Job Vacancies at Pinsent Masons

Owing to a substantial pipeline of work and potential opportunities, we are looking to expand our transactional services team in Johannesburg by recruiting a corporate lawyer with 2 to 3 years of post-qualification experience. While this role will be based in Johannesburg, the successful candidate will be working with South African and international colleagues on corporate transactions across the continent.

We are looking for a technically excellent corporate lawyer with experience in corporate finance, M&A (domestic and cross-border) and private equity (beneficial, but not essential). The ideal candidate will have trained at a large South African or international firm and will have had exposure to top-tier corporate/M&A work. Experience in public company work would be beneficial but is not essential. 

In addition to having excellent technical skills, candidates will be commercially aware, with a strong knowledge of corporate activity and trends in the South African and regional markets. Pinsent Masons is a collegiate, barrier-free work environment and candidates should be able to demonstrate a strong history of teamwork and a client-focussed approach. Candidates will also have excellent communication and project management skills.

The successful candidate will be:

• a team player who wants significant responsibility and to take ownership of matters with strong support from senior and junior team members;
• interested in developing strong working relationships with colleagues and willing to contribute to the development of junior team members;
• be technically excellent and want to be a subject matter expert;
• exercise common sense and good commercial judgement;
• be innovative and receptive to different ways of working in a fresh and fast-paced environment, including a willingness to contribute to various aspects of the team's practice and client relationships;
• have strong inter-personal skills and be comfortable with client-facing responsibilities; and
• have an interest in being part of an international practice with a global outlook that does things differently. 

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Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a talented construction and engineering disputes lawyer with 2-4 years' PQE to join our Construction Advisory and Disputes team in Johannesburg. 

Candidates must be technically excellent but, equally important, commercially aware and enthusiastic about business development.  They will be a team player with a strong client focussed approach and excellent communication and organisational skills. 

The Opportunity

• The very best national and international projects work.
• Responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.
• Genuine long-term career prospects supported through our "best in class" training and our Academy personal development programmes.

Candidate Summary

The successful candidate should have broad ranging Construction Dispute Resolution experience and will be:

• South African law qualified
• Technically excellent, but equally important commercially aware and enthusiastic about business development
• A team player with a strong client focussed approach
• An excellent communicator with strong organisational skills
• Experienced in arbitration and adjudication and litigation
• Familiar with constructions contracts such as FIDIC, NEC and JBCC