Legal Associate with Commercial Litigation

SUMMARY:
A client of ours passionate about SME's to grow is looking for a Legal Associate with Commercial Litigation experience to join their impactful team.

POSITION INFO:
Location:
Randburg- Johannesburg

Requirements:

• Admitted Attorney
• Law Degree
• 5 years post articles work experience

• Assisting with the vetting of the terms and conditions of deals from a legal perspective prior to the Credit Committee approving a deal
• Drafting legal agreements and related documents from standard templates (e.g. Loan Agreements, Pledge and Cession Agreements, Guarantees, etc.)
• Instructing attorneys to attend to the registration of securities (e.g. mortgage bonds, special notarial bonds, etc.)
• Liaising with colleagues regarding conditions, implementation and execution of deals
• Ensuring compliance with all other conditions of a deal prior to disbursing funds on a deal
• Project managing commercial recovery matters, internally and in conjunction with external legal advisors (from initiating action legal action to full receipt of funds)
• General monitoring of portfolio
• Provide legal advice and services to the organisation in corporate and commercial matters
• Performing KYC/FICA/AML/PEP checks on clients
• Draft Term Sheets, ensuring they encapsulate the terms of the credit approval and perform general administration in respect of the facility agreement preparations and finalisation
• Attend to queries from credit analyst, operations and clients, providing legal expertise to the Credit Committee
• Draft documentation including regulatory required documents, non-standard security agreements and resolutions
• To ensure that all client documents are up to date and signed off correctly and all required information is loaded onto the system

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