Commercial Lawyer

6 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Cognia Law Full time

**Cognia law is looking to hire a top-calibre Mid-level Commercial Attorney. Embrace your future and join our dynamic team.**:
**COMPANY PROFILE**:
Cognia seamlessly extends corporates, banks and law firms’ legal capability to deliver sustainable outcomes. Our goal is to connect the legal sector, moving it from a siloed approach to integrated partnerships. We help in-house legal teams by bringing simplicity to complex matters and replacing broken procedures with efficient processes.

Cognia is a Chambers-ranked law company which integrates how legal services are provided so our team, partners, clients and communities thrive together with people at the heart of what we do. We encourage our people to bring their whole self to work and focus on enabling them to realise their full potential.

**ROLE DESCRIPTION**:
If you are looking for a career where working together to redefine the world of law with creativity, trust and sustainable outcomes is your goal, then we would love to hear from you.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Daily responsibilities will include drafting, negotiating and interpreting a wide variety of commercial issues and commercial contracts agreements. Work is varying in nature and complexity.
- Awareness of, and experience with, related regulatory and legal issues.
- Assisting in drafting contracts and agreements
- Helping to gather and prepare legal documents
- Assessing legal risks
- Writing and editing commercial reports
- Offering help and legal support when dealing with business transactions

**ROLE REQUIREMENTS**:

- Law degree from a top South African or UK/EU tertiary institution
- 3-5 years' experience at a law firm or in-house legal department with relevant experience
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Developed skills in legal drafting
- Commercial, pro-active and business-like mindset
- Good time management skills and the ability to operate well in a high-pressure environments.

**COGNIA COMPETENCIES**:

- **Foundational Competencies**:

- Quality focus
- Efficiency
- Adaptability to Technology
- Operational Excellence
- Aligning teams
- Managing stakeholder expectations
- Setting boundaries.
- **Behavioural Competencies**:

- Honest Communication
- Delivering Excellence
- Building Strong Relationships
- Being Agile
- Bringing the Values Alive
- **Leadership Competencies**:

- Active communication
- Promoting team work
- Conflict management/Resolutions
- Directional steer
- Visualisation
- Incentivising Teams
- Supporting Career Growth
- **Stretch Competencies**
- Storytelling
- Conflict transformation
- Design Thinking
- Team Management
- Active leadership
- Coaching and mentoring
- Discretionary effort



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