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Afreximbank

Multilateral bank for African trade

Manager, Banking Legal Services - Banking & Finance, Francophone

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

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master’s degree in French Civil Law from a recognized university is required.
  • At least 8 years of professional legal practice and experience, with particular emphasis on the banking and financial services industry, is required.
  • Experience handling documentation related to cross-border trade and project finance transactions is required, particularly in 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 is required.
  • The role requires the ability to communicate and function effectively in a culturally diverse and change-oriented environment.
  • The role requires the ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments, and present legal advice on management issues to the Bank’s senior management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are required.
  • Strong drafting skills across a variety of legal documents, including the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely, are required.
  • Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury matters and transnational transactions is required.
  • The role requires the ability to quickly grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents to provide sound legal advice.
  • The role requires the ability to review documents and provide advice under strict deadlines.
  • Strong negotiation skills and the ability to work with legal and non-legal professionals to develop solutions to conflicting interests and positions are required.
  • The role requires the ability to organise and manage human resources to achieve goals.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, is required.
  • Familiarity with legal risk management systems is required.
  • Good project management skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously under tight deadlines are required.
  • The role requires good knowledge of legal risk management practices in Africa and globally.
  • The role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to think strategically, analyse and synthesise information from diverse sources, and draw conclusions from complex materials and publications.
  • Experience communicating complex transactional and legal risk management issues to the Board, Executive Management and external stakeholders is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on banking and finance matters, delivering tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
  • Provide legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on special projects and initiatives, and identify potential legal risks.
  • Participate in planning, organising and implementing legal support for business activities; research relevant precedents and present appropriate solutions.
  • Provide guidance on applying and interpreting laws and regulations relevant to the Bank’s business, and ensure adequate controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns.
  • Assist with formulating and implementing effective legal processes for timely transaction-documentation delivery, and facilitate development of standardised documentation and legal precedents.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and key legal adviser to business stakeholders on legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products.
  • Serve as the Legal stakeholder on internal committees and working groups, manage special projects, and engage in advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
  • Coordinate engagement of external legal counsel to ensure value for money in procuring legal services.
  • Provide legal advice to management and staff across the Bank’s activities, and offer solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
  • Advise on the Bank’s borrowings in international capital and money markets, including reviewing and negotiating legal documentation for the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital-markets transactions.
  • Advise on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies, and participate in the work of the Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
  • Advise on equity participations, grants, and financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions, including 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, provide input, and perform legal due diligence on proposed transactions.
  • Prepare legal documentation, including transaction documents designed to protect the Bank’s interests as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
  • Negotiate a wide range of 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.
  • Understand and comply with the Bank’s Anti-Money Laundering, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, including the Staff Handbook, Anti-Money Laundering and counter-financing policies, conflicts-of-interest policies, anti-bribery and corruption policies, and insider-trading guidelines.
  • Report suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to Bank staff or customers to the Compliance Department.
  • Complete the annual compliance training and assessment.
  • Oversee teams and manage transactions from a legal perspective throughout the credit value chain.
  • Advise internal and external stakeholders and staff, contribute to innovation in business practices, and represent Afreximbank Group at third-party events and meetings.
  • Contribute to negotiations primarily in a technical capacity, with firm-wide impact, and explore technical or innovative advancements for the Bank.
  • Influence within the team and occasionally beyond it to drive and achieve results.
  • Mentor junior colleagues and share technical knowledge to support collaboration and project outcomes.
  • Manage project delivery and communicate information effectively to senior staff.
  • Use experience and technical knowledge to identify core issues; analyse complex data and synthesise information to support strategic solutions.
  • Support technical initiatives, contribute to strategy, and occasionally contribute ideas to drive innovation.
  • Apply an understanding of Afreximbank Group’s products and services, values and mission, and the political, economic and trade landscape of Africa and its diaspora.
  • Offer informed opinions to internal and external counterparts, and identify practical ways to cascade the Group’s values and mission to junior colleagues and external parties.
  • Manage assigned tasks with minimal oversight and deliver them on time and to the required quality.
  • Work effectively with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, influence teams and build networks across boundaries.
  • Articulate and promote the Bank’s legal risk management narrative to internal stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of one or more of the Bank’s other working languages—French, Arabic or Portuguese—is an added advantage.

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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