Cognia Law

Banking and Finance Lawyer (Bilateral & Syndicated Loans)

Cognia Law  •  Cape Town, ZA (Onsite)  •  10 days ago
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Job Description

If you are a commercially minded lawyer with solid lending experience and a strong technical drafting skillset, this is an opportunity to deepen your transactional exposure, work closely with international stakeholders, and grow your career in a fast-paced, specialist environment.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a mid-level Banking & Finance Lawyer to join a specialist team supporting global banking clients on high-volume, high-value lending matters.

This role is suited to a lawyer who is confident drafting, reviewing, negotiating and amending a broad range of commercial lending and banking documents, and who can apply sound legal judgement across complex documentation and transaction scenarios. You will work closely with international stakeholders to support the efficient progression of matters, deliver high-quality legal outputs, and ensure consistency across structured document frameworks.

Role Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and amending a broad range of lending and commercial banking documentation, including facility letters, bilateral and syndicated loan agreements, security documents, corporate approvals, board resolutions and other ancillary documentation.
  • Managing document workflows from first draft through to execution, ensuring matters progress efficiently and version control is maintained throughout.
  • Handling legal queries with a good degree of independence, applying sound judgement to legal interpretation, risk and escalation.
  • Identifying issues, inconsistencies and areas of legal or commercial risk across document sets and resolving or escalating these appropriately.
  • Applying consistent legal standards across multiple document types, templates and transaction scenarios.
  • Working confidently within established templates, taxonomies, playbooks and structured legal frameworks.
  • Supporting the maintenance and refinement of templates, drafting notes and legal guidance materials as document suites evolve.
  • Maintaining a high standard of drafting quality, accuracy and consistency across all workstreams.
  • Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to support smooth transaction execution and effective communication.

Requirements

  • 2–5 years’ post-admission experience in Banking & Finance, commercial lending or a closely related transactional practice area.
  • Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating lending and ancillary banking documentation.
  • Experience working on bilateral and/or syndicated lending matters, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating LMA-style or similar finance documentation.
  • Strong legal analysis and interpretation skills, with the ability to assess risk and make practical recommendations.
  • A high level of accuracy, consistency and attention to detail.
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple matters in a fast-paced, documentation-heavy environment.
  • A commercial mindset and the confidence to work with a range of stakeholders across legal, business and control functions. Comparable market roles also emphasise collaboration with stakeholders such as credit, compliance, tax and external counse
Cognia Law

About Cognia Law

Cognia is a legal service provider that seamlessly extends corporates, banks, and law firms’ legal capability. Our teams provide business advisory, contract management, financial documentation, flexible resourcing, litigation, and managed review services through our collaborative mindset with quality delivery at exceptional value. We help embed efficient operating models, deliver critical projects, and support business-as-usual activity. Our experience of responding to regulatory change and managing contracts, from routine low risk agreements to those which are more complex, enhances our clients’ outcomes and future growth.

We are more than legal experts. We integrate and digitise how legal services are provided with people at the heart of what we do. Our wide range of skills across our diverse team, which includes lawyers, data analysts, and project managers, enables us to solve our clients’ business challenges effectively and efficiently. Our headquarters are based in London. We operate onshore and offshore delivering services across the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, and Australia.

Industry
Legal & Compliance
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
City of London, GB
Year Founded
2013
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