Overview
Provide transaction-related legal support to internal clients for blended finance projects and trust fund operations, as well as support for debt mobilization initiatives.
Key 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 all 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, in particular compliance matters, working with the Compliance & Business Risk Department (CBR).
- Provide legal support in developing internal guidance (knowledge management), including supplementing and expanding existing guidance, in the form of written knowledge management/guidance documents and webpages, as well as development and improvement of specimens, forms, and templates to assist CLED staff with blended finance and trust fund activities.
- Provide other legal support on matters related to blended finance and trust fund activities as needed.
- Provide transaction-related legal support to internal clients related to syndications products, including IFC’s B Loan program, parallel lending program, credit insurance, and mobilization platforms, including MCPP, in the form of 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 to internal clients related to new debt mobilization initiatives.
- 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 (knowledge management), including supplementing and expanding existing guidance, in the form of written knowledge management/guidance documents and webpages, as well as development and improvement of specimens, forms, and templates to assist CLED staff with debt mobilization activities.
- Provide other legal support on matters related to debt mobilizing activities as needed.
- 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.
Required Experience
- 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.
Qualifications
• Relevant undergraduate university degree
