343 Legal Executive jobs in South Africa
LEGAL & COMPLIANCE EXECUTIVE/LEGAL ADVISOR
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- Completed LLB (prerequisite)
- Minimum 3-4 years Post-Admission experience as an Attorney or Legal Advisor (not a firm prerequisite but desirable)
- Experience within compliance, RCMP updating, FAIS, and dealing with external compliance officers. Primarily in the Insurance and forex space.
- Experience with Commercial, Finance & Banking law preferred (Securities, litigation, commercial contracts, etc) would be disreable.
- Duties will include:
- Maintaining and implementing compliance standards and staff training.
- Drafting a variety of agreements. Mainly loans and related securities;
- Managing litigation and debtor recovery (rare);
- Mergers and acquisitions of companies;
- General legal compliance;
- Company secretarial duties;
- Reporting directly to various shareholders and business units
Consultant: Mellissa Rambally - Dante Personnel Johannesburg
Legal Executive / Solicitor – Family & Matrimonial (5+ PQE)
Posted 17 days ago
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Job Title: Family Solicitor / Legal Executive – 5 PQE
Salary: Competitive – dependent on experience
Location: Liverpool City Centre (Hybrid / Flexible Working Available)
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
About the Role:
A highly respected and long-established legal practice is looking for an experienced Family Solicitor or Legal Executive (minimum 5 years’ PQE) to join their well-regarded Matrimonial team.
This role is ideal for someone who can confidently manage a varied caseload, with a particular focus on Private Law Children and Ancillary Relief matters. You’ll be a capable advocate with strong technical skills, ideally Resolution Accredited, and comfortable advising high-net-worth clients on complex and sensitive matters.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive, forward-thinking team that values collaboration, high standards of client care, and ongoing professional development.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage a diverse caseload, specialising in Private Law Children and Ancillary Relief matters
Act as a confident advocate in court with strong technical knowledge
Advise and represent high-net-worth clients in complex financial and children-related cases
Provide exceptional client care, ensuring clear communication at all times
Collaborate effectively with colleagues and contribute to team objectives
Demonstrate commercial awareness and target-driven focus
Contribute to business development activities, including social media engagement and creating content such as blogs or articles
What We’re Looking For:
Minimum 5 years’ post-qualification experience in Family Law
Proven advocacy skills and strong technical expertise
Experience in complex financial and children-related cases
Highly organised, with excellent judgement and decision-making skills
A team player with a collaborative mindset
Confidence in business development and client engagement
Ideally Resolution Accredited (or working towards)
Benefits Include:
Competitive salary reflective of experience
Flexible and hybrid working options
Healthcare contribution
Structured training and clear career progression
Supportive and inclusive working environment
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National Office – Legal Executive – Land Rights Management
Posted 13 days ago
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LEGAL EXECUTIVE – LAND RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
SALARY PACKAGE: COMPETITIVE NEGOTIABLE REMUNERATION PACKAGE
Legal Aid SA is a National Public Entity; a key contributor to South Africa’s constitutional democracy, providing quality legal services to indigent and vulnerable persons. The organisation has a national footprint in all nine provinces. Legal Aid SA is a credible employer of choice, boasting Top Employer SA accreditation for 11 consecutive years. We offer an exciting Employment Value Proposition with opportunities for development, career growth and an inspiring workplace.
Applications are invited from suitable persons interested to fill the above-mentioned position. The incumbent will be expected to sign a performance contract. The position reports to the CEO and is based at the National Office in Johannesburg (Braamfontein).
KEY OUTPUTS
- Provide strategic support to the Chief Executive Officer in the development of a Strategic Plan, operational plans and budgets in relation to the delivery of the land claims legal services offering.
- Participate as a member of the Management Executive Committee and the Management Committee with a specific focus on the delivery of legal representation in land-related matters services offering.
- Provide strategic direction, guidance and lead the implementation of setting up a new business capability for land legal representation within Legal Aid SA.
- Oversee the transfer of the legal representation function (and related budget) currently undertaken by the Land Rights Management Facility of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development to Legal Aid SA.
- Research, anticipate and mitigate against legal risks facing Legal Aid SA and develop organisational policy positions on legal representation in land-related matters services.
- Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with the relevant stakeholders – private and public bodies in order to leverage opportunities for the delivery of land claims legal services outside of the Legal Aid SA national footprint.
- Develop and maintain strategic service provider partnerships with the legal profession by developing, maintaining and managing an outsourced system of briefing accredited Legal Practitioners in order to leverage opportunities to increase the scope of land legal services delivery.
- Maintain strategic business partnerships with the Legal Aid SA Executives in order to ensure the achievement of Legal Aid SA strategic objectives.
