Manager: Corporate Legal Services

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

A leading Audit Firm is looking for a Manager: Corporate Legal Services to guide, assist, support and manage all litigation and relevant external legal relationship of the company. Experience in commercial legal services.

Minimum requirements:

• 5 years post admission litigation and dispute resolution experience in a law firm or at a society of advocates (Bar) with court experience (has run cases from inception to conclusion, including pre-trial/hearing, post-trial/hearing and litigation/dispute resolution settlement experience).
• Experience in developing and implementing a litigation strategy.
• Experience in civil law, civil procedure and law of evidence.
• Experience in commercial litigation.
• Experience in constitutional and administrative law litigation.
• An ability to apply knowledge at strategic and business level.
• Good communication, presentation and facilitation skills are essential.
• Drafting, report writing and analytical skills required.
• Work with minimal supervision and often outside of normal business hours.
• The knowledge of relevant legislation and statutory requirements i.e. to monitor, evaluate, analyse and interpret statutory requirements and compliance.

Education

• LLB.
• Admitted as attorney or advocate of the High Court of South Africa.
• Post graduate qualification in civil law/law of evidence will be an added advantage.
• Post graduate qualification in constitutional or administrative law will be an added advantage.

Technical competencies

• Ability to effectively establish and manage sound relationships with stakeholders.
• Ability to gather and analyse data, employ creative thinking, demonstrate problem solving and draw effective conclusions.
• Ability to create purposeful, precise, succinct and unique reports and documents.
• Ability to look for, identify, gather, interpret and evaluate relevant information.

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