SATIC - Legal Project Manager at PwC South Africa

Role overview

• We are looking for a high-performing Legal Due Diligence Project Manager to support the management and delivery of legal due diligence reviews, large-scale contract reviews, and related legal transaction support projects in global transactions.
• The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering quality legal due diligence on a wide variety of M&A transactions and corporate reorganisation projects throughout their whole lifecycle, from proposal and engagement stage all the way through to final delivery of reports.
• The role will frequently involve working as part of multi-disciplinary advisory team and as part of a global legal team. It requires experience supporting the delivery of large, complex projects within a law firm, Big Four, alternative legal services provider, or similarly sophisticated legal delivery environment. This includes large-scale contract reviews and offers high levels of responsibility and the satisfaction of working on interesting and challenging assignments across different industries.
• The successful candidate will work closely with senior legal and advisory stakeholders in the UK, while being based in South Africa, to help plan, coordinate, track, and deliver matters efficiently and to a high-quality standard.
• The role is ideal for someone who combines sound transactional legal exposure with strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and an interest in improving legal delivery.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and competencies:

• Good understanding of legal due diligence in the context of M&A, disposals, restructurings, and corporate reorganisations
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills
• Ability to manage large teams across multiple legal workstreams (both in the UK and overseas) utilising strong organisational skills
• Ability to implement methodical “best practice” approaches to the management of projects and the ability to flex that approach to meet client and transactional needs, while ensuring full compliance with risk and quality control requirements
• Ability to support effectively to meet the legal team’s document review requirements, utilising a forensic mind-set and attention to detail
• Ability to manage Q&A processes and management of virtual data rooms
• Ability to meet tight deadlines, ability to manage multiple tasks and to thrive in a fast-paced deals environment
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Ability to build strong and lasting relationships with clients, legal colleagues at all levels and other professionals at PwC
• Ability to use initiative and a willingness to embrace innovation and continuous improvement
• Interest in innovation and continuous improvement, including the responsible use of GenAI to deliver better services, faster
• Clear, articulate and confident written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Hardworking and enthusiastic with a “can do” attitude
• Commercial awareness and the ability to identify issues requiring escalation
• Strong academic background

Key responsibilities

• Matter coordination and project delivery
• Support the day-to-day management of legal due diligence and contract review matters
• Assist with matter planning, work allocation, progress tracking, status reporting, and issue escalation
• Maintain trackers, action lists, issue logs, review protocols, and delivery timetables
• Monitor deadlines and follow up with stakeholders to keep matters on track
• Support the coordination of internal teams, reviewers, and where relevant, local counsel across jurisdictions

Legal due diligence support

• Support the delivery of legal due diligence on M&A transactions, disposals, restructurings, and corporate reorganisation matters
• Coordinate the review of legal documents, including commercial contracts, constitutional documents, financing agreements, employment documents, licences, property-related agreements, and litigation summaries
• Assist with the preparation of red flag reports, issues lists, summaries, and final due diligence reports
• Help ensure consistency, quality, and completeness across review outputs

Contract review management

• Support or manage defined workstreams within large-scale contract review exercises, including change of control reviews, abstraction projects, remediation exercises, and post-transaction review work
• Assist with preparing reviewer guidance, templates, and quality control checks
• Help manage review teams to ensure outputs are accurate, consistent, and delivered on time

Data room and Q&A management

• Manage or support virtual data room processes, including document tracking, organisation, and follow-up
• Coordinate legal Q&A processes and maintain clear records of information requests and responses
• Identify gaps, missing documents, or inconsistencies and escalate appropriately

Stakeholder engagement

• Work closely with legal colleagues, partners, directors, and other professionals across PwC
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and, where relevant, clients and external counsel
• Communicate clearly on progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery issues

Innovation and continuous improvement

• Contribute to improving templates, processes, and ways of working across the legal team
• Use legal technology and GenAI tools responsibly to support efficient and high-quality delivery
• Identify opportunities to improve consistency, speed, and reporting

Requirements

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant legal qualification required, such as an LLB or equivalent or admitted attorney
• Admitted attorney status is preferred but not essential, depending on experience
• Approximately 4–5 years’ relevant experience in one or more of the following:
• corporate/M&A legal practice
• legal due diligence
• legal project management
• managed legal services
• large-scale contract review delivery
• Experience in a law firm, Big Four, alternative legal services provider, or similarly complex legal delivery environment is advantageous
• Advantageous experience
• Exposure to multi-jurisdictional matters, including cross-border Africa transactions
• Experience working in multidisciplinary advisory teams
• Experience preparing DD reports, issues trackers, and review protocols
• Experience coordinating reviewer teams or managing defined review workstreams

What success looks like in this role

• Matters are well coordinated and delivered on time
• Review outputs are accurate, consistent, and commercially useful
• Stakeholders are kept informed and issues are escalated appropriately
• Data room and Q&A processes are managed efficiently
• The candidate takes ownership of defined workstreams and contributes positively to overall matter delivery
• Delivery processes improve over time through practical suggestions and disciplined execution

Job Posting End Date

• June 12, 2026