Senior Legal Counsel

Absa Group

Legal risk management
Corporate and investment banking
Financial transactions
Provide strategic legal advisory and transactional support to the Indian Ocean Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) division, ensuring legal risk is proactively managed

Job Summary

  • Provide strategic legal advisory and transactional support to the Indian Ocean Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) division, ensuring legal risk is proactively managed.
  • The role involves identifying and managing legal risks across Absa Mauritius and Seychelles by providing end-to-end legal counsel on complex CIB products and transactions.
  • This position requires translating legal and regulatory implications into actionable business insights and risk mitigation strategies, serving as a legal risk filter for product innovation and deal reviews.

Matching Summary

Provide strategic legal advisory and transactional support to the Indian Ocean Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) division, ensuring legal risk is proactively managed.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Legal risk management
  • Corporate and Investment Banking
  • Financial transactions
  • Legal advisory
  • Contract negotiation

Nice-to-have

  • Strategic legal advice
  • Commercial insights
  • Risk mitigation strategies
  • Team collaboration

Key Requirements

  • 10 years post qualifying experience
  • In-house legal counsel in financial institution
  • Reputable law firm experience
  • Banking and finance law knowledge
  • Commercial law knowledge
  • Contracts law knowledge
  • Admitted Attorney or Barrister

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