Senior Legal Advisor

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa TalentCru Full time
Job Description

Job Title: Senior Legal Advisor - High-Risk Mitigation Specialist

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Legal Advisor to provide sound, clear, and accurate legal advice to mitigate legal risks that the organization is exposed to in its daily activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide general legal advice, including legal research
  • Structure, restructure, negotiate, and re-negotiate corporate and commercial transactions, including project finance and cross-border financing transactions
  • Identify, evaluate, and structure import and export finance transactions
  • Ensure compliance with internal legal and other organization procedures and policies
  • Identify and minimize potential legal risks
  • Draft, review, negotiate, and re-negotiate financing agreements and other legal documentation
  • Make presentations and opine on legal and regulatory developments

Requirements:

  • Law degree and admission as an attorney essential
  • Master's degree, such as LLM, desirable
  • A minimum of five years' post-article experience in a banking and finance/corporate finance/project finance environment
  • 8-10 years working experience in the banking and finance/SoE/DFI (restructuring, turnaround business rescue) space is essential
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Technical & Functional Competencies:

  • Sound corporate and commercial legal knowledge
  • Ability to work independently and within a team
  • Draft and negotiate loan agreements and other legal documentation
  • Transactional negotiations at senior level
  • Independent judgement and good analytical skills

Behavioural Competencies:

  • Collaboration and Influence: The successful candidate is a senior person who will be highly visible and credible with key internal and external stakeholders and proactive in aligning risk strategies to address the business.
  • Leadership: This individual will possess excellent personal communication skills that engender credibility and confidence both inside and outside the organization and a team-first mentality.
  • Teamwork: A true team player. Supportive of his or her team, peers, and others across the organization.
  • Results Oriented: Energetic, resourceful, sophisticated, and savvy, with strong service orientation and positive "can-do" attitude.

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