Attorney Consultancy, Office of the General Counsel, U.S Government Institution

Job title:

Attorney Consultancy, Office of the General Counsel, U.S Government Institution

Company

Dexis Consulting Group

Job description

About the PositionDexis is recruiting for an Attorney within the Office of the General Counsel to support a US Government Institution. Attorneys are assigned to work in a single program in teams aligned with internal clients but may rotate, as needed, to work in other programs. Work includes legal due diligence and reviewing, drafting and/or negotiating all transaction documents leading to closing, as well as monitoring existing transactions and restructuring or collecting on defaulted loans. The types of financing may vary, and include from project finance, infrastructure loans, loans and guarantees to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and micro-finance institutions (MFls) and other financial intermediaries, to loans including private equity funds. The loans can be high or low in dollar values but often involve complex negotiation and documentation. This institution’s equity investment program includes direct investment in portfolio companies as well as private equity investment funds. The political risk insurance program offers coverage against political violence, currency inconvertibility, and expropriation and includes specialized capital markets products that insure against sovereign and sub sovereign risk. Projects are always located in one or more a low-income, lower middle-income, or upper middle-income countries.Responsibilities

• Perform legal due diligence and reviewing.
• Draft and/or negotiate all transaction documents leading to closing.
• Monitor existing transactions and restructuring or collecting on defaulted loans.
• Represent the institution’s legal interests in multi-party negotiations with borrowers, sponsors, and financial institutions.
• Ensure compliance with domestic, international, and foreign law and internal policies and procedures, as well as provide guidance on new initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must hold or be able to obtain a Secret level security clearance.
• Must be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B. or J.D.
• Must be a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• At least three years of full-time professional legal experience gained after being admitted to the bar.
• Experience advising on legal and policy matters in the areas of finance (including project finance, loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), micro-finance institutions (MFls), other financial intermediaries, and/or corporate loans), equity investments, private equity funds, political risk insurance, and/or debt restructuring in the context of negotiating and documenting transactions for projects in emerging markets, whether directly or through the supervision of outside counsel.

Expected salary

Location

Washington DC

Job date

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:21:50 GMT

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