Senior Commercial Legal Advisor – Fleet Financing

Intrepid Hr; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Pretoria seeks a Senior Legal Advisor to protect legal interests and provide strategic guidance. The ideal candidate has an LLB degree, is an admitted attorney, and has over 5 years' experience in commercial law. This role offers the opportunity to drive business growth and ensure compliance within a fast-paced fleet management sector.

Qualifications

• Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
• Over 5 years' post-admission experience in commercial and corporate law.
• Experience in the vehicle leasing or fleet management sectors is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard the legal and commercial interests of the client.
• Provide strategic legal guidance for business growth.
• Ensure contract performance and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Litigation expertise

Government procurement law

Commercial law

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Job description

Our client is a rapidly expanding Fleet Financing, Fleet Telematics, Fleet Operational Management and Fleet Technical Maintenance business based in Pretoria, and have national operations managing outsourced fleets of heavy duty trucks, mid sized and smaller delivery vehicles.They have build a substantial and loyal customer base and their areas of growth include the mining, telecoms, industrial and consumer sectors.Our client has developed market leading systems and financing efficiencies which provides their business with significant competitive advantages to secure new customers who seek to take the cost of their fleets off their balance sheets and create a manageable and transparent operating costs budgets as they strive to support their customers with the latest technologies creating efficiencies for their customers expansion needs across RSA and the SADC region.Are you experienced in Asset Financing, the latest Transport sector technologies and super ambitious to put your sector knowledge to work to accelerate you career?

We are looking to appoint a Senior Legal Advisor to safeguard the legal and commercial interests of our client across all areas of operation and to provide strategic legal guidance that supports business growth, contract performance, and regulatory compliance.

Education, Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from a recognised university
• Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
• Over 5 years' post-admission experience in commercial and corporate law
• Demonstrated expertise in contract negotiation, litigation, and government procurement law
• Experience advising or representing companies in the vehicle leasing, fleet management, or infrastructure sectors is highly desirable