SENIOR ATTORNEY – COMMERCIAL – Minchin & Kelly (Botswana)

INVITATION TO QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS:

POST: SENIOR ATTORNEY – COMMERCIAL

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in Law and preferably a Master’s Degree in Commercial Law. The applicant must be admitted to practice before the Courts of the Republic of Botswana as an Attorney and be specifically registered with the Law Society of Botswana.

Required Experience: 10+ post-qualification experience. The applicant must have extensive corporate commercial knowledge and experience in syndicated loan transactions, project finance including banking and leveraged finance, debt and equity markets, debt restructuring, ISDA and hedging transactions, securitizations, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and insolvency.

Competencies:

• Critical, analytic and methodological capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in commercial corporate law.
• Knowledge in Botswana Companies law, Securities Act and BSE Listing Requirements.
• Drafting of Project Finance Documents and Note Programme Memorandum
• Experience in dealing with company liquidations and creditors meetings.
• Able to liaise with the Botswana Stock Exchange, CIPA, NBFIRA and other regulators
• Computer literacy and competency in Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
• Performance driven and ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to procure and retain clients.
• Ability to manage and delegate.
• Ability to train and teach junior attorneys.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a larger team.
• High level of integrity and professional accountability.