ASSOCIATE / SENIOR ASSOCIATE - CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL TEAM

Dante Personnel; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Dante Personnel seeks an Admitted attorney with post-qualification experience to handle corporate transactions, restructures, and related commercial contracts. The role requires drafting high-standard corporate documents and performing due diligence with keen attention to detail.

The successful candidate will work on complex deals, including share sales, joint ventures, and regulatory filings, while collaborating in a fast-paced team environment and delivering practical, outcome-focused results.

Qualifications

• Admitted attorney in good standing with the LPC and at least 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Additional or complementary qualifications (LLM, HDip Tax) beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of company law and drafting of corporate documents for commercial transactions.
• Genuine interest in corporate transactions and company law.
• Conscientious, detail-oriented and accurate.
• Excellent drafting and clear communication style.
• Excellence in deal execution with a practical, outcome-based approach.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team, under pressure when needed.
• Experience on multi-step transactions and corporate restructures, commercial contracts, shareholding arrangements.
• Experience in due diligence investigations and exposure to private equity or VC beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Work principally on multi-step transactions and corporate restructures, commercial contracts, and shareholding arrangements.
• Handle share sales/subscriptions, buy-backs, sale of business transactions, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements and regulatory filings.

Skills

Afrikaans/English proficiency

Drafting to high standards

Attention to detail

Independent working under pressure

Team collaboration

Education

Admitted attorney (LPC) in good standing

LLM (Beneficial)

HDip Tax (Beneficial)

Job description

Minimum requirements:

• Admitted attorney in good standing with the LPC, with at least 2 years’ relevant post-qualification experience
• Additional or complementary qualifications (e.g. LLM, HDip Tax) - Beneficial
• Good working knowledge of company law, with the ability to draft corporate documents for commercial transactions to a high standard
• Genuine interest and curiosity in corporate transactions, company legislation and related fields
• Conscientious, detail-oriented and accurate
• Strong technical ability and drafting to the highest standards, with a clear and precise communication style
• Excellence in deal execution with a practical and outcome-based approach to the work
• Able to see matters through to successful completion, working both independently and as part of a team
• Reliable, motivated and a self-starter, able to work under pressure when matters demand it
• The successful applicant will work principally on multi-step transactions and corporate restructures, commercial contracts, and shareholding arrangements
• Typical work includes share sales and subscriptions, share buy-backs, sale of business transactions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, and the corporate authorisations and regulatory filings that go with them
• Experience in undertaking legal due diligence investigations - Beneficial
• Exposure to private equity or venture capital transactions - Beneficial
• Afrikaans / English proficiency