Associate Legal Officer

I&M Bank Kenya Limited is a banking and financial services institution founded in 1974, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

This role involves offering comprehensive legal, litigation, and administrative support to I&M Bank. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing security documentation, overseeing recovery processes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and mitigating legal risks across various banking operations and corporate development initiatives. The position requires a proactive approach to legal matters, ensuring the Bank operates within legal frameworks and effectively manages its legal exposures.

1. Coordinate the preparation, review, registration, execution, and maintenance of the Bank’s security documentation and associated registers.
2. Support the management of litigation involving the Bank, collaborating with external legal counsel and ensuring adherence to court and regulatory directives.
3. Assist in the recovery of non-performing accounts, which includes issuing demands and statutory notices, following up with advocates, preparing recovery reports, and tracking recovery actions.
4. Coordinate legal processes for the realization of securities via public auction, private treaty, and other approved recovery methods.
5. Support the preparation, review, and administration of leases for both Bank-owned and leased properties.
6. Conduct legal research and assist in preparing legal opinions, briefing notes, and advice on banking, commercial, employment, probate, and other legal issues.
7. Support statutory and regulatory compliance, corporate governance requirements, statutory filings, and monitor legislative and regulatory changes impacting the Bank.
8. Review and administer commercial agreements and legal documentation, providing legal support for new products, digital initiatives, and corporate development activities.
9. Maintain legal records, contracts, registers, trackers, and document repositories, including vault and custodial records, and assist in preparing periodic legal reports.
10. Support legal processes related to administration and receivership, including documentation, liaising with advocates, and tracking matters to completion.
11. Liaise with internal departments, external advocates, company secretaries, and other stakeholders on legal matters and outstanding actions.
12. Provide other legal support, including trademark administration, legal searches, staff legal-awareness training, and other assigned Legal Department responsibilities.

1. Hold a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree.
2. Be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
3. Possess a valid practicing certificate.
4. Maintain membership with the Law Society of Kenya in good standing.
5. Have 3-4 years of relevant experience in legal practice, banking law, litigation support, recoveries, and security documentation.
6. Demonstrate the ability to apply Kenyan Law knowledge effectively to address customer statements or misconceptions regarding their liabilities to the Bank.
7. Possess knowledge of credit control procedures and policies.