About Company
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
Headquarters: Johannesburg
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Undertake paralegal work for corporate, commercial and finance practice
- Draft, review, amend and proofread contracts, legal memos and opinions, and other documents
- Analyse legal issues and conduct legal research using Westlaw, LawNet and other public and private databases
- Prepare and maintain review and negotiation playbooks, templates and undertake other knowledge management tasks
- Prepare business/client development and marketing material as needed
- Other ad-hoc administrative duties and tasks as needed
Educational Qualifications:
- Degree in Law (Indian or other common law system) from reputable law school
- Successfully passed exams to be qualified to practiec law in India
Working Experience:
- Min. 4-5 solid years of prior corporate and/or finance legal experience (i.e. litigation paralegal experience is insufficient) assisting UK Magic Circle, US white shoe or other top-tier international law firms
Special Attributes and Skills:
- Exceptionally careful, detailed, meticulous and organised
- Displays enthusiasm and initiative
- Able to work with minimal supervision and quick to learn
- Excellent English and communication skills (both written and spoken)
- Competent research skills, with strong knowledge of and familiarity with legal research databases, including Westlaw
- Proficient in MS Office, including Word, Excel and preferably Powerpoint (PPT not as essential but must be willing to pick up)
- Comfortable with various technology platforms in general, including document management systems and other Cloud-based platforms
- Mature, professional and possesses the highest standards of integrity
- Understands the importance of firm and client confidentiality
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