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• Position: Senior Associate - Legal Transaction


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 - 7 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Law / Legal 

Job Summary

• The Senior Associate Transaction Legal will be responsible for providing in-house legal services, liaise with the company’s retained external law firm and assist the company in attaining its commercial/strategic business objectives.


• Support legal, structuring, negotiating and review of transaction documents with clients and external counsel and counterparties.

Job Description

• Provide support in ensuring that the company operates within the law all times and limit the company’s exposure to legal risks


• Liaise with the external legal counsel in drafting of Investment Agreements & Transaction Agreements


• Drafting and negotiating mandate letters, NDAs, transaction agreements (Guarantee Deed, Recourse Agreement, Security Deed) and other documents associated with dealing with clients and counterparties


• Support the Origination & Structuring Team in due diligence on prospective clients and deals and review financing transaction documents with clients and external counsel


• Provide any other type of legal support (including but not limited to legal opinions, consultation, commenting and/or negotiation of documents of a legal nature) which may be required from time to time as expected on transaction.


• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking appropriate action while ensuring that all transactions within the division comply with InfraCredit’s applicable legal risk policies.


• All other tasks as delegated by the Senior Transaction Legal Counsel.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Law and B.L.


• 5 - 7 years of relevant legal experience.


• Familiarity with guidelines and regulations governing the debt securities, investment regulation and credit transactions


• Excellent analytical and structuring know-how skills, good understanding of guarantee products, capital markets and its financial instruments


• Strong alignment with InfraCredit’s core value system -Innovation, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.


• Good understanding of the legal environment as it affects commercial transactions in the capital market space.