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Afreximbank

Multilateral bank for African trade

Manager – Banking Legal Services - Multiple Teams

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

About the Job

Requirements

  • A postgraduate degree in Law from a recognised university.
  • A diploma in Legal Practice from a recognised Bar Course.
  • At least 8 years of professional legal practice and experience, particularly in the banking and financial services industry.
  • Experience handling documentation for cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly structured trade and corporate finance, project and asset-based finance, guarantees and specialised finance, sovereign lending, and private equity.
  • Good knowledge of banking practices in Africa.
  • Ability to communicate and function effectively in a culturally diverse and change-oriented environment.
  • Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments.
  • Ability to present legal advice on management issues to the Bank’s senior management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Strong drafting skills across a variety of legal documents.
  • Ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly and concisely.
  • Familiarity with trade finance, project finance, treasury matters and transnational transactions.
  • Ability to quickly grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents to provide sound legal advice.
  • Ability to review documents and provide advice under strict deadlines.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work with legal and non-legal professionals to develop solutions to conflicting interests and positions.
  • Ability to organise and manage human resources to achieve goals.
  • Understanding and adherence to the Bank’s AML, regulatory and conduct compliance policies and procedures, including the Staff Handbook and code of conduct, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing policies, Conflicts of Interest policy, Policy on Staff Involvement in External Engagements and Activities, Anti-Bribery and Corruption policy, and Insider Trading Guidelines.
  • Reporting suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to Bank staff or customers to the Compliance Department.
  • Completion of the Bank’s Annual Compliance Training and Assessment.

Responsibilities

  • Provide advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on banking and finance matters, delivering tailored and commercially focused legal solutions.
  • Provide legal and strategic advice on special projects and initiatives and identify potential legal risks.
  • Participate in planning, organising and implementing legal support for the Bank’s business activities, including researching precedents and presenting solutions.
  • Guide the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations applicable to the Bank’s business.
  • Ensure adequate controls mitigate legal and related risks arising from the Bank’s activities.
  • Support the formulation and implementation of legal processes that ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation.
  • Facilitate development of standardised legal documentation and legal precedents.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and key legal advisor on legal matters relating to the Bank’s loan products.
  • Serve as a legal stakeholder on internal committees and working groups, manage special projects, and support advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
  • Coordinate engagement of external legal counsel to ensure value for money in procuring legal services.
  • Advise management and staff across the Bank’s activities on legal issues, constraints, risks, options, consequences and recommended approaches.
  • Advise on the Bank’s borrowings in international capital and money markets, including reviewing and negotiating legal documentation for the borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions.
  • Provide legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies.
  • Participate in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
  • Provide legal advice on equity participations, grants, financing and co-financing agreements with multilateral and bilateral financial institutions, and related arrangements.
  • Represent the Bank internally and externally in negotiations, disputes, consultations and other proceedings requiring legal representation.
  • Work with internal staff and external parties as required by management.
  • Conduct deal appraisals and provide legal input on proposed transactions.
  • Conduct legal due diligence on proposed transactions.
  • Prepare legal documents, including transaction documentation designed to protect the Bank’s interests as lender, borrower or in other capacities.
  • Negotiate legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties under management guidance.
  • Review documentation and assess legal matters arising from the Bank’s financing and non-financing activities.
  • Conduct, manage and monitor legal workstreams for ongoing transactions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of one or more of the Bank’s other working languages: French, Arabic or Portuguese.

About the Company

Afreximbank

Multilateral bank for African trade

Afreximbank is a multilateral financial institution that finances trade within Africa and between African businesses and overseas markets. It lends directly to exporters and importers and channels financing through banks, with guarantees and letters of credit supporting cross-border transactions. Its mandate also covers export development, trade research and payment arrangements that make it easier for African goods and services to reach buyers. The bank is financed through shareholder capital and borrowing, with African states, public institutions and private investors participating in its governance. Established by agreement in 1993, Afreximbank is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cairo, Egypt
Founded
1993

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