Afreximbank: Assistant Manager, Banking Legal Services (Banking & Finance) – Francophone – Cairo, Egypt

CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank based in Cairo, Egypt to recruit for this position. For more information on the Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com.  Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.

Reference Number: BLRJP-AM-BALE-001

Application Closing Date: 24th July 2026

Nature & Scope:

Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Assistant Manager (Banking Legal Services) will assist the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters.

Providing strategic direction and leading the development of the Bank’s strategy in the area of legal services delivery to ensure that this is managed with a long -term perspective, linked to the overall business strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on a broad range of banking and finance matters to ensure delivery of tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries entities on special projects/initiatives and identifying potential legal risks.
• Participating in the planning, organisation and implementation of legal support for business activities of the Bank, research of relevant precedents, presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Providing guidance on the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations as applicable to the Bank’s business and ensuring adequacy of controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns that may arise thereto.
• Providing assistance in connection with the formulation and implementation of effective legal processes to ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation. and facilitating the development of appropriate forms of standardised documentation/legal precedents.
• Serving as subject matter expert and key legal advisor to business stakeholders by providing counsel on all aspects of legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products.Serving as Legal stakeholder on internal committees/working groups, managing special projects and engaging with advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinating the engagement of external legal counsel in order to ensure value for money in the procurement of legal services.
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Providing advice in connection with the Bank borrowings in the international capital and money markets, including the review and negotiation of legal documentation required for the implementation of the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions.
• Providing legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies and participating in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
• Providing legal advice on equity participations, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and related arrangements.
• Representing the Bank internally and externally in negotiation, disputes, consultations and other proceedings that require legal representation.
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management.
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparing a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
• Negotiating a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management.
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Reviewing documentation and assessing legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank.
• Conducting, managing and monitoring the legal workstreams of ongoing transactions.

Qualification and Experience:

• A master’s degree in French Civil Law from a recognized university.
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 5 years, with particular emphasis on the Banking and financial services industry. Experience in handling documentation in connection with cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly in the following areas: structured trade and corporate finance; project and asset-based finance; guarantees and specialised finance; sovereign lending, and private equity.
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa.
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank’s senior management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and French. Knowledge of one of more of the Bank’s other working languages is an added advantage (i.e. Arabic and Portuguese).
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely.
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions.
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them.
• Ability to review under strict deadlines.
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions.
• Ability to organise and manage human resources to attain goals.

Benefits and Contractual Information:

•  Permanent
•  Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
•  Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Justin Peach at jpeach@CAGlobalint.com

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Jusitn Peach

Recruitment Consultant

CA Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Assistant Manager (Banking Legal Services)  will assist the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters. Providing strategic direction and leading the development of the Bank’s strategy in the area of legal services delivery to ensure that this is managed with a long -term perspective, linked to the overall business strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on a broad range of banking and finance matters to ensure delivery of tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries entities on special projects/initiatives and identifying potential legal risks
• Providing advice to the Bank on an assigned portfolio of distressed credit facilities/loans to minimize loss and maximize value of recoveries of the sub and non-performing assets of the bank in line with set targets
• Negotiation and preparation of legal documents with the Bank’s legal counterparties and under the guidance of Director, Banking Legal Services.
• Work closely with external legal counsel for the initiation and implementation of loan recovery and restructuring strategies as well as in commencing litigation until final judgement and asset attachment proceedings and recovery.
• Define and recommend appropriate solutions to legal problems and provide advice on constraints, risks and options in relation to  loan work-out strategies with a view to reducing the Bank’s credit risk and maximize returns
• Participating in the planning, organisation and implementation of legal support for business activities of the Bank, research of relevant precedents, presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Providing guidance on the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations as applicable to the Bank’s business and ensuring adequacy of controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns that may arise thereto
• Providing assistance in connection with the formulation and implementation of effective legal processes to ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation. and facilitating the development of appropriate forms of standardised documentation/legal precedents.
• Serving as subject matter expert and key legal advisor to business stakeholders by providing counsel on all aspects of legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products particularly loan remediation and restructuring.
• Serving as Legal stakeholder on internal committees/working groups, managing special projects and engaging with advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinating the engagement of external legal counsel in order to ensure value for money in the procurement of legal services
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches
• Providing advice in connection with the Bank borrowings in the international capital and money markets, including the review and negotiation of legal documentation required for the implementation of the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions
• Providing legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies and participating in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
• Providing legal advice on equity participations, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and related arrangements.
• Representing the Bank internally and externally in negotiation, disputes, consultations and other proceedings that require legal representation
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management;
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparing a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
• Negotiating a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management;
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Reviewing documentation and assessing legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank;
• Conducting, managing and monitoring the legal workstreams of ongoing transactions.