- Ensure the effective implementation of a sound Governance Framework for the legal services delivery operating system and oversee compliance with all relevant legislation.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- LLB or other relevant South African legal qualification.
- A highly respected Legal Practitioner with 10 years’ experience in legal representation on land-related matters, five (5) of which should be in a senior position.
- An Admitted Legal Practitioner with the right of appearance in South African courts.
- Strong knowledge of legal representation on land-related matters’ core business administration processes and systems.
- Ability to lead, influence and persuade in the best interests of Legal Aid SA.
- Strong knowledge of land reform disciplines and how to implement and leverage these within a complex business environment, with particular skills at the Land Claims Court, High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and Constitutional Court level. Litigation skills, legal drafting, legal research, legal practice ethical and professional compliance management.
- Experience in providing critical customer and stakeholder needs and insights in the implementation of land reform legal representation matters.
- Project and programme management experience is essential.
- Excellent organisation and leadership skills, business acumen and the ability to deal with ambiguity, meet demanding deadlines and manage projects.
- Ability to lead by creating an inspired vision, modelling the way and creating an environment which maximises team effectiveness.
- Able to partner with the support platform Executives in the achievement of strategic objectives.
A detailed curriculum vitae reflecting the practical application of the position outputs and the required competencies as advertised must be submitted by close of business on 20 August 2020 by email, quoting the reference number NO/LE – LRM/09/08/2020 in the subject line to
Enquiries to Richard Baloyi, Tel:
Preference will be given to candidates in terms of the Legal Aid SA Employment Equity Plan. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
LEGAL AID SA RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO APPOINT.
#J-18808-LjbffrNational office – legal executive – land rights management
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Group Legal Commercial Manager (Executive)
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POSITION: Commercial Manager
LOCATION: Sandown, Sandton
JOB PURPOSE
Management of all commercial matters pertaining to Procurement
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The Commercial Manager will be actively involved in the completion and/or review of our supplier-facing documents and ensure the supplier document is produced is consistently high quality, industry benchmark as well as driving process and policy compliance.
- The Group Commercial Manager role is to ensure all supplier-facing documents (including quotations/proposals and contracts) in their region are: i) developed ensuring alignment between Procurement Projects and the relevant Operations, and in line with global bundling processes; ii) drafted in line with all local and global policies and standards to ensure lowest level of risk for the company, and highest quality of supplier document; iii) approved in line with all internal requirements prior to being submitted to the supplier; iv) audited in line with the Commercial Department audit requirements; v) registered by the Contract Owner in the Contract Management System (contracts only) in a timely manner.
- The Group Commercial Manager will be allocated a portfolio of suppliers globally, for which they will be fully responsible for ensuring all commercial matters are dealt with timeously and/or escalated to the necessary decision makers. The commercial matters include but are not limited to notifications in terms of implementation of price escalations, the Group Commercial manager acts as a business partner in the process but is not solely responsible for implementation of the escalations (referring to escalation process).
- The Group Commercial Manager will also be required to participate in supplier negotiations.
- The Group Commercial Manager will be responsible for training the end users to ensure that they understand the needs around compliance, the risk if the Company don’t comply, as well as the system requirements.
- The Group Commercial Manager will also manage the Trade Compliance requirements for South Africa.
- The Group Commercial Manager must ensure that all suppliers facing agreements adhere to the company governance processes in terms of policy, procedure, approval and risk mitigation
- The Group Commercial Manager will compile and launch Group related Tender documents and compile adjudications in conjunction with various stakeholders. The Group Commercial Manager will continuously review Group opportunities to initiate tenders and rebate contracts and manage Tender Committee meeting minutes and documentation
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Degree - B. Com Law/LLB Law/ or B. Com Procurement /Supply Chain
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the mining industry.
- 10 years of experience in Commercial, Legal, and Procurement.
- Good demonstrable knowledge of managing commercial principles and contracts, assessing commercial risk, undertaking new business, leading negotiation strategy development and participating in negotiations.
- Procurement Tender and Contractual Experience
- Must be very adept in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is an advantage
- Ability to cope with pressure and tight deadlines
- Valid Driver’s License
- Be willing to travel as and when required
Executive: Legal Collections and Recoveries
Posted 19 days ago
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The Executive Legal Collections & Recoveries will be responsible to design, formulate and implement the Legal Collections & Recoveries operational and strategic design to achieve the company’s overall strategy. Ensure business growth through the achievement of agreed performance targets.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesMain Purpose of the role
- Executive oversight (operational fulfilment) over preferred legal entity service providers MBD Incorporated and MVR Incorporated (the Legal Collections & Recoveries teams). Stipulated financial targets for the Legal Collections & Recoveries business.
