Legal Counsel Securities

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in law from a recognized university.
  
• Possess a Postgraduate Diploma in Law.
  
• Have a minimum of four (4) years of relevant work experience.
  
• Have at least three (3) years of experience in legal drafting.
  
• Have a minimum of two (2) years of experience in securitization.
  
• Have at least two (2) years of experience in legal communication and advocacy.
  
• Have a minimum of three (3) years of experience in legal risk management.
  

• Legal advisor providing support to the business in negotiating, structuring and documenting all credit related and specialized transactions.
  
• Management of securities perfection for bank securities and management of approval for disbursement.
  
• Management of letters of offer, term sheets, mandate letters and facility agreements for approved facilities in line with the approved lending conditions, applicable laws, regulations and bank policies.
  
• Manage external lawyers’ performance to ensure efficiency including negotiation of legal fees as appropriate;
  
• Securities contract management: drive contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of negotiation process, review and contract execution.
  
• Conduct legal risk analysis and provide legal support for credit and securities transactions including identification of risk and proposing risk mitigation strategies.
  
• Manage maintenance of data, status reports, records and statistics relating to security perfection for legal securities unit (update the database on approval reworks, letter of Offers released, instructions, Charge Documents, exemptions) and to issue reports as appropriate.
  
• Legal opinions and research: opinions/guidance in respect of securities matters including legal awareness training.
  
• Monitoring changes in regulations and case law to ensure that the Bank’s security and advise business and credit on the implication on the changes and ensure implementation of the change in loan documentation and process.