Senior Legal Advisor - Sandton, South Africa - TalentCru

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    TalentCru Sandton, South Africa

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    To provide sound, clear and accurate legal advice to mitigate the legal risks that the client is exposed to in its daily activities.

    Qualification

    • Law degree and Admission as an Attorney essential
    • Master's degree such as LLM desirable

    Knowledge Skills

    • A minimum of five years' post-article experience in the financial services industry
    • 2-3 years working experience in the banking and finance/SoE/DFI (restructuring, turnaround business rescue) space is essential
    • Experience in the drafting, review, negotiation and re-negotiation of cross-border, project finance, corporate, commercial, structured and re-structured finance transactions
    • Understanding of the PFMA in particular its application to Schedule 2 SOEs, PFMA Treasury acquisition notifications, competition commission acquisitions notifications, fund management/investment
    • 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 orginisational 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
    • Conducting legal due diligence investigations
    • Ensure efficiencies aimed at improving client satisfaction by providing efficient legal services
    • Developing and maintaining relationships with providers of legal services (including, external legal counsels, business rescue practitioners and other key stakeholders)
    • Develop and maintain client and institutional relationships, internally, locally and internationally