Senior Associate: Mergers - Sandton, South Africa - Dial a Legal Assistant

Dial a Legal Assistant
Dial a Legal Assistant
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Sandton, South Africa

1 week ago

Thabo Mthembu

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Role Description:


Role Responsibilities:


  • Assist with taking first instructions and producing drafts of relevant agreements and run vanilla transactions with mínimal supervision
  • Liaising with clients and counterparties, sending out drafts, collating comments on drafts, producing revised drafts
  • Reviewing external agreements, collating internal and client comments on external drafts
  • Handling some aspects of transaction negotiation
  • Managing CP processes
  • Drafting legal opinions
  • Legal research
  • Professional client service and transaction management
  • Generally assisting directors of the team with various aspects of transactions

Requirements:


  • LLB Degree
  • Admission as an Attorney in South Africa
  • Minimum 5 years PQE in relevant legal environment
  • Strong background of Corporate Commercial law and/or Mergers & Acquisitions and/or Banking & Finance
  • Very good understanding of company law and law of contract
  • Excellent drafting skills (agreements and legal opinions)
  • Must be able to run with transactions mínimal supervision
  • Able to negotiate certain transactional agreements with mínimal supervision
  • Experience in managing juniors in the team

Salary:


Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Sandton, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)
Application Deadline: 2023/07/21
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