Provide legal advice and deal management

• Consult with clients to determine nature of advice required
• Evaluate facts and apply to legal position
• Advise accordingly
• Deal management/project management
• Analyse the commercial aspects of the transactions.
• Ensure agreements and documents are legally accurate and mitigate commercial risks
• Ensure agreements/documents are compliant with latest legal developments.
• Consult regularly with team on proposed structures, developments and legal implications thereof.
• Manage merger applications. (Competition law)
• Ensure deals are properly executed.

Draft and verify complex commercial contracts/agreements/due diligence investigations

• Attend due diligence assessments relating to company’s acquisitions.
• Perform legal due diligence assessment on deals.
• Establish the nature of agreement required.
• Draft, vet and negotiate a range of complex commercial agreements and documents e.g. MOU’s, term sheets, M&A agreements, sale of shares, sale of business, security documents prospectuses, notices etc.
• Verify final draft and discuss with client.
• Advise on execution and provide guidelines.
• Evaluate existing agreements and propose changes.
• Approve final contracts/ agreements for signatures.
• Ensure application and compliance to Governance and legislative requirements.

 Negotiation and settlement of commercial disputes

• Attend to resolution of disputes by means of mediation, arbitration of litigation
• Draft settlement agreements.
• Ensure implementation.

Provide commercial litigation services

• Comprehensive preparation and evaluation of litigation/claims/applications.
• Instruct attorneys to take appropriate legal action.
• Manage process and ensure compliance to legal procedure.
• Legal cost budget management.
• Monitor and evaluate legal accounts and advise accordingly.

Ensure legal and procedural compliance

• Identify and research relevant legislation.
• Advise on requirements for laws.
• Prepare, execute and monitor compliance specific programme.
• Report to and liaise with regulators.
• Training of role players.
• Ensure that relevant policies and procedures are in line with legislation.

Requirements

• Qualifications: BCom Law/ LLB /Admitted Attorney. Candidates with experience as a practicing conveyancer and notary will enjoy preference.
• Requirements: 8 years in legal specialised commercial practice/commercial in-house counsel environment. Excellent drafting and writing skills are essential.
• Candidates drafting skills and knowledge shall be practically tested during the interview process.