About the position
SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR: LITIGATION
JOHANNESBURG NORTH
TEMPORARY - 6 MONTHS FIXED TERM CONTRACT
Reports to - Legal Services Manager
Key Requirements:
- To provide sound legal support to post-investment monitoring of investment where there are emerging defaults on loan servicing. Active involvement in deal re-structuring, understand and analyse the commercial aspects of the transaction and give expert legal solutions.
- To provide prompt and sound legal advice and support in particular the Post Investment Department & Turnaround, Workouts and Restructuring departmentRecoveries
- To provide 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 the company are protected
- Negotiate settlements
- Brief external attorneys,
- To implement and monitor debt recovery, litigation, liquidation and all other legal and Court processes, whether or not outsourced to external law [URL Removed] Workouts, Restructures
- Business rescue, restructuring.
- Understand instruments, draft agreements, litigate, sequestrate.
- Criminal charges.
- Exercise guarantees, etc.
- To implement the restructuring of companies, draft and review all legal agreements relating thereto
- Manage budgets and relationships with external lawyers, timeously.
- To address all legal matters relating to its investee companies, implement amendments to funding structures and terms and negotiation of contracts with investee companies or third parties
- Provide general legal advice to the various departments
- Mentor Legal [URL Removed] Required:
- At least 8 years' experience post articles experience in similar environment i.e. Private equity, Corporate finance, Corporate Finance Management Consulting etc.
- At least 8 years litigation, business rescue and Court experience,
- Experience in securities law; and/or
- Experience in insolvency law; and/or
- General experience in commercial law; and/or
- 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 advice on legal issues related to the business,
- Ability to convey legal opinion and argue [URL Removed]
- LLB
- Admitted AttorneyAttributes/Behavioural Competencies:
- High leadership qualities and teamwork,
- Strong sense of initiative and self-motivated,
- Strong communication skills,
- Efficient presentation skills,
- High sense of analysis, attention to detail and judgement,
- Integrity
- Problem Solving and Strategic Thinking
- Anticipating and Managing Change
- Business insight and Risk Awareness
- Interpersonal Agility
- Resilience and Stress Management
- Rule Orientation
- Please Note: Should you not receive any feedback within two months, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Litigation
- post investment
- investment
- deal re-structuring
- commercial transaction
- turnaround
- workouts
- restructuring
- private equity
- Corporate Finance
- business rescue
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years Investments, Insurance & Assurance
- 5 to 10 years Legal Advisory
Desired Qualification Level:
About The Employer:
Development Finance, Investment Industry
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Medical Aid
- Provident Fund
