Conveyancer - Cape Town, South Africa - EarthStream

EarthStream

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Job Details:

Sector:
Renewable Energy
Location: Cape Town
Job Ref: PR/117238_
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Bonus per year
Expiry Date: 14 April 2023
Contact: Lee Bishop-
Start Date: ASAP

We are seeking an experienced Conveyancer, based in Cape Town, working for a Renewable Energy Company.

You will manage all the various land rights that pertain to the development, construction and operation of wind and solar renewable energy projects.

Key Requirements:

Admitted Attorney & Conveyancer
Minimum of 35 years' experience in Conveyancing
Legal degree with advanced Conveyancing
Minimum 5 years (post admission) strong and proven Conveyancing experience in the property law environment.
Must be able to handle complex
Ability to work under
Fluent English and Afrikaans.
Advance knowledge of agreements.
Detail oriented, with an ability to establish and follow
The ability to use own initiative to do what is required, e.g. find resolve for
Excellent verbal and written communication
Experience in land use agreements.

Key Responsibilities:

***- Working closely with the Group Legal Head to understand the Group's strategy.

Lead and manage the conveyancing processes on matters connected with the various projects including drafting option agreements, lease agreements, addenda, cessions and assignment of leases, renewal of lease agreements, etc.
Responsible for identifying legal risk and compliance relating to property transactions and ensuring that same is implemented and managed effectively;
Participate in lease negotiations, drafting and reviewing of property contracts within the Group.
Being the centre point interfacing between all external counsel and providing input into the various project agreements in order to ensure that project agreements are comprehensive, complete and risks are addressed appropriately.
Facilitating the due diligence process relating to property.
Ensuring overall project property compliance during the various project phases from bidding/tendering, throughout the financial close process and up to commercial operation of the various power plants under the REIPPP Programme and similar programmes and private offtake PPAs.
Provide high quality advice relating to property to the various project teams to ensure effective corporate governance, risk planning and compliance with statutory responsibilities, and to ensure that commercial obligations, financial and qualitative targets are properly addressed.
Being the centre point interfacing between all stakeholders providing input into the operations of the various project land use agreements in order to ensure that project's land use agreements are comprehensive, complete and risks are addressed appropriately.
Assisting the legal bidding and financial closing teams.
Liaise and lead in managing the third parties and their legal advisers on matters connected with the various projects.
Lead on any landrelated contractual disputes or adjudication claims, dealing directly with senior legal representatives of the counterparty organisations.
Develop and implement contracting
Assisting procurement team with preparation and finalisation of legal and commercial documents for various service provider requests for proposals.
Drafting, negotiating and ensuring the successful execution of property contracts according to agreed commercial obligations, financial and qualitative
Drafting, negotiating and execution of related project agreements (finance agreements, shareholders agreements, ).
Maintaining contractual
General contracts administration.
Developing and implementing contractual procedures and
Proactive risk/claim assessment and management: Develop and implement a risk management process, prepare and maintain risk and claims registers and check risk
Provide proactively recommendations and advice on how to avoid any additional cost and where not possible how to minimize the costs of legitimate