Legal Advisor, Commercial

**JOB OUTLINE**
**LEGAL ADVISOR - COMMERCIAL**
**JOHANNESBURG NORTH**
**Department **- LEGAL SERVICES
**Reports to -** Legal Manager
**Competency Profile**:
- To provide prompt and sound legal advice and support to the company in particular the Fund Management Division.
- Form part of the investment team and consult regularly with team on proposed structure and developments and legal implications thereof.
- Attend due diligence assessment relating to the company’s investments.
- Performing legal due diligence assessment on deals.
- Identify legal risks and recommend mitigation methods for the risks relating to the company’s investments.
- Provide legal input to submission papers prepared for Investment Committee (s).
- Drafting, vetting and negotiating a range of commercial agreements e.G. loan agreements, sale of shares,
- sale of business, security documents etc. in line with the organisations funding terms and conditions.
- Ensure agreements are legally accurate and in accordance with the term sheet and Investment Committee approval.
- Ensure agreements are in line with latest legal developments
- Manage costs/budget for work carried out externally.
**Experience/Skills Required**:
- Ability to work on your own and within a team.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Highly effective communication skills - both written and verbal.
- Attention to detail.
- Articulate and detail conscious.
- Negotiation skills.
- Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Legal drafting skills.
- 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 - admitted attorney with at least 3 years post article experience.
- At least 3 - 5 years job related corporate and commercial law and banking and finance principles.
- Working knowledge of various computer programmes including Power Point, MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
- In depth knowledge of laws and legal processes in respect of the company’s core business (primarily relating to Corporate Finance, Structured Finance and Investment Banking).
- Working knowledge of other areas of law e.G. Tax, Companies Act, Insolvency, Labour Law.
- Experience in legal due diligence
- Working knowledge of finance.
**Personal Attributes/Behaviours/Attitudes**:
- Self-motivated.
- High leadership qualities.
- Strong sense of initiative.
- Strong communication.
- Efficient presentation skills.
- High sense of analysis and judgement
- Integrity.