Senior Legal Advisor: Litigation

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Nefcorp Full time

We are currently hiring a Senior Legal Advisor: Litigation to join the Legal Services team. The key purpose of this role is to provide sound legal support to post-investment monitoring of investment where there are emerging defaults on loan servicing and active involvement in deal re-structuring. Additionally, understand and analyse the commercial aspects of the transaction and give expert legal solutions.

- To provide sound legal support to post-investment monitoring of investment where there are emerging defaults on loan servicing. Active involvement in deal re-structuring, understand and analyse the commercial aspects of the transaction and give expert legal solutions.
- To provide prompt and sound legal advice and support to the NEF in particular the Post Investment Department & Turnarounds, Workouts and Restructuring department.

Recoveries

- To provide legal input to submissions on existing investments prepared for the Portfolio Management Committee and other committees where relevant,
- Implement Committee decisions to recover monies, ensure rights of NEF are protected,
- Negotiate settlements,
- Brief external attorneys,
- To implement and monitor debt recovery, litigation, liquidation and all other legal and Court processes, whether or not outsourced to external law firms.

Turnarounds, Workouts, Restructures

- Business rescue, restructuring.
- Understand instruments, draft agreements, litigate, sequestrate.
- Criminal charges.
- To implement the restructuring of companies, draft and review all legal agreements relating thereto,
- Manage budgets and relationships with external lawyers, timeously.
- To address all legal matters relating to the NEF and its investee companies, implement amendments to funding structures and terms and negotiation of contracts with investee companies or third parties,
- Provide general legal advice to the NEF’s various departments,

Qualification

- LLB
- Admitted Attorney

Experience / Skills Required

- At least 5 years’ experience post articles experience in similar environment i.e. Private equity, Corporate finance, Corporate Finance, Management Consulting etc.
- At least 5 years litigation, business rescue and Court experience,
- Experience in securities law; and/or
- Experience in insolvency law; and/or
- General experience in commercial law; and/or
- Proven working knowledge of Company law, Tax law and NCR
- Business report writing
- MS Office suite knowledge
- Experience in Turnarounds, Workouts and Restructuring is advantageous
- Professional and courteous to all clients (internal and external),
- Accuracy in preparing legal documentation,
- Ability to advice on legal issues related to NEF business,
- Ability to convey legal opinion and argue legally.

Personal Attributes/Behaviours/Attitudes

- High leadership qualities and teamwork
- Strong sense of initiative and self-motivated
- High sense of analysis, attention to detail and judgement

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