Legal Counsel

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

PURPOSE

The main purpose of the Legal Counsel is to provide expert legal advice, regulatory and contractual risk management services to the Bank.

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

External

• Regulator
• Clients and their legal departments
• Suppliers and their legal departments
• Law firms

Internal:

• CEO
• Executive management
• Senior management
• All other team members

Your key responsibilities include:

• Provide simplified business-focused legal solutions to complex matters
• To provide excellent Legal services, including general legal advice, to the Bank
• Managing contracts, negotiating contract terms and conditions, supplier management, and all associated matters
• Provide regulatory analysis and develop positions to represent the Bank’s interests in the payments industry
• Assist in necessary legislative research as required
• Provide support to the Legal Services Department on projects
• Draft legal opinions and memoranda
• Ensure that legal risks are adequately addressed and mitigated
• Advise business of how future legal changes will impact on the business
• Identify legal risks affecting the organisation on all matters relating to legal advice, legal opinions, legislation and other regulatory commentary and interpretation, standard and non-standard agreements or legal documentation, intellectual property and litigation, and ad hoc matters referred to legal

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE

• An admitted attorney with an LLB degree or equivalent
• Computer literate

EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 – 6 years post qualification experience at a reputable law firm or as a corporate lawyer in a corporate environment in respect of contractual and commercial matters
• Have knowledge of Information technology and payments regulatory experience(preferable)
• Corporate and Commercial law
• Competition law(preferable)
• Financial Regulatory experience
• Contract law