Associate Corporate & Commercial

Reporting to: CEO

Purpose of the Job

The Associate will be responsible for drafting and reviewing corporate & commercial legal documents for clients of LineaBlu, assessing legal needs for clients and offer legal advice where required.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Draft and finalise contracts for clients of LineaBlu
  • Coordinating and filing all documents involving staff and clients
  • Reviewing matters and providing updates to directors
  • Analysing conflicts in legal matters and advising clients on solutions
  • Coordinating and preparing administrative reports
  • Assisting in the review of legal documents for accuracy and completeness
  • Communicating with directors and other associates to ensure appropriate and relevant advice to clients of LineaBlu.
  • Ensuring confidentiality

Post Requirements

  • Accredited Law degree
  • M&A experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a law firm or legal practice
  • Experience with facilitating deal process, performing due diligence, negotiation deals, execute contract and manage ongoing post-closing activities.
  • Experience with negotiating, structuring and drafting complex agreement sthat is favourable and agreeable by all parties, Shareholders, Board of Directors, Officers, Management and Employees.
  • Strong legal knowledge
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate with others
  • Strong client service orientation
  • Ability to prioritize work
  • Strong project management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under pressure, meet deadlines, trouble shoot, and problem solve in a creative and innovative manner
  • Ability to manage a varied workload with minimal direction with effective legal risk management and appropriate escalation of legal risk
  • Good commercial skills and ability to understand the commercial drivers for an initiative and ability to help the business identify any broader commercial risks in addition to legal ones

Closing Date: 29 February 2024

Enquiries concerning the post responsibilities may be directed to sipho@lineablu.com

A comprehensive CV with a covering letter to be forwarded to resources@lineablu.com