Litigation Attorney at Abyssinia Bank
Position Title: Litigation Attorney
Employer: Abyssinia Bank
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba - Ethiopia
Posted date: 9 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
Job Objective
To handle court proceedings. Provide legal advice; prepare/review contracts, policies, rules and regulations. Handle non-loan litigation civil cases and criminal cases. Represent the Bank before courts of law and any tribunals. Examine legal issues related to new products and services.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Understand branches’ and departments’ legal questions and provide advice in compliance with the prevailing relevant law and per the standard format designed by the Department.
- Prepare legal interpretations and opinions on national and international legislations that strategically affect the Bank’s vision, mission, and/or objectives.
- Prepare and revise contracts, policies, procedures, mortgages, pledges, guarantees, agreements and other legal documents the Bank uses.
- Analyse the probable outcomes of cases based on legal precedents and determine the advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuits.
- Prepare a statement of claim, defence, pleadings, appeal, affidavit, memorandum, application, notices & legal instruments.
- Follow up the proper institution and presentation of legal suits and/or statements of defence in all cases including judgment execution process and appeals.
- Represent the Bank before courts of law, judicial tribunals, and other similar organs concerning non-loan and criminal litigation cases.
- Attend court cases, conduct litigation, and report progress on each adjournment.
- Represent the Bank in any government, public or private organs, courts of law, judicial tribunals, etc.
- Follow-up crime cases are handled by the police, prosecutor, court, or other similar crime investigation offices or government organs.
- Maintain current knowledge of alteration in legislation.
- Participate in research works on different legal topics to upgrade legal consciousness and aid decision-making.
- Provide clarification /interpretations on legal language, laws, contracts and legal documents to Branches and Departments.
- Maintain team work at all operational levels and keep good working relations with internal and external customers of the Bank.
- Take appropriate action and deliver results within the given service delivery time set for each work process.
- Handle and follow up cases assigned to him/her end to end until the final response/decision reaches the requester.
- Prepares and delivers progress performance reports on court attendance to Supervisors immediately after return.
- Prepare and submit periodic reports on court case status at the end of every month to supervisors.
- Report to his/her supervisor on the current status of pending cases.
- Follow up foreclosure and loan-related litigation cases in courts and other tribunals as assigned by supervisor.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Education:
- LLM/LLB Degree in Law.
Experience:
- Minimum of 4/6 years of banking experience, of which 3 years in the area of Law.
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