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At Radiant Law, winner of multiple awards as a legal pioneer, we are continuing to see exciting new client work coming through from a rapidly expanding international client base. We are looking for attorneys who are newly admitted or soon to complete articles, up to those with two years of post-admission experience, to join our commercial contracts team.

You don't need to have deep experience in contracting - but if you do, especially from time spent in-house, we’d love to hear about it. And if not, we’d love to know why this is the area of law that interests you.

Who thrives at Radiant?

We do things differently here. Our team is curious, pragmatic, and always focused on doing great work - efficiently, creatively, and with purpose.

Yes, we’re known for innovation and challenging the traditional model. But we’re also deeply focused on delivery. That means being highly organised, detail-oriented, and driven by process. We're looking for doers : people who enjoy getting stuck in, consistently moving the work forward with both speed and high quality, and then figuring out how to do it even better next time.

What you’ll get to do

You'll work closely with global clients to:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, often under tight deadlines. This includes NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, supply of goods and services, and licensing agreements.
• Draft bespoke provisions to meet specific client needs.
• Use data to understand and improve how we’re delivering for clients.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, often collaborating with our software developers, legal engineers and document automation specialists.
• Deliver process improvement projects and help us show clients how we keep getting better.
• Share your knowledge by documenting learnings and leading internal training.
• Over time, take on responsibility for managing client accounts and owning the success of our service delivery.

What we’re looking for

You should:

• Be based in Johannesburg or Cape Town.
• Be an admitted (or soon-to-be admitted) attorney, with 0–2 years of post-articles experience (in-house or in a law firm).
• Have experience, or a strong interest, in commercial contracts (if you haven’t worked in this area before, tell us why it excites you).
• Be comfortable in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and plenty of autonomy.
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a natural drive to improve how things are done

What we offer

• A hybrid working model (home and office) combined with a dynamic and supportive team environment.
• Interesting, high-impact work with leading international clients.
• An opportunity to work with cutting-edge legal technology and process thinking.
• Time to learn and apply lean principles, with real-world results.
• A place where your ideas and creativity are valued, especially when they help us get things done better.

Want to join us?

We’re not a typical legal workplace, so we encourage you to get a feel for what we’re all about. Check out the first two short videos on our careers page or our YouTube channel to learn more about who we are, what we do, and what's important to us. If it feels like a fit, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply, and tell us a bit about your interest in commercial contracts and why this opportunity excites you.

Please note: If you have applied for a role with us in the last 12 months, there’s no need to reapply, we already have your details.

Radiant Law is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and anti-discrimination. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of race, age, gender, disability, religious belief or sexual orientation.

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Legal Services

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We are on the hunt for a Legal Advisor who is responsible for providing professional legal advice and assistance to LAW for ALL policyholders. The Legal Advisor will take instructions from policyholders and advise on matters including Civil, Criminal, Bail, Family, Wills and Estates, and Labour law. This can be done manually or electronically.

• LLB degree.
• Experience in a legal environment is advantageous.
• At least 1 year of experience working in a call centre environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in two official African languages (Preference: Zulu & Xhosa).
• Computer literate, excellent communication skills, and proactive initiative.
• Excellent team player, able to work independently, positive, motivated, and proactive.
• Strong drafting skills.
• Ability to work shifts as required.

(Duties are not limited to the following and may include any reasonable requests made by LAW FOR ALL related to the employee’s duties and abilities.)

• Taking comprehensive instructions and providing legal and policy advice to various policy types, including Advice only policies, LIPCO Business requests, courtesy clients, lapsed, and policies awaiting deduction.
• Attending to the Warrior and Woman Fight Back line by obtaining instructions and providing legal advice.
• Handling a high volume of calls from legal lines, drafting cases for auto-allocation, and ensuring calls are answered within SLA timeframes.
• Taking brief instructions for legal assistance with clients who have mediation benefits and drafting cases on Lawyerly, ensuring correct legal fields are selected for proper department allocation.
• Informing clients of policy exclusions and attending to exclusionary letters where applicable.
• Responding to instructions via emails, social media, Teams, calls, and walk-ins in a professional manner.
• Recording all correspondence with clients.
• Assisting on non-legal lines when required.

