Job Description

PURPOSE
The main purpose of the Legal Counsel is to provide expert legal advice, regulatory and contractual risk management services to the Bank.
You will engage with the following stakeholders:
External

• Regulator
• Clients and their legal departments
• Suppliers and their legal departments
• Law firms

Internal:

• CEO
• Executive management
• Senior management
• All other team members

Your key responsibilities include:

• Provide simplified business-focused legal solutions to complex matters
• To provide excellent Legal services, including general legal advice, to the Bank
• Managing contracts, negotiating contract terms and conditions, supplier management, and all associated matters
• Provide regulatory analysis and develop positions to represent the Bank's interests in the payments industry
• Assist in necessary legislative research as required
• Provide support to the Legal Services Department on projects
• Draft legal opinions and memoranda
• Ensure that legal risks are adequately addressed and mitigated
• Advise business of how future legal changes will impact on the business
• Identify legal risks affecting the organisation on all matters relating to legal advice, legal opinions, legislation and other regulatory commentary and interpretation, standard and non-standard agreements or legal documentation, intellectual property and litigation, and ad hoc matters referred to legal

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE

• An admitted attorney with an LLB degree or equivalent
• Computer literate

EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 - 6 years post qualification experience at a reputable law firm or as a corporate lawyer in a corporate environment in respect of contractual and commercial matters
• Have knowledge of Information technology and payments regulatory experience(preferable)
• Corporate and Commercial law
• Competition law(preferable)
• Financial Regulatory experience
• Contract law