Senior Legal Counsel

Purpose

The Senior Legal Counsel is accountable for providing advice, oversight, and execution of banking, finance, corporate, and commercial legal matter.

Responsibilities

• Negotiates banking facilities and other financial arrangements with financial institutions
• Negotiates commercial agreements (e.g., procurement contracts), advising stakeholders on legal and business implications while identifying pragmatic, business-oriented solutions.
• Structures, documents, and implements intra-companies transactions, including capital increases, dividend distributions, and internal reorganizations.
• Oversees the execution of regional initiatives by local teams, including mergers and acquisitions and restructuring projects.
• Instructs and manages external counsel where appropriate, including oversight of scope and budget in line with project requirements

Requiments

• Demonstrable expertise in a common-law legal system;
• Minimum of 8 years of post-qualification experience, ideally gained in multinational law firms; and/or in legal departments of multinationals;
• Proven experience in Banking law, Corporate law and Commercial law;
• Fluent in English (spoken and written); additional languages are a plus;
• Strong legal drafting and analytical skills;
• Highly efficient, with the ability to process information rapidly and manage multiple priorities;
• Takes full ownership of decisions and outcomes;
• Comfortable working independently or collaboratively, managing matters with varying levels of guidance;
• Available to travel when needed.

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