Legal Associate - Financial Services - Sandton
Legal Associate - Financial Services - Sandton
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Job Description
Our client in the financial services industry is offering an opportunity for a Legal Associate with commercial litigation experience to join their internal legal department. The role involves supporting the existing legal team in fulfilling the credit compliance function including transaction posttransaction monitoring and recoveries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assisting with the vetting of the terms and conditions of deals from a legal perspective prior to the Credit Committee approving a deal.
- Drafting legal agreements and related documents from standard templates (e.g. Loan Agreements Pledge and Cession Agreements Guarantees etc..
- Instructing attorneys to attend to the registration of securities (e.g. mortgage bonds special notarial bonds etc..
- Ensuring compliance with all other conditions of a deal prior to disbursing funds on a deal.
- Project managing commercial recovery matters internally and in conjunction with external legal advisors (from initiating action legal action to full receipt of funds).
- Provide legal advice and services to the organisation in corporate and commercial matters.
- Performing KYC/FICA/AML/PEP checks on clients.
- Draft Term Sheets ensuring they encapsulate the terms of the credit approval and perform general administration in respect of the facility agreement preparations and finalisation.
- Attend to queries from credit analyst operations and clients providing legal expertise to the Credit Committee.
- Draft documentation including regulatory required documents nonstandard security agreements and resolutions.
Required Qualifications:
- Admitted Attorney.
- Law Degree.
- 35 years postarticles legal experience.
- Currently working in a law practice/firm with extensive experience in commercial litigation matters.
Required Skills:
- EQ (selfawareness selfmanagement reading the room and managing the room).
- Obsessive about controlling documentation understands the impact of incorrect paperwork.
- Attention to detail.
- Organized & professional work ethic.
- Ability to take initiative and learn quickly.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- Comfortable in engaging with customers at all levels.
- Comfortable dealing with conflict and litigation related to recoveries.
- Techno Savvy Remuneration.
Package and Remuneration:
Market Related.
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Employment Type
Full Time
