Legal Officer Job Placements – Stanbic Bank

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Job Title:        Legal Officer
Organisation: Stanbic Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Job ID: 17076
About US:
Stanbic
Bank Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited which is
in turn owned by Standard Bank Group Limited (“the Group”), Africa’s leading
banking and financial services group. The Standard Bank Group is the leading
banking group focused on emerging markets. It is the largest African banking
group ranked by assets and earnings. Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited is the largest
bank in Uganda by assets and market capitalization. It offers a full range of
banking services through two business units; Personal and Business Banking
(PBB), and Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB).
Job Summary: The Legal Officer will actively contribute to the
bank’s overall performance objectives by providing high quality legal advisory
services to all stake holders. 
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • In charge of providing legal opinions on day
    to day legal issues arising from Banker –customer
  • Preparing and reviewing legal agreements
    between the bank and various counterparties such as service providers
    ,customers etc
  • Guiding on legal compliance with regulatory
    requirements.
  • Advising on complex credit and loan
    transactions.
  • Designing ,structuring and negotiating loan
    agreements including loan workouts
  • Implementation of foreclosures and sales of
    mortgaged securities for deliquent loans
  • Evaluating legal matters for external legal
    advice and making appropriate recommendations for litigation
  • Monitoring the litigation process in courts
  • Negotiating out of court settlements on
    behalf of the Bank
  • Providing a point of contact between the bank
    and its external legal advisors
  • Scrutiny and verification of documents
    presented to the bank e.g. company documents, letters of Administration.
  • Follow up on ex-staff undertaking or ensuring
    enforcement of the law against those that have defrauded the bank.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor of Laws
  • Possession of a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal
    Practice
  • A minimum of two years working experience in
    the banking industry
  • Practising of banking law
  • Broad working knowledge of the law and
    procedures
  • In depth knowledge and experience in the
    practice of banking law
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
     
  • Negotiation and legal drafting skills
  • Ability to give prompt and accurate legal
    advice.
How to Apply:
All
candidates who wish to join the one of Africa’s biggest Banking Groups,
Standard Bank in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to Apply Online by
visiting Link below.
Deadline: 19th May 2016
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