Legal Advisor
Sanlam
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Sandton • 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide legal advice and risk management services
- Structuring, negotiation, documentation, and ongoing management of legal aspects of transactions
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating corporate, banking, security and finance documentation
- Advising on distressed debt and restructurings and litigation issues
- Training the business on topical areas of law
Requirements
- LLB degree
- Admitted attorney of the High Court with 5+ years of related experience
- Experience as a legal advisor in a corporate legal department or as an attorney in a legal practice
- Focus on drafting and negotiating banking, finance and corporate contracts
- Experience in fund finance, project finance and mergers and acquisitions
- Dual UK (or other) and RSA qualified attorney preferred but not required
Benefits
- Professional legal advice and risk management services
- Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
- Participation in corporate responsibility initiatives
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal advicerisk managementtransaction structuringnegotiationdocumentationdraftingreviewingcorporate contractsbanking contractsfinance documentation
Soft skills
trainingcommunication
Certifications
LLB degreeadmitted attorney of the High Court