Senior Specialist Commercial (Conveyancing Attorney) at Sasol

Job Description

Purpose of Job

• Ensuring legal tenure for Sasol Oil on new and existing Sasol Service Station Sites.
• Draft lease agreements on Sasol Service Station properties and facilitate the drafting of Franchise and operations agreements.
• Manage and facilitate litigation processes with external attorneys.
• Facilitate all documantation related to the monthly Property Development Commitee Meeting.
• Accountable for processes to facilitate legal communication between, business, bank institutions, architects, engineering and external parties related to tenure.
• Manage and maintain good governance on business matters related to property development.
• Guide and assist the property development team with calculating economic feasibility for new developments as well as existing network matters.
• Responsible for continuous analyses of development assumptions and annual reporting on development assumptions.
• Liaise group wide with various stakeholders to align property development assumptions with growth assumptions of group.
• Management of legal risk related to Sasol tenure on properties.

The following are non negotiable:

• Completed B Com law/LLB - Notary Conveyancing
• 15 to 20 years in the conveyancing environment coupled with the implementation and maintaining of legal documentation.
• Proven knowledge of conveyancing, dealing with legal (property) documentation and record keeping.
• Drafted more than 50 lease agreements
• Been involved in more than 5 arbritations
• Facilitated more than 50 notarial registrations processes
• A minimum of 15 years experience in working with a team in primarily the legal and financial field

Core Elements of Job

• Manage the team tasked with the establishment of tenure for Sasol on new to industry, knockdown and rebuild of service station sites.
• Finalisation of all legal documentation in the new to industry/conversion and existing portfolio's.
• Accountable for the effective implementation of legal process in the property environment coupled with growth of the retail network.
• Managing litigation on breach applications on existing network.
• Accuracy of documentation and according to Sasol's core values as marked by the Property Manager.
• Market analyses on development transactions in service station development field. Implementing competitive guidance on market related development transactions to be implemented.
• Facilitate process and sign off of individual development transactions to be presented to the Property Development Committee.