Compliance Responsibilities:

• Understanding and adhering to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, notably:
  1. Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
  2. Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
  3. Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/Activities
  4. Anti-Bribery & Corruption
  5. Insider Trading Guidelines
• Reporting any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Completing the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Law from a recognised University and a Diploma in Legal Practice of a recognised Bar Course
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 5 years, with particular emphasis on the Banking and financial services industry. Experience in handling documentation in connection with cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly in the following areas: structured trade and corporate finance; project and asset-based finance; guarantees and specialised finance; sovereign lending, and private equity.
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank’s senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of one of more of the Bank’s other working languages is an added advantage (i.e. French, Arabic and Portuguese)
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions.
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them
• Ability to review under strict deadlines
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions
• Ability to organise and manage human resources to attain goals.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
• USD Tax Exempt Salary

Closing Date: 24th July 2026

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to ljoubert@caglobalint.com  

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Lara Joubert

Recruitment Specialist

CA Global Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank based in Cairo, Egypt to recruit for this position. For more information on the Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com.  Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.
 

Reference Number: SP-LEGA-PABF-EXD-001

Main Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Manager (Banking Legal Services)  will assist  the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters.

Providing strategic direction and leading the development of the Bank’s strategy in the area of legal services delivery to ensure that this is managed with a long -term perspective, linked to the overall business strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on a broad range of banking and finance matters to ensure delivery of tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries entities on special projects/initiatives and identifying potential legal risks
• Participating in the planning, organisation and implementation of legal support for business activities of the Bank, research of relevant precedents, presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Providing guidance on the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations as applicable to the Bank’s business and ensuring adequacy of controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns that may arise thereto
• Providing assistance in connection with the formulation and implementation of effective legal processes to ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation. and facilitating the development of appropriate forms of standardised documentation/legal precedents.
• Serving as subject matter expert and key legal advisor to business stakeholders by providing counsel on all aspects of legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products.
• Serving as Legal stakeholder on internal committees/working groups, managing special projects and engaging with advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinating the engagement of external legal counsel in order to ensure value for money in the procurement of legal services
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches
• Providing advice in connection with the Bank borrowings in the international capital and money markets, including the review and negotiation of legal documentation required for the implementation of the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions
• Providing legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies and participating in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
• Providing legal advice on equity participations, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and related arrangements.
• Representing the Bank internally and externally in negotiation, disputes, consultations and other proceedings that require legal representation
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management;
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparing a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
• Negotiating a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management;
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Reviewing documentation and assessing legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank;
• Conducting, managing and monitoring the legal workstreams of ongoing transactions.

Compliance Responsibilities

• Understanding and adhering to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, notably:

• Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
• Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/Activities
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption
• Insider Trading Guidelines

• Reporting any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Completing the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Law from a recognised University and a Diploma in Legal Practice of a recognised Bar Course
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 8 years, with particular emphasis on the Banking and financial services industry. Experience in handling documentation in connection with cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly in the following areas: structured trade and corporate finance; project and asset-based finance; guarantees and specialised finance; sovereign lending, and private equity.
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank’s senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of one of more of the Bank’s other working languages is an added advantage (i.e. French, Arabic and Portuguese)
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions.
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them
• Ability to review under strict deadlines
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions
• Ability to organise and manage human resources to attain goals

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent.
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 31st August 2026

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Shearidan Pearman at spearman@caglobalint.com

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Shearidan Pearman

Recruitment Manager – Banking and Finance | Africa

CA Global Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank based in Cairo, Egypt to recruit for this position. For more information on the Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com.  Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.
 

Reference Number: SP-LEGA-IATAF-001

Main Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Manager (Banking Legal Services)  will assist  the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters.

