This function will require you to draft agreements and other legal documentation such as court pleadings, charge sheets, affidavits, letters of demands, tender proposals. You will also conduct legal research on behalf of the AJ-ZA team to find applicable legislation, cases, precedents, and legal opinions on matters that the AJ-ZA team has been instructed on.

You will analyse the necessary information and drafts a summary, opinion, report, or recommendation based on the information available.

The function will expect you to assist the AJ-ZA team in preparing cases for trial, gathering facts, and analysing the legal position. You may not be permitted to give legal advice but will be required to take testimonies, interview witnesses and help prepare witnesses for court cases.

You will also administrate BMW SA’s intellectual property matters under the control of the AJ-ZA team to ensure cost effectiveness and efficiency.

You will provide administration support by inter alia, preparing reports on litigation, external legal costs, quarterly operational reports, administrating the work allocation process, ensuring payment and processing of invoices, manual and electronic filing, ensuring safe custody of contracts and other documents, ordering of stationery, arranging local and international travel, management of diaries, arranging and attendance of meetings, arrangement of refreshments, time administration and other ad hoc duties as required from time to time

You will be responsible for providing professional, efficient, and effective paralegal and administration support to the AJ-ZA team in all aspects of BMW’s operations such as divisions of BMW, departments and subsidiaries to enable BMW to achieve its overall business objectives.

Paralegal qualification or LLB degree

3-5 years working experience working in a commercial law firm or in–house commercial legal department in a large corporate / multi-national

Must have proven legal drafting skills

Must have proven legal research skills, i.e., understanding the law and applying same in a given context

A professional individual that delivers timeously and according to mandate, is able to work independently with little supervision, is a consistent proactive team player with a strong work ethic, is committed to excellence, has a high EQ, is discreet and observes strict confidentiality                                                                                                                                       

Sound Communication skills

Ethical & value driven