SATIC: Corporate Lawyer – International Business Reorganizations & Technical Document Review at PwC South Africa

• PwC South Africa’s SATIC team is looking for a Manager-level Corporate Lawyer specializing in high-volume, technically rigorous legal document review and international business reorganization projects. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a professional support, non-client-facing capacity supporting UK and multinational clients within a structured, technology-driven managed legal services environment.

Why Join Us?

• Leverage your experience working with UK clients or within UK legal frameworks on complex cross-border reorganizations, M&A, and legal entity simplification transactions.
• Focus on a specialist, high-volume role emphasizing legal document review, quality control, technical legal research, and drafting plain-English corporate legal advice aligned with PwC UK standards.
• Collaborate closely with UK, EMEA, USA, and South African teams within a structured, technology-enabled managed legal services environment.
• Manage detailed review of diverse transaction documents, including sale and purchase agreements, shareholder resolutions, company registrations, and legal due diligence reports.
• Play a key role supporting large-scale, multi-jurisdictional corporate restructuring projects without acting as the primary client-facing lawyer.
• Coach and mentor junior lawyers while contributing to the continuous improvement of templates, precedents, playbooks, and legal knowledge resources.
• Work aligned to UK business hours in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment requiring strong organisational skills and resilience.

Qualifications /Certifications required:

• LLB or equivalent legal qualification
• Admission as an attorney in South Africa or equivalent common law jurisdiction

What You Bring:

• Admission as a corporate lawyer in South Africa or a comparable jurisdiction.
• 5–7+ years’ post-admission experience, including significant exposure to UK client work or cross-border corporate transactions.
• Proven capability managing very high volumes of legal document review within strict SLAs and demanding deadlines.
• Experience drafting and reviewing corporate transaction documents governed by UK or international law, including M&A, legal entity simplifications, dividend extractions, and restructuring approvals.
• Work aligned to UK business hours in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment requiring strong organisational skills and resilience.
• Proficiency and enthusiasm for legal technology tools, process improvement, and knowledge sharing.

How You’ll Make a Difference:

• Deliver meticulous document review and quality control supporting international corporate reorganizations and complex transactional implementations.
• Provide technically accurate, commercially informed legal advice and research alongside senior legal teams.
• Drive the enhancement and maintenance of firm-wide legal templates, precedents, and playbooks.
• Support and guide junior lawyers, fostering a high-quality, collaborative team environment.
• Help ensure that all cross-border restructuring steps are legally robust, operationally sound, and aligned to transaction objectives.