Providing strategic direction and leading the development of the Bank’s strategy in the area of legal services delivery to ensure that this is managed with a long -term perspective, linked to the overall business strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on a broad range of banking and finance matters to ensure delivery of tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries entities on special projects/initiatives and identifying potential legal risks
• Participating in the planning, organisation and implementation of legal support for business activities of the Bank, research of relevant precedents, presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Providing guidance on the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations as applicable to the Bank’s business and ensuring adequacy of controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns that may arise thereto
• Providing assistance in connection with the formulation and implementation of effective legal processes to ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation. and facilitating the development of appropriate forms of standardised documentation/legal precedents.
• Serving as subject matter expert and key legal advisor to business stakeholders by providing counsel on all aspects of legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products.
• Serving as Legal stakeholder on internal committees/working groups, managing special projects and engaging with advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinating the engagement of external legal counsel in order to ensure value for money in the procurement of legal services
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches
• Providing advice in connection with the Bank borrowings in the international capital and money markets, including the review and negotiation of legal documentation required for the implementation of the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions
• Providing legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies and participating in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
• Providing legal advice on equity participations, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and related arrangements.
• Representing the Bank internally and externally in negotiation, disputes, consultations and other proceedings that require legal representation
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management;
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparing a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
• Negotiating a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management;
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Reviewing documentation and assessing legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank;

Compliance Responsibilities

• Understanding and adhering to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, notably:

• Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
• Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/Activities
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption
• Insider Trading Guidelines

• Reporting any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Completing the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Law from a recognised University and a Diploma in Legal Practice of a recognised Bar Course
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 8 years, with particular emphasis on the Banking and financial services industry. Experience in handling documentation in connection with cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly in the following areas: structured trade and corporate finance; project and asset-based finance; guarantees and specialised finance; sovereign lending, and private equity.
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank’s senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of one of more of the Bank’s other working languages is an added advantage (i.e. French, Arabic and Portuguese)
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions.
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them
• Ability to review under strict deadlines
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions
• Ability to organise and manage human resources to attain goals.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent.
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 31st August 2026

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Shearidan Pearman at spearman@caglobalint.com

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Shearidan Pearman

Recruitment Manager – Banking and Finance | Africa

CA Global Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank based in Cairo, Egypt to recruit for this position. For more information on the Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com.  Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.
 

Reference Number: SR-LEGA-FRANCO-001

Main Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Manager (Banking Legal Services) will assist the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on a broad range of banking and finance matters to ensure delivery of tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries entities on special projects/initiatives and identifying potential legal risks
• Participating in the planning, organisation and implementation of legal support for business activities of the Bank, research of relevant precedents, presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Providing guidance on the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations as applicable to the Bank’s business and ensuring adequacy of controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns that may arise thereto
• Providing assistance in connection with the formulation and implementation of effective legal processes to ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation. and facilitating the development of appropriate forms of standardised documentation/legal precedents.
• Serving as subject matter expert and key legal advisor to business stakeholders by providing counsel on all aspects of legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products.
• Serving as Legal stakeholder on internal committees/working groups, managing special projects and engaging with advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinating the engagement of external legal counsel in order to ensure value for money in the procurement of legal services
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches
• Providing advice in connection with the Bank borrowings in the international capital and money markets, including the review and negotiation of legal documentation required for the implementation of the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions
• Providing legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies and participating in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
• Providing legal advice on equity participations, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and related arrangements.
• Representing the Bank internally and externally in negotiation, disputes, consultations and other proceedings that require legal representation
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management;
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparing a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
• Negotiating a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management;
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Reviewing documentation and assessing legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank;
• Conducting, managing and monitoring the legal workstreams of ongoing transactions.

Compliance Responsibilities

• Understanding and adhering to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, notably:

• Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
• Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/Activities
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption
• Insider Trading Guidelines

• Reporting any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Completing the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Law from a recognised University and a Diploma in Legal Practice of a recognised Bar Course
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 8 years, with particular emphasis on the Banking and financial services industry. Experience in handling documentation in connection with cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly in the following areas: structured trade and corporate finance; project and asset-based finance; guarantees and specialised finance; sovereign lending, and private equity.
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank’s senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and French. Knowledge of one of more of the Bank’s other working languages is an added advantage (i.e. Arabic and Portuguese)
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions.
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them
• Ability to review under strict deadlines
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions
• Ability to organise and manage human resources to attain goals.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent.
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 31st of August 2026

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Shearidan Pearman at spearman@caglobalint.com

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Shearidan Pearman

Manager – Banking and Finance | Africa

CA Global Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank based in Cairo, Egypt to recruit for this position. For more information on the Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com.  Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.
 

