Description
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career in our Corporate Law practice, within Legal Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients adopt a more strategic approach to global entity governance across their organisations. We help our clients and their legal entities with the incorporation of new companies, on going compliance with local legislation, and restructuring of their global businesses to manage governance and compliance risks.
Our team possess extensive knowledge of local and national corporate law. You'll help our clients with a range of legal services including provision of support in choosing the type of company, drafting of corporate documents, contracts and the necessary assistance in the performance thereof, setting up companies, structuring capital, restructuring corporate governance, implementing changes to the legal structure, setting up joint ventures, and managing tax and real estate issues.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
PwC is a leading global professional services network with over 295,000 staff operating in 156 countries.
PwC UK is seeking a junior Commercial lawyer based in the South Africa Technology and Innovation Centre (SATIC) which is part of PwC and based in Johannesburg to support its UK Office of General Counsel, Commercial Team, primarily focussed on UK Government & Public
Sector (G&PS) contracts. PwC UK's business has grown significantly over the past few years in this space, and we anticipate this continuing, hence the need to recruit. PwC UK's Office of General Counsel of nearly 50 lawyers is an experienced, well-established and supportive group of professionals, who are highly-regarded by, and well-networked to, the business, and who have strong relationships with a wide range of senior professionals in the organisation, including at Executive Board level. PwC UK's OGC Commercial Team is made up of over 20 commercial contracting lawyers, currently split between two locations in the UK. This new role is an exciting opportunity to be part of the creation of a third location in South Africa. The role will be based in the Johannesburg office of PwC SATIC (a separate legal entity from PwC UK), providing you with full access to a state of the art office environment in the heart of Waterfall City. The role would be specifically to provide key support to PwC UK bid teams, senior lawyers, and risk management professionals on G&PS matters, by:
? Reviewing and advising on non-standard contracts and related materials within Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents issued by G&PS clients;
? Reviewing and advising on the suite of G&PS framework agreements PwC UK has signed up to;
? Preparing clear advice notes setting out key contractual risks within the terms;
? Liaising and communicating effectively with a wide range of internal clients to ensure they understand service-specific requirements, the contract position and PwC UK's approach;
? Provide ad hoc support to our senior lawyers on particular G&PS projects or deals;
? Maintaining and improving our G&PS systems, databases and resources;
? Performing other similar tasks.
Key requirements for the role:
? At least 2 years' PQE (or equivalent) in providing commercial legal advice, either within an in-house environment or within law firms, ideally working with organisations similar to PwC or its competitors;
? Great communication skills;
? Good experience of advising on a range of commercial contracts;
? Good drafting skills;
? Ability to handle large volumes of data and text with accuracy and speed, to identify issues, and be adept at conveying issues to a non-legal audience. The ability to work effectively to deadlines is an absolute must;
? Ability to adapt and to be open minded and innovative;
? An ability to build good relationships and become a trusted advisor to the business.
Travel Requirements
Up to 20%
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No
Job Posting End Date
December 26, 2024