Legal Advisor - Johannesburg, South Africa - FirstRand

FirstRand

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Job Description

To Provide legal solutions to complex legal and business challenges to mitigate against legal risk and partner with the business on the implementation of policies to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and business processes

Provides guidance and management to more junior legal advisors

Hello Future Legal Advisor III

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables.

We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious.

Now's the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are you someone who can:

Attend to litigation processes.
Provide sound legal advice to the business on all complex legal matters.
Work closely with third party lawyers who represent the group and clients in courts, providing support, setting strategy, agreeing arguments and drafting submissions so as to ensure strategic impact, identifying and capitalising on opportunities to compel implementation of judgments at national, regional and international level.
Expertly draft legal documentation, pleadings and correspondences and manage disputes.
Has attention to detail in all matters.
Keep the Legal Head Litigation business area, Legal Heads and Advisors abreast of developments in a timely fashion, raising opportunities and risks as they occur.
Identify and mitigate emerging legal risks and ensure training on legal risk management takes place.
Stay up to date with all developments in the law in relation to areas of legal practice.
Build sound relationships based on trust and openness.
Engineer and leverage processes and technologies to meet business needs.
Produce consistently highquality outputs within agreed deadlines.
Minimum requirement: Have an LLB degree and are admitted attorney/legal practitioner in country of employment with at least 5 years post article experience in a litigation and risk mitigation environment.

You will have access to:

Opportunities to network and collaborate.
Challenging Working

We can be a match if you are:

Curious & courageous
you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to.
Obsessed with mastery you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.

Job Details

Application Closing Date

20/02/24