Corporate Governance and Legal Counsel

Providing High Level Structured Trade and Trade Legal Training to employees of banks, finance houses and corporates.In-depth training on all aspects of bank guarantees, letters of credit, standby letters of credit and foreign bills for collection.Providing training on the various INCO terms.Providing training 9n how to structure trade transactions to mitigate risk and maximize profit whilst ensuring the quickest turnaround.Thoroughly explaining all ICC publications and their relevance to the various trade instruments.

Senior Legal Manager• Overseeing all trade finance transactions (both structured and vanilla) for the specialised trade and financial institutions client base of the Bank.• Developing new and bespoke trade finance products and structures for the Bank.• Managing all legal and compliance aspects of the trade finance and financial institutions portfolio for the Bank.• Liaising with clients and internal and external stakeholders as well as external attorneys regarding all legal, compliance and regulatory aspects of the specialised trade team portfolio, products and structures.• Managing the specialised trade team and all aspects related thereto (staff training, team budget, performance reviews, remuneration etc.).• Reviewing and vetting all Documentary Credits, Guarantees, Standby Letters of Credit, Irrevocable Re-imbursement Undertakings for the specialised trade team.• Vetting, negotiating and reviewing Master Participation Agreements, Re-Finance Agreements and Cash Collateral Agreements and liaising with external attorneys to finalise said agreements.• Negotiating and finalizing legal opinions relevant to the specialised trade team portfolio.• Meeting with the various financial institutions to market, explain and discuss trade products and specialised trade structures and assisting the loan syndication team to secure financing for specialised trade finance projects.• Preparation of credit, country risk and compliance presentations and documentation.• Presenting specialised trade transactions and structures to Group Credit and Exco.

Overseeing all legal operations for the company.Drafting and finalisation of all commercial and trade contracts.Drafting Employment Contracts, Restraints of Trade and Non-disclosure Agreements.Performing legal and environmental due diligence task for acquisition interests and finalising reports thereon.Drafting, negotiation and finalising all Trade Instruments for the company (Letters of Credit, Standby Letters of Credit, Foreign Bills for Collection, and Back to Back Transactions).Drafting, negotiating and finalising all Facility and Banking Agreements for the company.Structuring and overseeing specialised trade transactions entered into by the company.Establishing legal entities in Turkey and Zimbabwe for the company.Providing on-going legal advice, and training to the staff and company directors on all legal and financial aspects related to the company. Liaising with banks, financiers and factoring entities to secure finance and negotiate and finalise specialised trade and commodities transactions entered into by the company.Liaising with the SARB for all Exchange Control related issues and applications.Preparing cash flows, budgets and payment plans for trade transactions.Structuring import and export transactions as well as merchanting and factoring transactions.Completion of all BBBEEE legislative and other documentation.Managing and overseeing all compliance aspects relevant to the company and the transactions entered into by the company and education staff thereon.Drafting, completing and negotiating all facility and finance related documentation for the various entities within the company.

The day to day management of the entire Guarantees Team with 20 subordinates.Preparing budgets for the Guarantees Team.Monitoring the Guarantees Team spend against set out budgets.Management of all staff issues including standard policies and procedures, workflows, work allocation, staff appraisals and remuneration, disciplinary processes and procedures and standard policies.Drafting template guarantees, LC’s and related documents for the Bank.Vetting and finalizing all local and foreign guarantees drafted by the team.Educating the team and all internal stakeholders on all guarantee related literature, legislation and developments.Drafting, negotiating, and finalizing all non-standard guarantee transactions and related documents. Providing legal advice on all aspects of the guarantees process to internal stakeholders and clients.Meeting with and liaising with clients to assist them with any guarantee related queries.Implementing new workflows, procedures and processes in the Guarantees team.Liaising with Group Audit regarding any queries related to guarantees.Reporting to Exco and Top Management on all guarantew related developments, issues and matters.Developing and marketing new and innovative trade products to meet Customer needs and increase revenue.Developing new trade structures and products to facilitate structured trade deals.Overseeing all Compliance aspects related to the team.Providing compliance and legal training to team members and staff and ensuring the entire team completes all required compliance training and examinations.Specialized trade document legal vetting and opinion drafting.Managing and overseeing all litigation and liaising with external attorneys on all guarantee legal issues.Managing debt recoveries and litigation.Extensive work on updating all SWIFT and TT payment systems processes to ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory aspects.Providing staff training and evaluations on UCP 600, URDG 758, ISP 98.