Reference Number: SP-LEGA-ANG-001

Main Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Manager (Banking Legal Services)  will assist  the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters.

Providing strategic direction and leading the development of the Bank’s strategy in the area of legal services delivery to ensure that this is managed with a long -term perspective, linked to the overall business strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries on a broad range of banking and finance matters to ensure delivery of tailored, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Providing legal and strategic advice to the Bank and its subsidiaries entities on special projects/initiatives and identifying potential legal risks
• Participating in the planning, organisation and implementation of legal support for business activities of the Bank, research of relevant precedents, presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Providing guidance on the proper application and interpretation of laws and regulations as applicable to the Bank’s business and ensuring adequacy of controls to mitigate legal and other risks or concerns that may arise thereto
• Providing assistance in connection with the formulation and implementation of effective legal processes to ensure timely delivery of transaction documentation. and facilitating the development of appropriate forms of standardised documentation/legal precedents.
• Serving as subject matter expert and key legal advisor to business stakeholders by providing counsel on all aspects of legal matters related to the Bank’s loan products.
• Serving as Legal stakeholder on internal committees/working groups, managing special projects and engaging with advocacy efforts relating to the Bank’s development mandate.
• Coordinating the engagement of external legal counsel in order to ensure value for money in the procurement of legal services
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches
• Providing advice in connection with the Bank borrowings in the international capital and money markets, including the review and negotiation of legal documentation required for the implementation of the Bank’s borrowing strategy and capital markets transactions
• Providing legal advice on the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management procedures and policies and participating in the work of the Bank’s Asset and Liability Management Committee and its working groups.
• Providing legal advice on equity participations, grants and other financing and co-financing agreements with other multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and related arrangements.
• Representing the Bank internally and externally in negotiation, disputes, consultations and other proceedings that require legal representation
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management;
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparing a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities.
• Negotiating a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management;
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches.
• Reviewing documentation and assessing legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank;

Compliance Responsibilities

• Understanding and adhering to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures, notably:

• Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
• Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/Activities
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption
• Insider Trading Guidelines

• Reporting any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Completing the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Law from a recognised University and a Diploma in Legal Practice of a recognised Bar Course
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 8 years, with particular emphasis on the Banking and financial services industry. Experience in handling documentation in connection with cross-border trade and project finance transactions, particularly in the following areas: structured trade and corporate finance; project and asset-based finance; guarantees and specialised finance; sovereign lending, and private equity.
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank’s senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of one of more of the Bank’s other working languages is an added advantage (i.e. French, Arabic and Portuguese)
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions.
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them
• Ability to review under strict deadlines
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions
• Ability to organise and manage human resources to attain goals.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent.
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Closing date: 31st August 2026

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Shearidan Pearman at spearman@caglobalint.com

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Shearidan Pearman

Recruitment Manager – Banking and Finance | Africa

CA Global Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

CA Global Headhunters has been mandated by Afreximbank to recruit for this position. For more information on Afreximbank please visit their website www.afreximbank.com. Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.

Reference Number: BLRJH08
Application Closing Date: 25th July 2026
 

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Director (Banking Legal Services), the Associate (Banking Legal Services)  will assist  the Legal Department in ensuring that it contributes fully to the Bank’s mission of stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a Centre of Excellence in African trade matters.
• Providing strategic direction and leading the development of the Bank’s strategy in the area of legal services delivery to ensure that this is managed with a long -term perspective, linked to the overall business strategy.
• Working with internal staff and external parties as required by management;
• Conducting deal appraisals (with provision of input) and legal due diligence exercises on proposed transactions;
• Preparation of a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower and in other capacities;
• Negotiation of a wide range of legal documents with the Bank’s transaction counterparties, under the guidance of management;
• Providing legal advice to management and staff in all areas of the Bank’s activities and proffering solutions to legal problems, constraints, risks, options, consequences and approaches;
• Review documentation and assess legal matters arising from the various financing and non-financing activities of the Bank;
• Conduct, manage and monitor the legal workstreams of ongoing transactions; 
• Any other duties as assigned by management.
• Understand and adhere to the Bank's AML, Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures.
• Report any suspicious or non-compliant activities or matters relating to the Bank’s staff or the customers to the Compliance Department.
• Complete the Annual Compliance Training/Assessment.

