Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 09 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The role will involve drafting commercial agreements, the provision of opinions and corporate related work on mergers and acquisitions and tax advisory. The successful candidate will be expected to assume responsibility for working closely with clients, as well as managing elements of various transactions.

Key responsibilities
• Assisting with negotiating and drafting of various agreements and corporate documents
• Researching law and drafting opinions
• Advising on mergers & acquisitions, and other commercial transactions
• Undertaking due diligence investigations
• Attending to smaller matters, and larger matters, independently
• Liaising with colleagues and clients to provide income tax (domestic and international) advice to corporate and high-net worth individual clients
• Advising on the tax aspects related to mergers and acquisition transactions
• Advising public benefit organisations on securing tax exemption from URA
• Producing tax opinions that add value to clients' businesses
• Managing a range of tax assignments and reporting to Partners
• Performing tax reviews as part of legal due diligences
• Performing tax related research
• Assessing commercial facts and applying the appropriate Tax Law
• Interpreting Tax Legislation
• Advising clients on voluntary disclosure applications to URA and preparation thereof
• Attending to tax dispute resolution matters for clients
• Liaising with URA and handling queries raised by URA as part of client mandates
• Complying with Risk Management procedures
• Training and mentoring of associates and legal assistants/interns
• Billing client work

Skills, abilities, and experience
The successful candidate should be an admitted advocate with a strong academic record, and solid experience in the corporate commercial department of a law firm or organisation. In addition, the candidate should possess the following:
• Minimum four-year in a corporate commercial department;
• Experience in mergers & acquisitions and other commercial transactions, drafting and a thorough knowledge of the law (including company law);
• A passion for corporate and tax law and growing a career;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills;
• Commercial awareness and business acumen;
• Strong research skills;
• Good writing and drafting skills;
• Ability to provide solutions to business problems;
• Team player with strong delegation;
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure;
• Organization and time management skills;
• Ability to work to deadlines on multiple assignments
• Attention to detail;

It is essential that the candidate also demonstrates an ability to manage client relations, billing processes and practice management in general.
This is a demanding but stimulating position which will require working outside of normal office hours, when necessary.
The closing date for all applications is close of business on 13 September 2023.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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