Senior Legal Advisor

Affirmative Portfolios; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 700 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Gauteng is seeking an experienced legal professional to provide sound legal support in post-investment monitoring, debt recovery, and restructuring transactions. Candidates should have at least 8 years' experience in private equity or corporate finance, strong litigation skills, and an LLB qualification. This role involves drafting legal agreements, negotiating settlements, and managing various legal processes to protect the company's rights and interests. Proven leadership qualities and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years’ experience post articles in private equity or corporate finance.
• Strong litigation, business rescue, and court experience.
• Experience in securities law and insolvency law.
• Ability to prepare legal documentation accurately.
• Strong problem solving and strategic thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for investment monitoring and restructuring.
• Negotiate settlements and implement debt recovery processes.
• Address legal matters for investee companies.
• Draft and review legal agreements and documentation.

Skills

Post-investment monitoring

Litigation

Debt recovery

Commercial law

Negotiation

Business report writing

MS Office

Education

LLB

Admitted Attorney

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

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.
• 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

Experience/Skills Required:

• At least 8 years’ experience post articles experience in similar environment 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 knowledgeExperience 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
• High leadership qualities and teamwork,
• Strong sense of initiative and self-motivated,
• 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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