Requirements:

• A good master’s degree in English Common Law degree from a recognized university and qualification to practice as a solicitor in a recognized common law jurisdiction; 
• Professional legal practice and experience of not less than 3 years, with emphasis on the banking and finance industry is required
• This is primarily a transactional banking role with main focus on the funding activities of the Bank. Strong banking and finance law fundamentals are essential;
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of banking practices in Africa; 
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present legal advice on various management issues to the Bank's senior management;  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of the Bank's other working languages is an added advantage (French, Arabic and Portuguese);
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely;
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents;
• Ability to work under strict deadlines;
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals including non-legal professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions; 
• Demonstrated capabilities as primary resource in transactions, including ability to self-motivate towards attaining goals; and
• High level of emotional intelligence and emotional resilience to be a good team player in a diverse legal team is a requirement.

Contractual Information:

• Permanent
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo, Egypt for the opportunity.

 
If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Jayde Harty at jharty@caglobalint.com.

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.
 

Nature & Scope:

Our client, a large financial institution in Nigeria, is currently seeking to employ an Associate, Environmental & Social Risk Management, reporting to the Chief Risk Officer.  The ideal candidate will be expected to support rapidly growing portfolios and strengthen leadership in sustainable infrastructure finance across Africa. Under the Environmental and Social Risk Management Policy, the role will promote international best practices in environmental protection and social governance, advise clients to manage E&S risks, and ensure these risks are effectively identified, measured, and monitored within the credit and investment portfolios. The role also requires embedding E&S risk processes into the business’s Enterprise-wide Risk Management Framework (EWRMF).

Responsibilities:

• Environmental & Safety review and appraisal of new investment proposals (debt & equity) for the bank’s consideration, and identification and mitigation of potential environmental and social impacts, risks and issues early in the project.
• Ensure that appropriate environmental representations, warranties and covenants are incorporated in each loan or investment agreement.
• Work with clients to define steps (often in the form of E&S Action Plan) required to meet the requirements of IFC’s performance standards, The Equator Principles, African Development Bank Integrated Safeguard systems, The World Bank Group’s Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines, and relevant country E&S regulation and monitor performance of assigned projects.
• Identify opportunities for adding value in an investment project structure related to environmental and social opportunities above and beyond risk management, when appropriate
• Assist in the identification of and due diligence on "green" investments with a view to facilitating the growth of green investments that might qualify for GCF funds.
• Carry out corporation wide environmental and social risk management training, particularly as regards the Business originators.
• Periodically review and continuously ensure Environmental and Social Risk Management Policy and the Developmental Impact Policy is fully and appropriately implemented and flag any breaches.
• Work on the development/continuous improvement of E&S tools, checklists and guidelines to improve efficiency of project processing and enable improved client management of environmental and social issues.
• Where required, work with independent environmental and social consultants hired by the bank and/or co-lenders.
• Actively work with other risk management areas (credit, market, operational, etc.), to ensure that environmental and social risk management is effectively integrated into the business’s EWRMF
• Regularly work with the Chief Risk Officer to review portfolio-wide E&S risks and prepare E&S risk monitoring reports.
• Represent the company at technical meetings, industry events and environmental and social forums.

Competencies:

• Strong analytical skills, ability to think strategically, analyze diverse information and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend solutions.
• Knowledge and working experience in emerging markets, particularly in the African continent and ability to travel frequently in the region required.
• Good team player who can work as a member of multi-disciplinary teams.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

Education

• Graduate degree in relevant discipline (environmental, social sciences, sustainable development, engineering and related). A combination of E&S and engineering training and skillsets would be a differentiator.
• MBA or a master’s degree in a finance-related discipline, or final level attainment in, a relevant professional certification (CFA, ACA, FRM, ACI, etc.)

