Projects Associate Johannesburg at Pinsent Masons

Background
The role sits within the Johannesburg Finance and Projects team. The Finance and Projects team carries out a wide range of work focused on the energy & infrastructure sectors, including project finance, internal investigations, front-end construction and sector-focused acquisitions and joint ventures in Africa. Our clients consist of a number of international banks, government entities, construction companies, infrastructure asset owners/sponsors and developers. This is a transactional and an investigative role which requires specialisation in the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a large amount of client contact. The role demands undertaking business development and marketing activities with enthusiasm.

The Candidate Required
This is a dynamic team where every team member can make his or her own mark. Associates are a key part of the team's development and are expected to take responsibility for leading on projects, energy and infrastructure focused investigation, developing and leading client relationships, contributing to the team's business development plans, focusing on sector activity and supporting the growth of more junior team members.

The role is wide-ranging, will focus on and include:

• developing on-going relationships with an existing client base as well as pitching for new opportunities;
• developing close working relationships as part of an international team;
• the opportunity to be involved in internal investigation work within the energy and infrastructure sectors and on an international level;
• taking an active role in our campaigns, the developments of our products and pitching for new work.

The successful candidates will:

• have gained experience in a firm with an established energy and/or infrastructure practice;
• have experience of project development transactions from a commercial and/or investigative perspective;
• demonstrate experience of acting in a leading role in key transactions, being a self-starter and taking responsibility for client service;
• be a team player, able to forge strong working relationships with colleagues;
• be technically strong and exercise good commercial judgment;
• be receptive to different ways of working including strong project management;
• have interpersonal skills necessary for this client-facing role.
• have experience in business development activities including presenting seminars or training sessions to external parties