Assistant Manager - Banking Legal Services

About the role

The Assistant Manager – Banking Legal Services will support the Legal Department in delivering commercial legal solutions that align with the Bank’s mission to expand African trade. Reporting to the Director of Banking Legal Services, the role contributes to strategic legal planning and risk mitigation across the Bank and its subsidiaries.

Key responsibilities

• Provide advice on a broad range of banking and finance matters, delivering tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Offer legal and strategic counsel on special projects, identifying potential legal risks.
• Participate in planning, organising and implementing legal support for business activities, including research of precedents and presentation of solutions.
• Guide the application and interpretation of laws and regulations, ensuring adequate controls to mitigate legal risks.
• Assist in developing effective legal processes for timely transaction documentation and standardised legal precedents.
• Serve as subject‑matter expert and key legal advisor on loan products and other banking services.
• Act as legal stakeholder on internal committees, manage special projects and support advocacy related to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinate external counsel engagements to ensure value for money.
• Provide legal advice to management and staff, proposing solutions to legal problems, constraints and risks.

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