Drafting, preparing, finalizing and vetting all commercial agreements and related documents for the international trade services team.Providing legal advice on all aspects of International Trade Law, Negotiable Instruments, Unjust Enrichment and providing legal advice on all aspects of Banking, Finance and Commercial Law.Drafting, finalising and vetting all international trade legal documentation (Indemnities, Application Forms etc) for the Bank.Drafting manuals and providing training on URDG 758, ISP 98, UCP 600 and all trade related literature and governing documents.Researching legislation and applicable case law to keep the team informedof and apprised with recent legislative developments and their impact and implications on the standard and specialised trade documentation and policies.Advising the team team on how to prevent and mitigate losses and developing new workflows and procedures to assist with this.Drafting, negotiating, finalizing and vetting guarantees, letters of credit and other trade documents.Instructing attorneys on litigious matters.Assisting with and conducting disciplinary procedures for staff.Drafting, finalising and monitoring internal and external service level agreements for the team.Drafting and finalizing legal letters, waivers and related documents for the team.Assisting with the structuring of structured trade transactions, providing legal advice thereon, drafting all required legal documents and liaising with external attorneys to finalise said transactions.Assisting with the development and implementation of Supply Chain Finance and all documents, agreements and legal matters related thereto.Reporting to Exco and senior management on all trade legal and compliance matters within the team.Assisting with collection and debt management related to trade transactions.Overseeing all litigation and commercial agreements related to trade transactions.Overseeing all regulatory and compliance procedures within the team.

Drafting, preparing, finalizing and vetting all facility letters for top tier clients.Drafting, preparing, finalizing and vetting all security documentation for top tier clients.Drafting, preparing, finalizing and vetting assignment agreements, confidentiality agreements and other commercial documentation for top tier clients.Providing legal advice to Business and Credit on all aspects of Banking, Finance and Commercial Law related to the transactions financed for clients.Researching legislation and applicable case law to keep Legal (Risk) informed of all recent legislative developments and their impact and implications on our standard documentation and policies.Advising Credit and Business on deal structuring and the legal implications thereof.Negotiating and settling facility letters, security and related documentation with top tier clients and their attorneys.Commenting and advising on externally drafted loan and security documentation.Visiting the regional offices to provide legal training and advice.Training new staff members on systems, documentation and processes.Ensuring all clients are FICA / KYC compliantKeeping up to date with all compliance legislation and regulations and training the Legal (Risk) and Credit team on these aspects.

Drafting all transaction documentation for BBEE transactions in the Growth and Acquisition team.Drafting non-standard agreements for merger and acquisition transactions.Presenting the above transactions to the Group and Global credit forums.Preparing credit minutes for presentation to the various Credit forums.Analysing client financial statements to determine debt serviceability and transaction profitability.Drafting facility letters to clients.Preparing amortization and serviceability schedules for the relevant transactions.Preparing legal advice documents to clients on transaction structuring and the legal and compliance aspects of particular transactions.Liaising with attorneys regarding property developments and mergers and acquisitions funded by the Growth and Acquisition Finance Team.Preparing release figures for the developments funded by the bank.Monitoring and making progress payments for the above developments funded by the bank.Assisting clients to obtain finance for listed security and equity based transactions, structuring these transactions and drafting the relevant legal documents for said transactions.Monitoring all clients’ accounts to ensure debt is serviced timeously and assisting clients with debt structuring.Preparing, negotiating and finalising all Finance and Facility Documentation for clients (including but not limited to Special Notarial Bonds, General Notarial Bonds, Pledges, Mortgage Bonds, Finance Leases, Instalment Sale Transactions and Aircraft Lease Transactions).Preparing. and drafting commercial mortgage documentation and liaising with external attorneys regarding these transactions.Educating clients on relevant compliance legislation and ensuring client compliance with all relevant compliance legislation (FICA / KYC / FAIS).Providing staff training on all credit and legal procedures as well as system training on the relevant systems related to property finance and merger and acquisition transactions.

Candidate Attorney - Insolvency and Business Rescue and Banking and Finance