Jobs at Pinsent Masons

Role Overview 

• Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.  
• Our people are our success, and we work as one team.  
• We are recruiting a Business Development Executive to support in delivering key and exciting projects and manage the day-to-day activities of the regional marketing and business development plans.  
• This role will be based at our Johannesburg office, and our standard working hours are 8:30am-5.00pm, however as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests. 

Candidate Overview 

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:  

• Minimum 2 years prior marketing experience working across the full marketing mix (preferably within a multinational organisation).  
• Experience in event coordination with a proven track record of successfully planning, executing and following up events  
• Previous business development experience.  
• Experience of professional services marketing desirable but not essential.   
• Experience in CRM systems preferrable.  

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Brief

• Our Johannesburg Litigation team is growing, and an opportunity has arisen for an ambitious, hard-working and resilient Associate to join the dynamic up and coming team. The successful candidate will work alongside other members of the team, supporting them on complex high stakes litigation matters and in growing their dynamic practice. 

The Team

• Building off the success of the market leading Construction Disputes team, the firm has established  a Commercial Litigation team to support clients with a broad range of dispute resolution needs. The team handles a variety of complex corporate and commercial disputes for local and international clients in South Africa and has a specific focus on Mining and Energy. The team works alongside other experts in the firm, in particular the Construction lawyers, Projects lawyers, Corporate Investigators and Employment lawyers to help clients manage risk and resolve disputes

The Candidate Required

We are interested in candidates who can display the right background, experience and approach to be successful in this role, including the following: 

• 3 to 6 years post-qualification experience. 
• Have gained substantial corporate and commercial litigation experience at a medium to large commercial law firm based in South Africa, or at a top-tier boutique firm or international law firm.
• Have a track-record of strong academic performance 
• Have excellent drafting, researching and communication– during the hiring process, candidates will be subject to practical assessments of these skills. 
• Be intellectually curious, seeking to answer complex questions using rigorous and creative thinking.
• The ability to take ownership of tasks and work autonomously to deliver high-quality work products and to directly manage client communications day-to-day.
• Whilst not essential, experience in mining, energy and banking would be beneficial.
• Exhibits behaviours and personal attributes consistent with the firm's core values of being 'approachable', 'bold' and 'connected'.
• Have the right to work and reside in South Africa (and is South African qualified).

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The Candidate Required

• This is a dynamic team where every team member can make his or her own mark. We are looking for a Senior Associate to join the team's structure and to take responsibility for leading and managing projects, drafting key project documents and legal opinions,  , contributing to the team's business development plans, and supporting the growth of more junior team members by training junior lawyers on how to draft agreements and opinions.

The role is wide-ranging and includes:

• having excellent technical legal skills specifically in respect of the above project agreements and in settling opinions on regulatory issues affecting infrastructure and energy projects;
• supervising associates and junior lawyers in the team;
• leading and managing transactions;
• developing on-going relationships with the 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 work on high profile projects and cross-border transactions on a global scale;
• contributing to our globally read Outlaw e-publication and external publications on topical issues and developments in our markets;
• taking an active role in our business development campaigns, the development of our innovative products and pitching for new work.

The successful candidates will:

have gained experience in a firm with an established infrastructure and/or energy practice;

• have experience in drafting project agreements as part of large transactions;
• have experience in advising on the South African regulatory environment as it relates to infrastructure and energy projects 
• be technically strong and exercise good commercial judgment;
• have demonstrated the ability to supervise and train junior lawyers 
• demonstrate experience of acting in a leading role in key transactions, 
• being a self-starter and taking responsibility for client service and of managing the transaction and the junior lawyer team;
• be a team player, able to forge strong working relationships with colleagues;
• have interpersonal skills necessary for this client-facing role;
• have experience in business development activities including presenting seminars or training sessions to external parties.