Corporate and Commercial Director

Motsoeneng Bill Attorneys Incorporated, a leading boutique law firm, located in Sandton, Johannesburg, has an exciting opportunity for a seasoned admitted attorney to join our Corporate and Commercial team.

What we are looking for:

A forward-thinking, talented, and well-experienced Director/Partner whose experience will primarily lead our Corporate and Commercial team and will also apply their knowledge and experience across a variety of legal disciplines within the firm.

The ideal candidate must meet these minimum qualifications and experience requirements:

• LLB degree
• Master’s degree in Banking and Finance and/or Corporate Law would be an advantage
• Minimum 8 to 10 years post admission experience most of which must have been spent in a commercial law firm

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate experience in and independently facilitate matters relating to:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate governance
• Drafting Legal Due diligence reports and conducting Legal Due diligence investigations
• Deal and transaction structuring and/or restructuring
• BEE transactions
• Consortiums and joint venture
• Takeovers filings
• Contract negotiation
• Reviewing, vetting, and drafting transaction documents such as (Subscription Agreements

Shareholders’ Agreements, Shareholder Loan Agreement, Memorandum of Incorporation)

• Drafting complex legal agreements
• Corporate finance - Reviewing, vetting, and drafting Finance Documents (such as, Senior and Mezzanine and Security Documents)
• High level tax law
• High level competition law and drafting merger notifications and liaising with the competition authorities and deal with the full spectrum of competition law
• Advising JSE listed companies
• Conducting training, regulatory work and workshops
• Writing articles and publications

The candidate also needs to demonstrate:

• An ability to work independently and unsupervised
• Proven leadership and management abilities
• Maintain a disciplined administration of the practice
• Supervise and train the junior attorneys and candidate attorneys
• Extreme attention to detail
• Ability to work with numbers and formulas
• Ability to understand various legal and financial instruments
• Good reputation in the industry relating to:
  • Ethics
  • Diligence
  • Skill

Closing date: Tuesday May 24^th 2022

Confidentiality:

Your application will be treated as confidential

Nature of the appointment:

The appointment will be on a permanent basis subject to a probationary period

Remuneration:

Remuneration commensurate with experience and skills and is subject to negotiation

If you are interested and meet the minimum requirements, please submit your CV to:

Please use this reference in your e-mail subject:

Corporate and Commercial Director/Partner Application

MBA Incorporated strives for equal opportunity in terms of its employment equity guidelines.

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