SMI 16302 - Senior Litigation Attorney: Commercial Litigation Specialist – Law Firm, Durban

Our client is seeking a strong Litigator with approximately 7 years of post-admission experience, ideally gained in Commercial Litigation and /or General/ Civil Litigation and is currently in practice. The firm represents several corporates and handles a wide range of commercial and general litigation matters.

You will be responsible for:

Commercial law:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Advice and opinions pertaining to commercial transactions
• Structuring of commercial transactions and corporate structures
• Drafting of all types of commercial transaction documents
• Due diligence investigations and reports

Corporate Law and Administration:

• Drafting of shareholders’ agreements, association agreements and partnership agreements
• Drafting of memoranda of incorporation
• Preparation of board, shareholder, trustee and partner resolutions, notices, agendas and minutes
• Preparation and administration of share registers, share certificates and share transfer forms
• Preparation and lodgement of company secretarial documents for registration by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
• Creation and maintenance of trust records in a secure electronic repository
• Advice regarding corporate law as applied to commerce and the interpretation of legislation
• Attending to closing requirements in respect of commercial and corporate transactions

Insolvency:

• Voluntary and compulsory sequestration applications
• Voluntary and compulsory winding-up applications
• Deregistration of companies and close corporations
• Business turnaround and reconstruction, including schemes of arrangement

Public Liability;

• Defending public liability claims and litigation
• Advice and opinions relating to public liability issues
• Advice on and drafting of indemnity provisions and signage

Dispute Resolution and Litigation;

• Instituting and defending legal proceedings
• Conciliation, mediation and arbitration proceedings
• Advice and opinions relating to disputes