Corporate Senior Lawyer
Pinsent Masons
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
Corporate Senior Lawyer– Johannesburg
Brief
Owing to a substantial pipeline of work and potential opportunities, we are looking to expand our transactional services team in Johannesburg by recruiting a corporate senior lawyer with 7+ years PQE. While this role will be based in Johannesburg, the successful candidate will be working with South African and international colleagues on corporate transactions across the continent.
We are looking for a technically excellent corporate lawyer with experience in corporate finance, M&A (domestic and cross-border) and private equity (beneficial, but not essential). The ideal candidate will have trained at a large South African or international firm and will have had exposure to top-tier corporate/M&A work. Experience in cross-border work would be beneficial but is not essential.
In addition to having excellent technical skills, candidates will be commercially aware, with a strong knowledge of corporate activity and trends in the South African and regional markets. Pinsent Masons is a collegiate, barrier-free work environment and candidates should be able to demonstrate a strong history of teamwork and a client-focussed approach. Candidates will also have excellent communication and project management skills.
Our Corporate Group
Our team of corporate lawyers are currently working with sophisticated multinational clients on a variety of corporate/M&A transactions (including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures etc.) in line with our clear sector-focused approach to the market. A number of our clients are market-leaders in energy and infrastructure development across the continent.
By aligning with clients' business strategies and bringing together an on-the-ground team of African specialists in corporate/M&A, as well as our wider teams across our global office network with specific interest and experience in advising on African transactions, we are able to support and advise clients in relation to complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. In addition to having a highly-rated team with extensive experience of advising on high-profile M&A deals across the continent operating out of our Johannesburg office, we are able to call upon immediate input from leading corporate and subject matter specialists in our global offices. This allows us to provide advice and service of an international standard efficiently and with the benefit of understanding the inevitable nuances and complexities of local markets in which our clients operate better than most. It is because of this that clients trust us with their most strategically important matters across the continent.
The successful candidate will be:
Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.
The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice.
We champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which its people can flourish. We operate an agile working scheme, which offers our employees flexibility in terms of where, and how, they work.
We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology.
Awards
Pinsent Masons won the ‘Europe’s Most Innovative Law Firm’ at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards Europe 2023 and the ‘Best Talent and Inclusion’ award at The Lawyer Awards 2022. The firm has been named global Construction Law Firm of the Year 2023 in the Who’s Who Legal Awards. The firm is also named Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year 2023 by the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards. The firm has placed in the Top 10 Top Employers for Working Families for its 7th consecutive year. Go to www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades to view all of our global awards and nominations.
Please note we only accept applications made via our recruitment portal. Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam who can discuss the role and requirements.
Contact details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffy-lam-715241238/
[email protected]
At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.
Corporate Senior Lawyer– Johannesburg
Brief
Owing to a substantial pipeline of work and potential opportunities, we are looking to expand our transactional services team in Johannesburg by recruiting a corporate senior lawyer with 7+ years PQE. While this role will be based in Johannesburg, the successful candidate will be working with South African and international colleagues on corporate transactions across the continent.
We are looking for a technically excellent corporate lawyer with experience in corporate finance, M&A (domestic and cross-border) and private equity (beneficial, but not essential). The ideal candidate will have trained at a large South African or international firm and will have had exposure to top-tier corporate/M&A work. Experience in cross-border work would be beneficial but is not essential.
In addition to having excellent technical skills, candidates will be commercially aware, with a strong knowledge of corporate activity and trends in the South African and regional markets. Pinsent Masons is a collegiate, barrier-free work environment and candidates should be able to demonstrate a strong history of teamwork and a client-focussed approach. Candidates will also have excellent communication and project management skills.
Our Corporate Group
Our team of corporate lawyers are currently working with sophisticated multinational clients on a variety of corporate/M&A transactions (including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures etc.) in line with our clear sector-focused approach to the market. A number of our clients are market-leaders in energy and infrastructure development across the continent.
By aligning with clients' business strategies and bringing together an on-the-ground team of African specialists in corporate/M&A, as well as our wider teams across our global office network with specific interest and experience in advising on African transactions, we are able to support and advise clients in relation to complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. In addition to having a highly-rated team with extensive experience of advising on high-profile M&A deals across the continent operating out of our Johannesburg office, we are able to call upon immediate input from leading corporate and subject matter specialists in our global offices. This allows us to provide advice and service of an international standard efficiently and with the benefit of understanding the inevitable nuances and complexities of local markets in which our clients operate better than most. It is because of this that clients trust us with their most strategically important matters across the continent.
The successful candidate will be:
- a team player who wants significant responsibility and to take ownership of matters with strong support from senior and junior team members;
- interested in developing strong working relationships with colleagues and willing to contribute to the development of junior team members;
- be technically excellent and want to be a subject matter expert;
- exercise common sense and good commercial judgement;
- be innovative and receptive to different ways of working in a fresh and fast-paced environment, including a willingness to contribute to various aspects of the team's practice and client relationships;
- have strong inter-personal skills and be comfortable with client-facing responsibilities; and
- have an interest in being part of an international practice with a global outlook that does things differently.
Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.
The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice.
We champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which its people can flourish. We operate an agile working scheme, which offers our employees flexibility in terms of where, and how, they work.
We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology.
Awards
Pinsent Masons won the ‘Europe’s Most Innovative Law Firm’ at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards Europe 2023 and the ‘Best Talent and Inclusion’ award at The Lawyer Awards 2022. The firm has been named global Construction Law Firm of the Year 2023 in the Who’s Who Legal Awards. The firm is also named Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year 2023 by the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards. The firm has placed in the Top 10 Top Employers for Working Families for its 7th consecutive year. Go to www.pinsentmasons.com/accolades to view all of our global awards and nominations.
Please note we only accept applications made via our recruitment portal. Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam who can discuss the role and requirements.
Contact details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffy-lam-715241238/
[email protected]
At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.
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