Absa Group

Senior Legal Counsel

Absa Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Mauritius

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provide strategic legal advisory and transactional support to the Indian Ocean Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) division
  • Ensure legal risk is proactively managed while enabling the execution of domestic and cross-border financial transactions
  • Support the Head of Legal in providing legal advice to Business Units in Mauritius and Seychelles
  • Identify and manage legal risks across Absa Mauritius and Seychelles
  • Provide end-to-end legal counsel on complex CIB products and transactions
  • Structure, negotiate, and review a wide range of agreements
  • Translate legal and regulatory implications into actionable business insights and risk mitigation strategies
  • Serve as a legal risk filter for product innovation, deal reviews, and transaction approvals
  • Plan, manage and monitor the implementation of legal activities and processes

Requirements

  • Law Degree with at least 10 years relevant work experience
  • At least 10 years' post qualifying experience as an in-house legal counsel in a financial institution or at least 10 years working experience in a reputable law firm
  • Extensive knowledge of Banking and finance law
  • Extensive knowledge of Commercial law
  • Extensive knowledge of law of Contracts
  • Qualified Lawyer - Admitted Attorney or Barrister in Mauritius, Seychelles or another recognised jurisdiction
  • Expert working knowledge of finance and security documentation, both domestic and cross-border
  • Good knowledge of Property law
  • Good knowledge of Insolvency law
  • Good knowledge of Public Sector Finance
  • Good knowledge of Trade (import and export) laws
  • Good knowledge of mergers and acquisition
  • Good knowledge of competition law
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development
  • Flexible work arrangements
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