The Role

Department: EMNR

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Role: Associate

Description

Clyde & Co are presently in search of an Associate with at least 1 year post-qualification experience to provide support to our Cape Town Marine and Insurance Team. This position offers an excellent chance to become part of a team comprising of industry experts. You will represent a diverse portfolio of regional and international clients, while also benefiting from unparalleled access to our offices in other jurisdictions. Moreover, there will be opportunities to engage in various business development-related endeavours. This role represents a fantastic prospect for career growth and development.

Key Responsibilities

Assisting the Partner and other team members on a range of complex and large-scale matters, including but not limited to:

• International trade, commodities, shipping, transportation, commercial agreements, court proceedings, domestic and international arbitration, marine insurance, and commercial disputes
• Conducting legal research and analysis related to a broad-spectrum of legal issues and matters.
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills;
• Ability to handle matters of a highly sensitive nature;
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects;
• Ability to handle time sensitive matters;
• Excellent organisational and time management skills;
• Ability to identify and resolve problems quickly.

Candidate profile

• Suitable candidates will have strong academic results.
• Candidates will have minimum 1 years' post-qualification experience.
• Ability to juggle a range of tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Clear commercial understanding and outcome focus with a desire to deliver the highest quality service and advice to leading international clients.
• Strong drafting skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team with varying levels of responsibility and supervision depending upon the matter.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and networking ability.
• Preference will be given to candidates with marine and/or insurance background and qualifications.

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice in South Africa
• 1+ years of disputes experience
• Excellent academic credentials
• Credible work history
• Proficient to advanced user of Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Proficient to advanced user of PDF programs such as Adobe, Nuance/Kofax, etc.
• Applicant must be detailed oriented and highly motivated with the ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Impressive command of grammar and punctuation
• Must have experience with FileSite, iManage, or equivalent document management system.

Clyde & Co is a global law firm with 400 partners, 2000 legal professionals and 3600 staff in over 40 offices across six continents. Its core global sectors position it at the heart of global trade and commerce: insurance; marine, natural resources and energy; projects and construction; aviation.

Our vision is to be our clients' first choice for complex, multi-jurisdictional matters in our chosen sectors by investing in our core practice areas in chosen locations, serving an international client base and build a network of offices in key trading zones. Our key focus is also to become the "go to" firm in emerging markets, running ourselves professionally by attracting and developing the best people.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Role Competency Requirements

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

Technical Excellence

Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it

Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially

Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively

People and Team

Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others

Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others

Leadership: creating high performing teams

Client Relationships and Business Development

Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities

Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers

Cross-selling and business development

Finance and Practice Management

Finance management and understanding of the business

Project management: ensuring projects are delivered

Knowledge sharing

Personal Effectiveness

Communication

Clarity of thinking

Personal contribution

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

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