Senior Legal Analyst

Robin Ai; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal tech firm in Cape Town is seeking a skilled legal professional to review and negotiate contracts, with a focus on working with top investment institutions. The role requires at least 3 years of experience in a relevant field, offering a hybrid working schedule and opportunities for career growth. Join a diverse and innovative team committed to transforming the legal industry.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous equity package

20 days PTO plus public holidays

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in legal drafting and negotiation.
• Experience with private equity or asset management clients.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate contracts utilizing AI technology.
• Review work of junior team members and assist in their development.
• Test technology products and provide feedback for improvements.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal analysis

Private equity knowledge

Asset management understanding

Technical and commercial acumen

Job description

About Robin

Robin is on a mission to rebuild the legal industry starting with making contracts simple for everyone. We are a pioneer in Legal AI built on proprietary models licensed data and deep partnerships with Anthropic and AWS. Since 2019 weve expanded our footprint to 4 continents and have been supporting many of the worlds most successful businesses including GE Pfizer KPMG and UBS.

About this role

This role is part of our Legal Team with the aim to expand the scope into Legal Engineering and Implementation in the future. Initially it will involve working directly with investment teams at some of the worlds largest private equity and debt funds financial institutions and corporates as they explore transaction opportunities. As an experienced legal professional you will have responsibility for reviewing and negotiating a suite of certain addition Robin offers fantastic opportunities for personal career development in a variety of areas alongside traditional legal work.

This role will suit an experienced legal professional (whether a qualified solicitor or paralegal) who might be considering a position within a legal team at an investment bank fund asset management company or alternative legal service provider focusing on contract review. At Robin we are proud to call a large number of these institutions our clients and our core transactional work covers many of the same areas and document types but we work in a much more modern creative and flexible way! #LI-SA1

What you’ll do

• Reviewing and negotiating contracts such as confidentiality agreements engagement letters and release letters using a combination of Robins AI technology and your own legal experience.
• Once the team is further established reviewing the work of junior team members and assisting with their professional development and ongoing training (all of which will also be available to you).
• Testing Robins technology products and feeding back issues bugs and areas for improvement to our engineering and machine learning teams.
• To carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required

Qualifications

• You will have at least 3 years experience drafting reviewing and negotiating the core transactional documents regularly encountered by our clients (including confidentiality agreements engagement letters and release letters).
• You will have previously worked with private equity asset management or hedge fund clients whether in-house at a service provider or at a law firm and will understand typical fund transaction structures and timelines.
• You will enjoy taking the initiative and seeking answers to interesting practical and legal issues. You will be both technical and commercial both in the practice of law and outside of it. Last (but certainly not least) you will be motivated by working in a fast-paced diverse and intellectually challenging environment where collaboration between lawyers and non-lawyers is essential to achieving results.

What’s in it for you

Salary : Competitive

Hybrid schedule : We offer a flexible working schedule. #LI-HYBRID

Equity package : Generous equity scheme - everyone gets to be an owner of Robin AI!

Annual leave : 20 days PTO in addition to the public holidays observed in the South Africa.

Growth opportunities : We prioritise promotions for high performers and help you to progress your career.

What it’s like working at Robin

Our culture and values attract people who are creative resourceful and share our passion for excellence. At Robin youre encouraged to push yourself and empowered to take risks. We support each other to think big try new ideas and navigate uncertainty. Whether youre at our headquarters or one of our worldwide offices youll find a world of opportunities to grow thrive and make a meaningful impact. See what life is like at Robin.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Robin

We are committed to building one of the most diverse technology companies in the world. As of 2024 more than 30% of our employees come from ethnic minority backgrounds and 51% of roles are held by women. We know that transforming the legal industry requires diverse perspectives so were creating an environment where innovation thrives through inclusion.

Robin operates a direct hiring model and any speculative CVs shared via agencies will be treated as a gift.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Dewatering,Business Objects,Customer Care Service,Export Sales,Flooring,ACCA

Employment Type :

Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Legal

Experience :

years

Vacancy :

1