Job Purpose Statement

The Legal Counsel is responsible for managing full spectrum of the Bank’s Banking business from lending, securities, contracting and projects, litigation and recoveries.
The role’s principal goal will be to offer practical legal support to the business units through balanced business-oriented legal advice that will guarantee that all our banking transactions and decisions comply with established laws and regulations in line with the legal risk policy and related contractual, litigation, recovery and securities procedures & processes.

Ideal Job Specifications

Academic:

Bachelor’s Degree Law (LLB)
Master of Laws (LLM) (Desired but not mandatory)

Professional:

Admission as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya (minimum 5 - 7 years post admission)
A Masters degree in combination with an aggregate of five to seven (7) years of qualifying work experience will be an added advantage)

Desired work experience:

A minimum of 5 - 7 years’ experience in the legal department of a busy organization, financial institution or law firm, with sound exposure to:

Contract and customer documentation drafting
Development of sound legal advisory and sound general advise
Credit or lending
Recoveries
Perfection of securities