SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR : LITIGATION, JHB

To provide sound legal support to post-investment monitoring of investment where there are emerging defaults on loan servicing. Active involvement in deal restructuring, 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’ post-articles experience in a 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 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 advise on legal issues related to the business.

Ability to convey legal opinion and argue legally.

Qualifications / 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.