The main purpose of the Legal Counsel is to provide expert legal advice, regulatory and contractual risk management services to the company.
You will engage with the following stakeholders :
External
- Regulator
- Clients and their legal departments
- Suppliers and their legal departments
- Law firms
Internal :
- Executive management
- Senior management
- All other team members
POSITION INFO :
Your key responsibilities include :
- Provide simplified business-focused legal solutions to complex matters
- To provide excellent Legal services, including general legal advice, to BankservAfrica
- Managing contracts, negotiating contract terms and conditions, supplier management, and all associated matters
- Provide regulatory analysis and develop positions to represent BankservAfrica’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
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)