Senior Legal Advisor - Litigation

SUMMARY:
Our client, an investment company are looking to appoint a Senior Legal Advisor with experience in Litigation, who will join the Legal Services team on a fixed-term contract.

The purpose of this role is to provide sound legal support to post-investment monitoring of investments 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.

POSITION INFO:
Job description

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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 the company and 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 various departments
• Mentor Legal Advisors

• LLB
• Admitted Attorney

• 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 of 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
• Ability to convey legal opinion and argue legally

• 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

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