Legal Counsel

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

External:

Regulators

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 BankservAfrica

Managing contracts, negotiating contract terms and conditions, supplier management,

and all associated matters

Provide regulatory analysis and develop positions to represent BankservAfricas

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 andnon-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