Legal Assistant / Legal Analyst- Bangkok, Thailand

Job #:	132801
Title:	Legal Assistant / Legal Analyst
Job Stream:	Legal
Location:	Bangkok, Thailand
Closing Date:	01/10/2014
Background / General description:
IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is one of the world’s largest international sources of financing for private sector investment in development countries with a mandate to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives. We finance and provide advice for private sector ventures and projects in developing countries in partnership with private investors and, through its advisory work, help governments create conditions that stimulate the flow of both domestic and foreign private savings and investment. Our particular focus is to promote economic development by encouraging the growth of productive enterprises and efficient capital markets in its member countries. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, promotes sustainable private sector development in developing countries.  The Legal Department of IFC (CLED), under the General Counsel, is responsible for providing legal and policy advice to the IFC Board, its Management and client departments on operational, advisory and corporate matters. Specifically, CLED supports client departments in (i) the delivery of IFC’s annual program of financing private sector projects in emerging markets; (ii) project portfolio management (including jeopardy projects and projects in litigation); (iii) the delivery and design of structured finance products, sub-sovereign lending, equity and quasi-equity, public-private partnerships, and carbon finance transactions; (iv) advising on corporate policy and operational matters such as operating policies and procedures and Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Funding of Terrorism; and (v) knowledge management and training. To support IFC’s growing activities in Asia, the CLED department is recruiting a qualified Legal Assistant, to be based in Bangkok.
Duties and Accountabilities:
- Under the supervision of counsel: • conducts basic research on assigned issues (such as precedents for agreements, particular types of provisions or policy issues), using existing project/policy files or alternative sources (i.e., project databases, internet/intranet or library sources); and prepares summaries of such research; and • maintains contact with Investment Officers and Specialist Department staff. - Prepares the following documents for review by counsel: • first drafts of transaction-related agreements incorporating the terms set out in the term sheet; • supporting documentation related to a project, i.e., Powers of Attorney, signature designations, Article III notices, counsel retainer faxes; and • checklist of conditions of disbursements. - Assists counsel in the following tasks: • reviewing draft documents and amendments; • disbursement procedures (including reviewing and organizing conditions of disbursement, sending executed documents to legal records) and waiver requests; • routine equity, loan or portfolio administration; • liaise with, and make inquiries with government authorities on substantive legal issues; and • register loan and mortgage security registrations with relevant government authorities. - As necessary, coordinates tasks with the Manager, Asia in absence of primary counsel.  - Develops basic understanding of the relevant country laws of assigned projects. - Participates in departmental working groups and committees.
Selection Criteria:
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English. - Ability to provide effective legal assistance to counsel by performing multiple, concurrent and progressively more difficult assignments. - Excellent analytical skills. - Ability to handle a diverse range of issues within tight deadlines. - Ability to work as a team member in a multi-cultural environment. - Word processing experience and proficient computer skills, particularly in using information databases, internet/intranet services and library sources. - An undergraduate (college) degree and ideally some combination of undergraduate legal courses, training offered by a professional institution or law firm and /or several years of relevant experience in assisting counsels with preparation and handling of legal documentation. - Only applications indicating (i) proficiency in English (both spoken and written) and (ii) interest in the position in Bangkok, will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a term appointment. APPLY