• An agile team environment.
• R192,000 per annum.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Flexible schedule accommodating both office and remote work.
• LAW FOR ALL is an award-winning company, listed among South Africa's Top 20 workplaces by the Top Employers Institute.

Submit your CV and qualifications today.

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Key Job Outputs

• Manage litigation matters.
• Provide expert advice on various legal and technical matters in line with legal framework and best practice.
• Participate in various projects identified by the department.
• Draft, vet and negotiate agreements (contract management)
• Ensure contracts and agreements are amended and updated where required.
• Manage the allocation and distribution of work via the Helpdesk.
• Assist with the formulation and drafting internal policy documents and ensure they comply with relevant statutory and / or legal requirements.
• Maintain awareness of ongoing legal risks, new legislation and court decisions and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse legislative and regulatory developments impacting Adcock Ingram.
• Provide practical legal solutions to often complex legal matters.
• Assist with drafting publications.
• Liaise with attorneys.
• Assist business in investigating and responding to complaint.
• Assist business with Industrial Relations and Labour-related matters.

Core Competencies

• Verbal and written communication skills
• Strategic thinking & planning
• Strong ethical compass
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Research
• Ability to identify and mitigate legal risk

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification i.e. LLB and / or B. Com (Law)
• Admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa preferred

Reference : GTG-CG-1

This environment offers a driven attorney to join the in-house team in corporate finance.

A very reputable organization that can offer you great financial rewards.

• Your responsibilities would include assisting in general legal, compliance, and company secretarial duties, internally for a corporate finance entity.

• LLB
• Admitted Attorney
• Minimum 4 years post-articles experience with 2 years in-house in the financial services industry
• General corporate commercial background
• Masters degree in Corporate Law or Mercantile Law (advantage)

R - R - Annually plus Bonus

Please apply online.

If you have not had a response within two weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

Part of the Group’s position in the field of the renewable energies and its commitment to control global warming, TotalEnergies Renewables International business is materialized by the emergence of an important number of commercial, technical and industrial large scale projects worldwide.

Under the supervision of the Legal Manager TotalEnergies Renewables, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Anticipate the risks and legal needs, alert, advise and propose appropriate solutions;
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of forms of agreements (confidentiality agreements, letters of intent; memorandum of understanding , term sheets, partnership agreements; joint development agreement, shareholders agreements, EPC contracts, O&M agreements; land agreements, acquisition and sale of assets, share purchase agreements, project finance agreements, etc.);
• Assist the business development team to prepare legal documentation for the response to calls for tenders for renewable projects and follow the legal aspects of such projects once awarded, including working with internal and external stakeholders on various legal aspects;
• Support the business development, project development, construction and asset management teams on contract and legal matters;
• Analyze and interpret new regulations guiding the Renewable Energy Industry within SA;
• Support the Legal Manager with the coordination and supervision of workstreams with appointed local country panel of external law firms in accordance with TotalEnergies group policies;
• Exercise contractual and legal due diligence pertaining to claims and litigation in liaison with the Legal Manager;
• Assist the Legal Manager with legal and contractual reporting requirements;
• Company secretarial and general administrative support;
• Contribute to the development of training and guidelines to the operational teams;
• Maintain electronics contractual and legal database/s;
• Ensure compliance with Group corporate policies applicable within your field of responsibility;
• Implement a culture of compliance and integrity; and
• Any other duties as assigned by the line manager.

LLB or BCom Law with further studies in business.

Minimum 5 to 6 years’ experience in private practice or inhouse legal advisor with strong knowledge of the South African IPP Power and Renewable projects.

Experience within commercial and finance department within a multinational company is desirable.

Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize work and work effectively under pressure to deliver under short timeframes.

