Senior Legal Advisor

SUMMARY:

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

ï‚· Law degree and Admission as an Attorney essential.
 Master’s degree such as LLM desirable
ï‚· A minimum of 5 years' post-admission/post-articles experience in banking and finance, corporate financ...

POSITION INFO:
To provide sound, clear and accurate legal advice to mitigate the legal risks that the IDC is exposed to in its daily activities.  Law degree and Admission as an Attorney essential.  Master’s degree such as LLM desirable  A minimum of 5 years' post-admission\/post-articles experience in banking and finance, corporate finance, or project finance environment.  8-10 years' relevant experience in the banking and finance, including restructuring, turnaround, and business rescue space, acquired within a banking institution, SoE, DFI, advisory practice, or law firm with a strong focus on finance and restructuring transactions, is essential.  Demonstrated experience in the drafting, review, negotiation, and re-negotiation of complex cross-border, project finance, corporate finance, commercial, structured finance, and restructured finance transactions, whether acting as principal, lender, borrower, advisor or legal counsel.  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 IDC 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 LEADERSHIP COMPETENCES Resilience Decisiveness in Execution People Engagement Communication and Engagement Diverse Stakeholder Management Teamwork Innovation Change leadership Strategic Thinking Business Mind Set TECHNICAL\/FUCNTIONAL COMPETENCIES Analytical and problem-solving Negotiation and influencing Attention to detail Planning and organizing Professionalism and discretionary Sound corporate and commercial legal knowledge Ability to work independently and within a team Draft and negotiate loan agreements and other legal documentation Transactional negotiations at senior level Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Independent judgement and good analytical skills Capable of working in a high-pressured environment and can exercise independent judgement Ability to independently provide guidance and timeous 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 Leadership Teamwork Results Oriented Judgment Communication Change agent and strategic thinker