Senior Legal Advisor - Sandton - TalentCru

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    TalentCru Sandton

    6 days ago

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    Description

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

    Qualifications

    • A law degree and admission as an attorney are essential. A master's degree such as LLM is desirable.

    Key Skills

    • A minimum of five years' post-article experience in banking and finance/corporate finance/project finance environment.
    • 8-10 years working experience in banking and finance/SoE/DFI (restructuring, turnaround business rescue) space is essential.
    • Experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and re-negotiating cross-border, project finance, corporate, commercial, structured, and re-structured finance transactions.
    • Providing general legal advice, including legal research.
    • Structuring, restructuring, negotiating, and re-negotiating corporate and commercial transactions, including project finance and cross-border financing transactions.
    • Identifying, evaluating, and structuring import and export finance transactions.
    • Ensuring compliance with internal legal and other organizational procedures and policies.
    • Identifying and minimizing potential legal risks.
    • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and re-negotiating financing agreements and other legal documentation.
    • Making presentations and opining on legal and regulatory developments.
    • Conducting legal due diligence investigations.
    • Ensuring 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).
    • Developing and maintaining client and institutional relationships, internally, locally, and internationally.

    Technical/Functional Competencies


    Solid understanding of corporate and commercial law.
    Ability to work independently and within a team.
    Drafting and negotiating loan agreements and other legal documentation.
    Transactional negotiations at a senior level.
    Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
    Independent judgment and good analytical skills.
    Capable of working in a high-pressure environment and exercising independent judgment.
    Ability to prioritize and plan.
    Ability to independently provide guidance and timely delivery on highly complex projects.
    Ability to coach and mentor juniors on areas of specialization.
    Good knowledge and understanding of international and local financing instruments.

    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. Resourceful and a self-starter, the candidate will know how to make things happen through their people, while also being hands-on. The ideal candidate must have natural leadership abilities and be capable of crafting the vision and creating support from within.
    Teamwork: A true team player. Supportive of their team, peers, and others across the organization. Contributes to an atmosphere in which people work together, enthusiastically and effectively, in producing outstanding results.
    Results Oriented: Energetic, resourceful, sophisticated, and savvy, with strong service orientation and a positive 'can-do' attitude. Fully committed to the job and to delivering outstanding work. Never satisfied with status quo, continually striving for excellence. Enjoys working 'hands-on'. Strong attention to detail.

    Judgment: Makes timely decisions while including necessary people in the decision-making process. Exhibits sound and rational judgment.
    Communication: Possesses excellent written/oral communication skills as well as excellent persuasive and presentation skills. Able to deal effectively with a broad range of personalities and cultures.
    Change Agent and Strategic Thinker: An innovative thinker who is comfortable designing for the future, while managing day-to-day matters.

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