Associate Attorney -(DOAA)

Our client in the Legal industry based in Cape Town are currently seeking the skills of an Associate Attorney. This opportunity offers close mentorship under a seasoned Principal Attorney with deep general litigation, labor and employment law, procurement and public law and personal injury law expertise. If you are an ambitious, driven attorney with a strong academic track record and a passion for law, this role will offer you exposure to diverse, high-quality work and client engagement in a supportive yet high-performance environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

You will assist across a wide range of general litigation, labour and employment, procurement and public law and personal injury law, working directly with clients and the Principal Attorney to deliver professional, solutions-focused advice.

 Key responsibilities include:

• Drafting of all legal documents including but not limited to pleadings, contracts/agreements, notices and various correspondence applicable to particular practice areas
• Have the ability to make a determination of facts
• Drafting opinions to clients
• Providing general verbal or written advice to clients, including strategies for litigation and as such a fair understanding of the general litigation process is essential, including from summons to trial stage in action proceedings and from Notice of Motion to argument stage in motion proceedings
• Conducting research on case law, statutes and regulations and drafting memos to clients and/or your principals on the outcome of the research
• Attendances at Court and other associated forums, including arguing of matters, engaging with Court personnel and various administrative tasks associated with litigation
• Coordinating with clients and other external parties on legal matters
• Assisting with administrative and in-house legal duties
• Participate in the Firm’s activities and must have the potential to make a contribution to the Firm’s non-practice related activities

Qualifications

• Completed LLB (excellent academic performance is essential)
• Admitted Attorney in South Africa with Right of Appearance in the High Court
• Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC)
• Completed PLT (advantageous)

Criteria

• 3 to 5 years plus post-admission experience
• Proven experience in managing client matters independently
• Proven exposure to general litigation, including in High Court and Magistrates Court litigation
• Proven exposure to labour and employment law, procurement and general litigation (advantageous)
• Exposure to AJS or similar accounting programmes (advantageous)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with others
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency
• Take initiative
• Demonstrate a good work ethic, accountability and sense of responsibility.
• Ability to practice efficiently and independently
• Time management
• Ability to finalise matters and render accounts to clients timeously
• Ability to manage candidate attorneys
• A valid driver’s license
• Ability to travel for client consultations or court hearings, where required
• Contactable reference

A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.