Executive Legal Function | R993 665 TCTC | Centurion, Gauteng
A high-stakes role for a seasoned legal recovery strategist with deep commercial banking experience and sharp litigation instincts. This is not a position for generalists—this is for a legal expert who can lead from the front, structure recoveries, navigate insolvency frameworks, and protect institutional balance sheets.
The Role
The Lead Legal Counsel: Recoveries & Special Assets leads the design, execution, and continuous refinement of the full legal recovery value chain—ensuring recoveries are strategic, cost-effective, and compliant. This includes direct oversight of distressed debt, bought-in properties, land claims, and the legal interface with third-party attorneys and debt collectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee recoveries litigation, insolvency actions, and debt restructuring strategy.
- Manage third-party legal providers, attorney mandates, and service level compliance.
- Drive enforcement processes while safeguarding reputation and compliance.
- Track recovery performance, legal risk exposure, and litigation costs.
- Lead internal reporting, legal control reviews, and disposals of distressed assets.
- Maintain alignment with internal credit, risk and finance partners across portfolios.
Minimum Requirements (Non-Negotiable)
- LLB degree and admission as an Attorney or Advocate (post-pupillage).
- 7+ years’ experience in recoveries, litigation, and legal collections—preferably in commercial banking.
- Strong background in distressed account restructuring and legal risk management.
- Solid command of Insolvency Law, Companies Act, NCA, CPA and debt enforcement statutes.
- Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder environments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Confident decision-maker and legal tactician.
- Commercially grounded, risk-aware, and operationally strategic.
- Track record of leading recovery actions that protect institutional value.
- Skilled at managing attorneys and enforcing performance-driven legal frameworks.
This is a mandate to lead recoveries decisively, legally and commercially. Applications are invited from candidates who meet all minimum requirements and bring a performance mindset to legal recoveries in a complex financial environment.
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