Experience

• 7-10 yrs practical experience in environmental and/or social management and assessment; experience in sectors such as infrastructure, heavy industry, oil and gas, and/or mining required; experience in working with financial institutions
• Experience and familiarity with the IFC Performance Standards, the Equator Principles, African Development Bank Integrated Safeguards System, World Bank Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines. Alternatively, experience and familiarity with the ILO Core Labour Standards will be an advantage.

Language

• Fluency in written and spoken English and French is mandatory.

Key Performance Indicators

• Minimization of losses caused by impairment of equity investment through effective portfolio management and use of risk mitigation measures.
• The banks management of Environmental and Social Risk Management adheres to international best practice, as defined by the IFC Performance Standards of Sustainability, as subsequently updated.
• Protect the bank from the crystallization of Legal and Reputation Risk in respect of Environmental and Social risk concerns.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• 3 Year renewable contract.
• Willing and able to relocate to Lagos, Nigeria
• Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Shearidan Pearman at spearman@caglobalint.com

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Shearidan Pearman

Recruitment Manager – Banking and Finance | Africa

CA Global Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

Our client is recruiting a Senior Associate to join their West Africa team. We are seeking candidates with extensive experience living and working in the region and a thorough understanding of the investment landscape. You will be tasked with evaluating investment opportunities, conducting macroeconomic market assessments, and providing transaction support to both investors and capital seekers. Experience working with a range of stakeholders, including private equity firms, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), and development agencies to support investments across all sectors, as well as experience in the region, will be regarded favorably.

In addition to comfort living in a frontier African market and strong technical investment advisory skills and experience, the ideal candidate will have sophisticated relationship-building and management skills, as well as strong client management capabilities. They must be able to work under challenging demands across stakeholders with different strategies. Exceptional communication skills are essential.

Specifically, the investment professional may be required to work within companies to ensure data needed by investment teams is of good quality, as well as work closely with local partners in their offices periodically to maintain a steady flow of information sharing. They will be responsible for organizing conferences and hosting in-country roadshows with senior executives.

The successful candidate will need to provide weekly updates on specific tasks completed and upcoming. The Senior Associate will review operating models and pitch decks for quality and accuracy, serve as a sounding board on investor best practices, monitor technical assistance implementation by third-party firms, keep close track of and control progression toward agreed KPIs, lead investor-focused webinars, contribute to recurring reports such as business plans and quarterly reports, and overall act as the primary representative for the country they support across all stakeholder engagements.

Responsibilities:

Drive day to day project execution on workstreams including:

• Identifying and evaluating investment opportunities  
• Conducting sector or geographic landscape assessments  
• Identifying and engaging with qualified regional and international investors  
• Building and maintaining relationships with local sponsors and international investors through sophisticated and sharp communication.

Support the firm’s business development efforts in the the region by: 

• Performing market assessments and identify key potential clients and partners within regional markets 
• Developing strategies for using the clients services to drive value for these potential clients 
• Working closely with the clients leadership on developing partnerships and pursuing new business opportunities in regional markets 

Support on transaction advisory engagements by: 

• Supporting or often leading complex commercial due diligence assignments  
• Performing market research and developing client-facing recommendations  
• Providing value-creation recommendations for post investment strategy 
• Advising on the structuring and deploying of blended finance vehicles

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• At least 5 years of experience working in high caliber finance, investment banking or consulting organizations and an interest in having an impact in frontier markets.  
• Candidates must hold an MBA from a reputable institution 
• Experience living and working in the West Africa region 
• Strong business development acumen
• Strong quantitative skills; familiar with diligence and valuation methodologies 
• Familiarity and comfort with financial modeling and accounting  
• Experience with high-quality slide-design and storyboarding  
• Deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities businesses face in frontier markets, as well as the macro-economic trends that impact them 
• Possesses tangible grit, seeks differentiation by intentionally taking self outside of comfort zone physically, culturally and intellectually 
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders (including private equity firms, Development Finance Institutions, and development agencies) to support investments in high impact sectors  
• Demonstrated fluency in English, both written and verbal

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Willing and able to relocate to Freetown, Sierra Leone

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to ljoubert@caglobalint.com  

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.

Lara Joubert

Recruitment Specialist

CA Global | Finance

CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

If you wish to apply for this role, please send your CV to Justin Peach at jpeach@caglobalint.com.

Please visit www.caglobalint.com for more exciting opportunities.