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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