Job Description

SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR: LITIGATION, JHB Legal
JHB North, Johannesburg - Gauteng

SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR: LITIGATION

JOHANNESBURG NORTH

Within the Legal Services Department

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 department

Recoveries

• 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 firms.

Turnarounds, 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 Advisors.

Experience/Skills 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 legally.

Qualifications/LLB:

• LLB
• Admitted Attorney

Attributes/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.

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