E T Consultant - Legal Analyst

The E T Consultant - Legal Analyst provides transaction-related legal support for blended finance projects, trust funds, and debt mobilization initiatives under the direction of CLED project lawyers. The role involves preparing, reviewing, and negotiating legal documentation, supporting compliance matters, developing internal guidance, and assisting with general legal support within IFC's investment operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide transaction-related legal support to internal clients related to blended finance projects, including preparing, reviewing and negotiating loan documentation, mandate letters, term sheets, performance-based initiative side letters and other related documentation.
• Provide legal support to the Trust Funds unit, including preparing, reviewing and negotiating trust fund administration agreements, framework agreements and other trust fund documents, as well as legal advice in the context of Donor relations management.
• Provide legal support related to policies and procedures applicable to blended finance and trust fund operations, particularly compliance matters, working with the Compliance & Business Risk Department (CBR).
• Provide legal support in developing internal guidance, including supplementing and expanding existing guidance, and development and improvement of specimens, forms, and templates to assist CLED staff with blended finance and trust fund activities.
• Provide transaction-related legal support related to syndications products, including IFC’s B Loan program, parallel lending program, credit insurance, and mobilization platforms, including MCPP, preparing, reviewing and negotiating participation agreements, credit insurance policies, loan agreements, intercreditor agreements, mandate letters, non-disclosure agreements, term sheets and other related documentation.
• Provide legal support related to policies and procedures applicable to syndications products, individual transactions and new debt mobilization initiatives.
• Liaise with external counsel on matters related to debt mobilization transactions and programs.
• Assist in responding to ad hoc questions arising in the context of debt mobilization transactions and programs.
• Provide legal support in developing internal guidance, including supplementing and expanding existing guidance, and development and improvement of specimens, forms, and templates to assist CLED staff with debt mobilization activities.
• Assist with administrative coordination within CLED and other departments within IFC as needed to respond to specific inquiries, requests and initiatives.
• Provide legal support on matters related to general IFC investment operations as needed.
• Perform any other ancillary and associated tasks, including administrative tasks, as may be required.

Requirements

• Relevant undergraduate university degree; or at least 5 years of relevant paralegal experience in a law firm or financial institution.
• Experience drafting and reviewing legal documentation, and coordinating or managing projects and innovative initiatives in the area of cross border syndications and lending.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a positive attitude.
• Excellent communications skills in English, ability to present both written and oral ideas clearly.
• Excellent legal research skills.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, and attention to detail, and the willingness to assume multiple roles and tasks to meet changing business needs.
• Excellent process and project management skills, with the ability to work independently, seeking guidance on complex issues from senior staff.
• Ability to work well as a team member in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic international organization environment.
• Ability to work under time pressure and to juggle multiple tasks within tight deadlines.
• Fully proficient in computer skills, particularly in using word processing software, information databases, intranet and internet services and resources.

Skills

• Legal Document Drafting
• Legal Document Review
• Cross Border Syndications
• Lending Transactions
• Legal Research
• Project Management
• Process Management
• Problem Solving
• Analytical Skills
• Compliance Support
• Negotiation
• Internal Guidance Development
• Word Processing
• Information Database Management
• Intranet and Internet Services

Languages

English