Senior Legal Advisor - Litigation - - Johannesburg

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
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
Exercise guarantees, etc.
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 the company and 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 various departments
Mentor Legal Advisors

Minimum requirements
Qualifications

Experience/Skills required

At least 8 years experience post articles experience in similar environment i.e. Private Equity, Corporate finance, Corporate Finance Management Consulting etc.
At least 8 years of 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 advice on legal issues
Ability to convey legal opinion and argue legally

Behavioural Competencies