Senior Legal Advisor – Unlisted Legal – Permanent – Pretoria
Finance / Accounting ~ Legal
Pretoria – Gauteng
Senior Legal Advisor – Unlisted Legal – Permanent – Pretoria
Salary: R1,330,560.00pa to R 2,395,008.00
Overview:
To provide legal advice on general corporate and commercial law matters and transactions, and legal advisory in investments within The Company
Minimum Requirements and Experience:
- LLB degree
- Admitted attorney of the High Court between 6 – 8 years post admission experience specifically in:
- Corporate/ Commercial Law and Investment management.
- Overall experience in the Financial services sector will also be considered for the role.
- Investment Analysis
- Strong transaction execution Skills
Key Performance Areas:
- Conduct legal research, provide opinions and advices in respect of corporate/commercial law matters and legal advisory in investments.
- Conduct legal due diligence investigations.
- Draft, review and negotiate corporate, commercial and banking and finance related agreements.
- Negotiate transactions of a corporate, commercial and banking and finance nature pertaining to private/unlisted entities.
- Structure and manage Unlisted transactions (i.e., debt funding, project finance, energy: oil and gas and renewable energy, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and/or structured finance transactions and venture capital).
- Corporate, commercial and banking and finance legal transaction experience (Equity, Debt and Mezzanine structure) across jurisdictions in Sub Saharan Africa is a key performance area in this role.
- Manage and assist with any litigation and/or arbitration emanating from transactions, identify new and amendments to investment legislation that impacts The Company and advise and assist with implementation thereof.
- Manage the appointment process of procuring external counsel on The Company panel and provide the requisite instructions to appointed external counsel,
- Assist with post management of transactions across various departments such as Post Management and Valuation (PMV) and disbursement processes,
- Assist and advise the Turn Around Value Add (TOVA department with restructure, business rescue, liquidations and workout).
- Identify new and amendments to investment legislation that impacts The Company and advise and assist with implementation including advise on FAIS and related legislation.
- Provide training to staff on legislation and legal matters pertaining to The Company.
- Manage projects of The Company in relation to Unlisted Investments.
- Assist with projects of The Company.
- Manage legal instructions and attorneys on the panel.
- Ad hoc competition law advisory.
- Contract management of concluded transactions (i.e. SharePoint and efront).
- Supervision of juniors
NB: Should you not be contacted within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it as unsuccessful.
