Senior Legal Advisor: Project Finance and Treasury (Infrastructure Projects) - Centurion

Recruiter:

MECS Africa

Job Ref:

JHB012296/LJ

Date posted:

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Location:

Centurion, South Africa

SUMMARY:
The purpose of this role is to provide reliable professional legal services to the Project Finance & Treasury Division, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and settling transaction documents relating to project finance and other types of transactions. Advise, issue legal opinions and brief external legal counsel on project finance and treasury matters.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements:
NQF 9 level qualification and admitted Attorney
Minimum 10 years’ legal work experience, of which 5 must be at a senior associate level.
Advising clients in the public or private sectors (as sponsors or lenders) on infrastructure project finance transactions, from structuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating project finance documents up to financial close.

Advantageous Experience
Experience advising water sector institutions
Experience in public finance underpinned by the PFMA
Experience in financial markets law
Experience in infrastructure finance
Experience in water law
Experience and in-depth understanding of private sector bank and DFI lending, especially to the public sector and recent experience closing transactions based on the LMA standard

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Legal support to the Project Finance and Treasury Division

Provide transaction advice and legal support on the structuring of Project Finance transactions, including structuring and negotiations; research, advice, responses and opinions on a wide variety of public sector related legislation including but not limited to the National Water Act, Water Services Act, Public Finance Management Act, Financial Markets Act, JSE debt listing requirements, Municipal Finance Management Act, and related legislation etc
Provide legal support to the Treasury department, including legal advice on financial markets, financial instruments, JSE and other domestic exchanges’ debt listing requirements and regulations
Advise, draft and review Project Finance, commercial agreements including project implementation, water supply, tariffing annexures, finance facilities, and general legal agreements,
Advise and provide legal support on compliance with conditions and requirements of all project transaction documents.
Research, interpret legislation, and render prompt, reliable legal opinions.
Review and/or draft service, contractor’s, consultancy, settlement, security, pledge and similar agreements.

Liaison with service providers

Draft instructions to attorneys and prepare briefs to legal counsel promptly and accurately.
Manage contracts with external legal service providers.
Liaise with stakeholders on legal matters, including but not limited to National and Local Government Departments, external attorneys, lenders, and institutional investors as required.

Monitor legislative developments

Monitor and review new legislation that may impact the Company
Update the Project Finance and Treasury team on new and proposed legislative developments impacting the organisation;
Deal with ad hoc matters as required from time to time.

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