- An optimised legal process that delivers defined litigation milestones within an acceptable return (cost and time).
- Primary collection and recovery key performance metrics across a balanced scorecard encompassing people, process, financial and stakeholder metrics.
- Alignment with strategic design and intent with the Executive: Principal & RTC: Portfolio Management.
- Joint business objectives in tandem with Risk, Client Support, Information Technology and Capsol Account Management System across agreed, defined service levels.
- Custodian of an automated litigation workflow solution that optimises production outcomes.
- Ability to articulate and oversee a reputation risk policy framework that ensures adherence to regulatory and statutory standards as well as group compliance thresholds.
- Consummate stakeholder manager (internal and external) capable of collaboration and alignment.
- Optimisation of the Legal Collections & Recoveries eco-system to support Principal, RTC and Agency strategic and tactical objectives.
- Custodian and promotion of a workflow solution capable of supporting our client value proposition in terms of new business origination.
- Inspirational leader capable of overseeing a large, professional team.
- Ability to optimise the Legal Collections & Recoveries operational productivity outputs to support strategic and tactical intent.
Key Performance Areas
- Leading the Principal Portfolio Strategy and Vision through Functional and Operational Leadership.
- Continuous Improvement of Litigation operations and business processes.
- Lead Sound Financial Management Practices in Operations.
- Business Risk and Stakeholder Management in the Legal Portfolio Operations.
- Optimal People Management within the Legal Portfolio.
- Leadership and oversight of operations and legal processes.
Core Competencies Required
- Leadership and Management Competency Cluster - enable effective business leadership essential to driving the vision and mobilise adoption and execution thereof.
- Business Competency Cluster - enable the business to be competitive and drive the desired client experience as well as the success of the strategic vision of the organisation.
- Functional Competencies - enable our organisational processes and empower employees to master their roles aligned to the specific requirements of each function within Nutun to ensure the success of the Business Value Chain and Operating Model.
- Behavioural Competencies - enable decision-making at all levels of the organisation in line with values and drive the business culture.
- Post graduate degree in Commerce, Economics or Law plus a Business Leadership / Management qualification.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience of which 7 must have been in the legal collections industry and 5 were at executive management level in similar business environment.
Executive: legal collections and recoveries
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Executive Assistant/Legal Secretary
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Our client is a collective investment scheme in property which aims to provide investors with sustainable income. They are searching for an Executive Assistant/Legal Secretary who will serve as a key partner to the Executive Director, providing comprehensive administrative support to ensure smooth day-to-day operations. They will manage complex schedules, facilitate communication, and coordinate critical business activities.
This role requires a high level of discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced and ever-evolving financial services environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Calendar & Schedule Management: Manage the Executive Director's complex calendar, prioritize urgent matters, schedule appointments, meetings, and travel arrangements ensuring optimal time management and organization.
- Correspondence & Communication: Handle incoming and outgoing communications, including emails, calls, and correspondence.
- Travel & Event Coordination: Arrange travel, accommodation, and itineraries for both domestic and international business trips. Organize key events, including board meetings, client events, and internal team activities including liaising with clients, partners, and stakeholders.
- Document Management: Prepare, review, and organize important documents, presentations, and reports. Proofread legal documents and correspondence, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Event Coordination: Organize internal and external events, client meetings, and team activities.
- Project Assistance: Assist with ongoing projects by providing administrative support, tracking project timelines, and ensuring deadlines are met.
- Research and Reporting: Conduct research and prepare reports, presentations, and briefings as needed. Gather market insights to assist with strategic decision-making, including analysis and industry trends.
- Communication Liaison: Serve as a liaison between the Executive Director and internal teams, clients, and stakeholders.
- Confidentiality & Discretion: Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and handle high-pressure situations with discretion.
- Task Coordination: Support the Director with various special projects, deadlines, and ad hoc tasks as required.
- Client Liaison: Act as a liaison between the Executive Director, clients, and other external partners, ensuring communication is clear and timely.
Education:
- A degree or diploma in Business Administration, Legal Studies, or a related field is preferred.
Experience and skills:
- 5+ years proven experience as a Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, or in a similar administrative role within a legal firm, demonstrating a strong understanding of legal terminology and document preparation.
- Flexible and able to work outside of normal office hours, as needed, to support the Executive Director's schedule and business demands.
- Exceptional typing skills, with the ability to produce accurate documents quickly and efficiently.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and work well under pressure.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to represent the Executive Director professionally and to interact professionally with senior executives, clients, and stakeholders
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and project management software and legal software platforms (preferred).
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to anticipate needs and resolve issues proactively.
- Discreet, professional, and able to manage confidential information with integrity.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with various teams.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.
Executive assistant/legal secretary
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