchange control / Exchange Control Regulations) and other key legislation, especially the Protection of Personal Information Act the Companies Act; Some proficiency with comparable legislation in ex-SA territories in which the group operates
- Abreast of key ongoing regulatory developments
- Experience at a financial services institution, pref
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