Junior Legal Attorney

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa AGC Recruitment Full time

**JUNIOR LEGAL ATTORNEY / LEGAL ADVISER**

**Background on position**

**Function and Responsibilities**
- Legal, Compliance and Governance
- Minimising legal risk and exposure
- Internal legal advice
- Commercial contracts
- Liaison - external regulators and advisers
- Compliance and regulatory adherence for clients
- Monitoring legislation/regulatory environment
- Maintenance of legal records and filing systems
- Assisting the legal advisors in daily duties and projects.
- Reviewing and managing incoming all legal correspondence, identifying legal matters and/or new clients and to thereafter open relevant files for the legal advisors, conducting preliminary and preparatory tasks for files such as requesting documents from the client, verifying information or conducting relevant research.
- Formatting, editing and where applicable drafting certain agreements such as, service level agreements, non-disclosure agreements etc by accessing the company’s standard legal agreement templates and ensuring that clients provide correct and complete information.
- Liaising with attorneys, regulators and clients and ensuring that clients adhere to legal processes.
- Managing own legal portfolio such as submissions to government departments, regulators and compliance matters.
- Formatting, editing and drafting certain reports, opinions and letters and ensuring that applicable deadlines are met.
- Conducting legal research into new developments, legislative updates and legal comments to certain government departments.
- Management of legal advisor’s diaries.

**Skills**
- Experience with all manner of legal and corporate documents.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are a must.
- Accurate, and detailed in their paperwork.
- Computer skills, a good working knowledge of standard office technology and equipment, and general office procedures.
- Sound knowledge of procedures in terms of the relevant South African legislation.
- Solid knowledge of corporate and commercial law and employment law.
- Knowledge of legal record keeping in general.
- Some knowledge of contract law and ability to draft simple agreements by using company’s legal agreement templates.
- Ability to assess basic information to draft agreements.
- Ability to format and edit word documents is imperative.

**Key Competencies**
- Absolute integrity and confidentiality.
- Highly organised individual.
- Diligent attitude and deadline driven.
- Ability to work under significant pressure and ability to multitask.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent formatting, editing, drafting and linguistic skills.
- Computer literate - Word (experienced), Outlook (experienced), Excel (basic knowledge).
- Lexis Nexis - Researching legislation, Government Gazettes, practice notes and legal articles.

**Qualifications**
- Matric
- LLB
- Admitted Attorney.
- Advantageous - German speaking.
- 1 - 2 years’ experience in a corporate and commercial office or firm
- corporate and commercial law experience essential.

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