Job Description

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities - plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.



This role is in the Standard Bank Commercial and Investment Bank Global Markets Legal team. This position is for a mid-level lawyer with Global Markets (GM) experience who will be one of the initial points of contact for all legal work emanating from the GM business including the various GM trading desks, emanating from South Africa and across the Group. The role is predominantly transactional focused and in respect of this part of the role, the candidate will be required to integrate himself/herself into the business, providing real time complex legal and structuring advice on transactions.

The role will require oversight and management of structured transactions from front to back, commencing with client negotiations, structuring and pre-trade documentation including master agreements to assisting business with the close and finalisation of structured trade confirmations. The balance of the role is focused on the drafting and negotiation of master agreements, including the ISDA and GMRA. For this work the candidate will be fully integrated into the existing master agreements team, taking instruction and advising business teams across the Standard Bank Group.

This role will work closely with the GM Legal AR team both in the drafting of master agreements and the management of structured derivative transactions across the Group's Africa footprint in order to ensure consistent legal risk management across the breadth of the banking business.

More generally, the lawyer will be required, with the support of senior lawyers, to be a leader in the fulfilment of GM Legal's role in (i) the management, identification and mitigation of complex legal risks across the GM business in South Africa and across GM franchise and (ii) the provision of accurate, expert and specialised advice on legal and regulatory matters including by way of direct involvement in the structuring of the transactions in line with the relevant GM and general banking practices, procedures and regulations.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• LLB
• Admitted attorney

Experience Required

3-7 years proven experience in the provision of guidance and insight pertaining to the drafting, vetting, review, dissemination and/or negotiation of legal documentation and processes of a complex nature. Identification and mitigation of legal risks.

At least 3 years' experience within the legal/financial sector. No people management experience required.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Checking Details
• Documenting Facts
• Establishing Rapport
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Providing Insights
• Showing Composure
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Contract Management
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Legal Advisory & Interpretation
• Legal Drafting
• Legal Knowledge
• Legal Research

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