“The Pragma Corporation, USA, is implementing the USAID-funded Financial Market Development (FMD) Project. In relation to this, we are seeking to hire a Legal and Regulatory Specialist, with a presence in Islamabad.

This assignment will cover legal/regulatory review analysis and follow-up drafting and consensus-building/dissemination activities designed to establish a best practice compliant legal/regulatory framework for the corporate debt and securitized debt markets in the country, including the regulatory framework for the operation of innovative debt instruments such as Sukuks and warehouse receipts financing instruments. The said Expert will also examine key regulatory constraints and design and promulgate reform proposals designed to address major regulatory as the legal/regulatory framework for SME equity finance, as well as regulatory constraints limiting institutional incentives to establish and effectively operationalize an SME listing board, and a functioning private placement platform in Pakistan.  Overall the analysis will be tied to the development of a series of targeted legislative/regulatory recommendations and a related set of drafting proposals which will be discussed under USAID guidance with relevant institutional interlocutors (most particularly the SECP and SBP, also in certain areas the MOF).  This work agenda will include development of concise reports on major legal/regulatory impediments in each of the critical securities market and covered under the analysis, as well as development of targeted reform recommendations and detailed legislative/regulatory reform proposals designed to resolve these impediments.

Skills

This assignment will cover legal/regulatory review analysis and follow-up drafting and consensus-building/dissemination activities designed to establish a best practice compli, including the regulatory framework for the operation of innovative debt instruments such as Sukuks and warehouse receipts financing instruments.

Job Details

Industry:
Functional Area:
Total Positions:
1 Post
Job Shift:
First Shift (Day)
Job Type:
Job Location:
Gender:
No Preference
Minimum Education:
Masters
Career Level:
Experienced Professional
Minimum Experience:
5 Years
Apply Before:
Dec 09, 2016
Posting Date:
Nov 08, 2016

The Pragma Corporation FMD Project

Services · 11-50 employees - Islamabad

The Pragma Corporation is an international development firm headquartered in the Washington DC area. With more than a quarter century of development experience in 75 countries, involving more than 600 projects, we provide expert technical and management consulting services to such donor organizations as the United States Agency for International Development, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. Our areas of specialization include Small and Medium Enterprise Development; Accounting Reform, Training, and Examination; Regulatory Reform and Business Environment Improvement; Agribusiness Development; Capital and Financial Market Development; WTO Accession; Customs Reform and Cross-Border Trade; and Regional Trade Promotion.

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