Pragmatic, solution oriented, you will have to be well organized, must be able to adapt quickly to the changes in the projects environment and to various complex.

Strong interpersonal skills are required as you will frequently collaborate with various third parties as well as with peers in other teams across the TotalEnergies Group.

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

This environment offers a driven attorney to join the in-house team in corporate finance. A very reputable organization that can offer you great financial rewards.

Your responsibilities would include assisting in general legal, compliance, and company secretarial duties, internally for a corporate finance entity.

• LLB
• Admitted Attorney
• Minimum 4 years post-articles experience with 2 years in-house in the financial services industry
• General corporate commercial background
• Masters degree in Corporate Law or Mercantile Law will be an advantage

R 8000 - R 11000 - Annually plus Bonus

Please apply online. If you have not had a response within two weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

The above vacancy exists within the Legal Services department and reports to the Senior Legal Advisor. The purpose of this role is to provide legal services and support to the company, as well as play a support role to the Legal Services General Manager. The ideal candidate will be someone who has successfully completed an LLB degree, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience as well as minimum 2 years of post-articles experience.

• Supervise Copyright Infringement, dispute resolution and general litigation.
• Contract negotiation, drafting, vetting and management.
• Collections (Debtors Book and Tenants).
• A minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience, of which at least 2 years should have been in a senior or supervisory role.
• 2 years post articles litigation and commercial experience in a law firm and general contract work.
• 1 year compliance/risk management experience would be advantageous.
• Ability to manage stakeholders (attorneys, legal consultants, service providers etc.).
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Ability to oversee and manage legal projects.
• Excellent computer skills (including word processing and spreadsheet packages).
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of copyright law is preferable.
• Experience with employment law matters is preferable.

• Accuracy.
• Integrity.
• Self-confidence.
• Resilience.
• Problem solving ability.
• Goal setting ability.
• Professional knowledge.
• Action orientation.
• Time-Management.
• Analytical thinking ability.

Overview:
A senior Legal Advisor is needed to support a non-banking financial services group. The role involves legal compliance, risk mitigation, and strategic support across investment-related operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice across wealth management, asset management, insurance, and treasury.
• Support compliance and new business ventures.
• Draft and review contracts and client documentation.
• Represent the company in negotiations and industry associations.
• Liaise with external legal providers and regulators.

Requirements:

• LLB degree and admission as an attorney of the High Court.
• 8+ years post-qualification experience, with 6+ years in non-banking financial services.
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and document management tools.

Role: Legal Advisor
Location: Claremont

A premier wealth management group, known for its holistic approach to financial planning, asset management, and fiduciary services, is seeking an experienced Legal Advisor to support its group of companies. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide high-level legal guidance across a diverse portfolio that includes wealth management, asset management, collective investment schemes, a linked long-term insurer, and treasury services.

Our client is looking for a legal professional with a commercial mindset, strong regulatory knowledge in non-banking financial services, and a passion for enabling sound business decision-making through legal insight.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide comprehensive legal advice to various business units across the group
Support the Compliance team with legal interpretation and analysis
Advise on new business ventures and assist with the legal implementation of initiatives
Ensure legal compliance with relevant financial services legislation
Stay abreast of legal developments and proactively advise business leaders
Draft and review a wide range of contracts, including financial services agreements and general commercial documents
Draft and vet client documentation and correspondence
Liaise with and manage relationships with external legal counsel
Lead and support negotiations with external stakeholders and suppliers
Represent the group at ASISA committees and contribute to regulatory commentary on behalf of the firm

Requirements:

LLB degree and admission as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa
At least 8 years post-qualification legal experience, with 6+ years as a Legal Advisor in the non-banking financial services sector

Technical Skills:

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and Adobe
Expertise in financial services law and general commercial law
Advanced contract drafting and legal writing skills

Key Competencies:

Strategic business insight and the ability to align legal advice with commercial goals
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement abilities
High level of accountability and ethical conduct
Proven problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
Excellent time management and prioritisation skills