Legal Assistant at Standard Bank Group

Job description

Job Details

Legal: guidance across all areas and geographies to ensure: every transaction is appropriately negotiated, documented and implemented, losses arising from litigation are minimised, and legal issues carrying negative reputational consequences are avoided.

Job Purpose

To provide comprehensive legal support to the Department in liaison with the Bank’s legal counsel and other key relationships;

To assist in identifying and closing the Bank’s documentation risks by ensuring that all legal requirements are fully addressed and complied with in liaison with the Bank’s legal counsel and other key relationships.

Litigation Support

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Reviewing and summarising pleadings filed against the Bank;
• Liaising with relevant Bank Departments in order to retrieve supporting documentation;
• General bring-up of litigation files and follow-up with external counsel;
• Assisting in compiling periodic litigation reports.
• Advisory Function
• Conducting legal research and opinions on various legal matters;
• Analyzing new laws and regulations and assessing their impact on the Bank;
• Drawing up routine/simple commercial transaction documents.
• Administrative Functions
• Compiling periodic reports as may be required;
• Drafting legal correspondences;
• General administrative duties as may be allocated from time to time.

Other Accountabilities

Ensure that training & self development occurs on a continuous basis in order to obtain adequate technical knowledge to understand the regulatory framework that applies to the Bank as well as the risks to which the Bank is exposed to.

Preferred Qualification And Experience

Bachelor of Laws Degree (Upper Second Class Honours) (Compulsory)

Professional Qualifications

• Completed Post Graduate Diploma studies at the Kenya School of Law (Mandatory)
• Demonstrable interest in, and passion for, working within the Legal Department of a financial institution.
• Knowledge/Technical Skills/Expertise
• Demonstrable sound legal background/knowledge of the regulatory universe in which the Bank operates.