Legal Associate
Job purpose:
The role holder has
responsibility for managing all legal risks, providing legal advisory,
management and transactional support for the country support functions. When
required the role holder will also support the business functions.
Key responsibilities:
Leadership
- Works
with country head of legal, kenya and east africa and other team members
to ensure coverage of all legal work which is not specifically aligned to
one business, material disputes, hr legal matters, commercial contracts,
acquisitions and projects undertaken at country level.
- Proactively
engages with the regulators to keep ahead of the regulatory and
legislative agenda affecting the business and to effectively appraise the
business of any material changes and risks identified as well as conduct
training for relevant departments.
Business partnering
- Drives
the development and maintenance of good relationships with internal and
external business stakeholders at appropriate levels ensuring an open and
cooperative environment.
- Executes
and provides advisory for transactions and cases in a timely and effective
manner.
- Effectively
manages the process of engaging external counsel, including providing
effective instructions to external counsel and negotiating appropriate fee
structures for the specific transactions / cases in question.
- Uses
technical knowledge of all business products undertaken in kenya to
provide sound, technical product, legal and transactional advice to the
business and to anticipate the impact of legal developments on the
business and communicate such impact to the business.
Legal and product risk
- Leads
in the proactive and strategic identification of material legal risks in
the business, including those related to products – both existing products
and those under development – and customer segments. To provide legal
input during product design and drafting of product documentation.
- Influences
stakeholders and staff to improve the management of legal risk.
- Contributes
to the legal team’s risk governance process through providing a holistic
perspective on legal risk policies and procedures and ensuring consistency
in the country approach to legal risk management.
·
Works with country head of
legal, kenya and east africa to manage the process of engaging external
counsel, including providing effective instructions to external counsel and
when required, negotiating appropriate fee structures for the transactions /
cases in question.
- Promote
alternative dispute resolution as a means of quick settlement of disputes.
- Establish
and maintain relationships with external lawyers agreeing fee structures,
billing procedures and levels of service.
- To
provide, where appropriate, periodic reports to management on
claims, disputes and relevant legal developments
- Drafting,
negotiating, amending and reviewing agreements and other documents to
ensure that the bank’s interest is protected.
Litigation management:
·
Attend to legal
correspondence, pleadings or orders promptly and proactively ensure all the
required documentation is in place.
·
Proactively discuss all new
litigation with business and agree appropriate action.
·
Review progress of
outstanding disputes and liaise with and manage external lawyers to ensure
effective representation of the company in legal proceedings.
Complexity and judgement
Legal
- Application
of analytical skills and the application of legal skills are essential
Internal complexities
- Appplication
of analytical skills and the application of legal skills are essential
- Interpret
regulations constructively so as to facilitate business but not so as to
breach the spirit of such relations
- Ensuring
that the bank acts within the regulations when the regulations are
ambigious
Key relationships (internal & external)
Internal
- Head
of legal, kenya and east africa
- Exco
- Cfcc
(compliance, financial crime and conduct)
- Audit
- Finance
- Corporate
affairs brand and marketing (cabm)
- Supply
chain management (scm)
- Property
- Group
legal team
- Corporate
business
- Retail
business
External
- External
lawyers/counsel
- Regulators
Contributes to
- Development
of a strong compliance culture
- Litigation
management and support
- Management
of risk
- Good
reputation of the bank
- Timely
advice on changes in law and applicability to the bank
- Provide
creative assistance on legal issues
- Protection
of the bank’s reputation, banks ability to meet legal and regulatory
obligations. Minimising risk of bank being used by money launderers.
- Promotion
of good corporate governance standards
Our ideal candidate
Qualifications
- Ability
to combine strategic perspective with quick execution
- Ability
to deliver high quality of work consistently
- Demonstrated
track record of creativity, problem solving and follow through
- Effective
stakeholder management skills
- Excellent
communication skills.
Role specific competencies
- Advocate
of the high court of kenya, three years post admission experience
How to Apply
Closing Date 08/Dec/2022,
2:59:00 AM
