Experience

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  Fnb south africa

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2017

  Assistant legal advisor

  • Leveraged Finance - drafting loan agreements for sale of shares, sales of business, share buy-back and reviewing the relevant agreements, advising internal clients on the applicable sections of the Companies Act, Close Corporations Act and Insolvency Act. • Structured Trade and Commodity Finance - drafting facility letters, escrow agreements and security agreements (such as cessions, pledges and suretyships). Providing legal advice to internal clients and assisting in structuring deals. Show less

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  Tomlinson mnguni james

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2018

  Candidate attorney

  • Preparation of briefs for Counsel;• Interviews with clients, witnesses and the drafting of witness statements and affidavits;• The identification in applications of appropriate principles of fact;• Conduct of litigation and preparation of litigation in High Court and Magistrate’s Court;• Negotiation and settlement of disputes;• Drafting of letters and pleadings;• Routine office administration, including proper handling of files and documents;• Preparation of statement of accounts for clients and bill of costs for taxation;• Drafting of various commercial agreements including purchase and sale agreements and shareholders agreements;• Issuing, serving and filing of court documents;• Administration of deceased estates. Show less

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  Absa group

  Sept 2018 - Mar 2019

  Senior specialist document tmg

  7 month contract - collateral remediation project. Assisting with assessment and remediation of collateral information.

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  Absa group

  Jul 2019 - Feb 2023

  Company secretary

  Company Secretary for the CIB division: providing governance and secretariat services to risk Committees and embedment of the Signing Authority Framework in CIB.

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  Royal bafokeng holdings

  Mar 2023 - now

  Assistant company secretary