Senior Tax Associate

SUMMARY:
Introduction
An elite Global Law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions, and governments worldwide is currently looking for an Associates with an interest in International Taxation Law to join their Sandton, Johannesburg office. This role will allow the successful candidate to be part of a team of lawyers who are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative, and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of this multinational Law Firm, and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Their people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.
 
Their long history as an international law firm means they are perfectly placed to help clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.
With lawyers and staff operating from more than 47 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, they have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. They are distinguished by their on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets, as well as strengths in handling complex cross-border work.
It is their global interconnectedness of the Firm that their people and clients value most. The firm works well together across geographic and practice boundaries. This is one of the reasons they attract and retain cross-border work. And why they attract a diverse group of people.

POSITION INFO:
Duties and Responsibilities

• Drafting of basic filings addressed to courts and authorities (Commercial Register, Cadastral Register, Trade Licensing Office).
• Conducting brief or somewhat more complex research, or drafting of memoranda (search for judicature, commentaries to specific legal issues).
• Drafting of basic agreements (according to model documents), powers of attorney, draft resolutions of General Meetings, waivers of appeal, various statements.
• Involvement in due diligence – analysis of agreements in data room and their subsequent description
• Communication with clients (via telephone, E-mail).
• Assisting clients with corporate establishment, registration, transformation, governance, and liquidation
• Conducting research and analysis.
• Drafting legal memoranda on broad range of topics arising under commercial law and corporate and labor law
• Analyzing corporate health of businesses prior to acquisition by clients.
• Providing direct assistance to senior lawyers on matters arising during day-to-day provision of legal services to leading international and domestic corporate clients.
• Joining educational seminar and practice groups.
• Drafting of all types of corporate documents required for organization of all types of companies or for adoption of changes to companies (e.g., change of business name, registered office, statutory body, etc.) and subsequent registration thereof in Commercial Register (i.e., powers of attorney, statements, decisions, simple draft agreements), drafting of motions for entry of changes in entries of companies in Commercial Register, completion of schedules to such motions.
• Communicating with foreign authorities, preparing forms, and serving notice.
• Organizing General Meetings, on their own or together with Notary Public.
• Assisting in due diligence.
• Assisting foreign clients with paperwork.

• LLB or B.com Law and LLM in Tax Law.
• 4 to 7 years post qualification experience.
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker.
• Commercial and business awareness.
• Ability to see the big picture.
• Outstanding communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when juggling multiple projects.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• Driven by professional growth.
• Strong professional presence.
• Client service focus.
• Team player.
• Strong judgment.
• Proactive, resourceful, takes initiative.
• Long-term interest in business law.
• Fluency in English.
• International experience a plus.
• Good understanding of the key risks and issues involved in cross-border transactions
• Experience on advising on numerous commercial contracts, in particular credit agreements, bond documents (e.g., offering memoranda, purchase agreements, indentures, trust deeds etc.), corporate approvals, share purchase agreements, offering circulars etc.

• In addition to strong academic credentials, you should possess good judgment, excellent analytical skills, and the intellectual rigor to grasp the tax intricacies of large-scale cross-border and multijurisdictional transactions.
• You should be comfortable of handling complex contractual work, combining a vigilance and eye for detail with the creativity to develop innovative solutions. Given the rapid pace of our practice, you will also need to be pragmatic and highly organized—consistently meeting deadlines, and offering the dedication required to deliver an outstanding work product.
• Both oral and written communication skills will be major assets, enabling you to communicate complex tax analyses to partners, colleagues and clients clearly and succinct. A team player, you should be at ease working alongside the group’s partners and colleagues from across the firm’s international offices and practices.
• Confident and self-motivated, you should demonstrate a willingness to accept responsibility and take ownership of projects, as well as a proactive mindset that enables you to anticipate clients’ needs and independently develop solutions that add real value to their transactions.

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