Senior Legal Advisor: Litigation - Sandton - Nefcorp

Description

We are seeking a Senior Legal Advisor: Litigation to join our Legal Services team.

The key purpose of this role is to provide sound legal support for post-investment monitoring of investments with emerging defaults on loan servicing, and active involvement in deal restructuring. The successful candidate will also understand and analyze the commercial aspects of transactions, providing expert legal solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide sound legal support for post-investment monitoring of investments with emerging defaults on loan servicing, and active involvement in deal restructuring.
• Offer prompt and sound legal advice and support to the NEF, particularly the Post Investment Department & Turnarounds, Workouts and Restructuring department.

Recoveries:

• Contribute 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.
• 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 and restructuring.
• Understand instruments, draft agreements, litigate, and sequestrate.
• Criminal charges.
• Implement the restructuring of companies, draft and review all legal agreements relating thereto.
• Manage budgets and relationships with external lawyers, timeously.
• Address all legal matters relating to the NEF and its investee companies, implement amendments to funding structures and terms, and negotiate contracts with investee companies or third parties.
• Provide general legal advice to the NEF's various departments.

Qualifications:

• LLB
• Admitted Attorney

Experience/Skills Required:

• A minimum of 5 years' experience post-articles in a similar environment (Private equity, Corporate finance, Management Consulting, etc.).
• A minimum of 5 years' litigation, business rescue, and Court experience.
• Experience in securities law; and/or insolvency law; and/or general commercial law.
• 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 advise 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-motivation.
• High sense of analysis, attention to detail, and judgment.