Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC (SIMA) is a US-SEC registered international impact investment manager focused on base of the pyramid investment opportunities with commercial returns and clear social benefits. SIMA provides investment management and advisory services, and also has created social businesses across solar energy, financial inclusion, affordable housing and education sectors in some of the poorest countries in the world in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. SIMA has a unique and transparent culture and believes in inclusive decision-making, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial approaches. SIMA’s Managing Partners are among the longest-serving impact investment fund managers and actively contributed to the development of the impact investment industry. SIMA has staff presence in US, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Pakistan, and India.

SIMA has raised over $400 million with leading development finance and private sector investors and is looking to strengthen their legal team. The primary role is providing legal support for transactions financing solar developers and projects in over 28 emerging markets in Africa and Asia. The role involves structured/secured debt, project finance, intercreditor agreements, leases, PPAs, etc. as well as managing problem loans, workouts, etc involved in financing diverse solar developers and projects,. The role would grow as SIMA launches additional funds.

Responsibilities

• Work with SIMA’s international counsel to facilitate transactions.
• Liaise with team of relationship managers, risk and finance departments to ensure documentation has required terms, conditions, representations etc.
• Interact with local counsel and counterparties on structures, opinions, registrations, recommendations, notices, letters, security agreements, intercreditor agreements, leases, power purchase agreements, etc.
• Work with SIMA’s international counsel and management on documentation, trainings, workouts, enforcement, litigation support, etc.
• Coordinate with management in providing notices, determining defaults, workouts, enforcement actions, securing collateral, etc.

Qualifications

• Graduate from leading law school
• Relevant legal qualification and 5-7 years’ legal experience gained in commercial lending, project finance or structured transactions law at a leading financial law firm or financial institution setting (preferably a law firm followed by an inhouse position).
• Knowledge and experience with project finance and related structures and legal documentation.
• Good analytical skills, experience working with teams as well as with diverse entrepreneurial companies in emerging markets.
• Pragmatic, deal driven “protect and enable”- approach.
• Skill with facilitating documentation, negotiating covenants, intercreditor agreements, security, project finance, leases, PPAs, structured finance, etc.
• Familiarity with English law and its application and enforcement in a range of emerging market jurisdictions.
• Knowledge and experience with LMA-based documentation
• Experience with workouts, management of defaults, intercreditor issues and enforcement of security.
• Strong cultural understanding and skills to communicate effectively across multiple geographies and negotiating and team-working skills.
• Socially orientated and desire to create positive impact to society.
• French language ability is a plus.

Our benefits

• Unique and transparent culture with history of innovation, inclusive decision-making, revenue sharing on closing of new and placement of funds, bonuses based on merit, emergency funds for employees, etc.
• SIMA values:
  • Transparency at the heart of everything we do.
  • Logic to drive informed decision-making.
• Fairness underpins our relationships with clients, partners, and the communities we serve.
• Teamwork is ingrained in our culture.
• Innovative entrepreneurship drives us to pioneer groundbreaking financing solutions that amplify our impact.
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Great international work environment
• Excellent ongoing training
• Growth opportunities