Job
description
Khan Corporate Law
is looking for individuals to join our team that are high energy, highly
motivated, academically able, commercially astute, and practically minded.
Attorneys will receive a high level of partner and senior associate contact and
oversight from day one, our attorneys can be confident that they will receive
high-quality, stimulating and rewarding work, whi
le learning from the ground
up. We actively encourage our attorneys to take early responsibility and there
is a strong emphasis on training, with plenty of support and feedback. This is
the team to join if you want to excel and are not afraid of hard work, and if
you understand that law is a career where continuing professional education
starts the day you leave law school and only ends the day that you retire.
APPLICATIONS
ARE INVITED FROM QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS:
POST:
ASSOCIATE
Requirements
Qualification
and Requirements:
A first class or upper second class Bachelor’s Degree in Law. A further degree
or professional legal or company secretarial qualification will be an added
advantage.
Preference
will be given to those with outstanding academic achievements.
Experience: 1-4 PQE (post-qualification
experience), must be admitted to practice before the Courts of the Republic of
Botswana as an Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer.
Competencies:
- Analytical
capabilities. - Excellent
written and verbal skills. - Knowledge
of substantive and procedural laws in commercial litigation. - Experience
with incorporation of companies; drafting resolutions and familiarity with
ROCIP forms and some prior due diligence experience. - Knowledge
of the company, financial regulation and taxation laws in Botswana will be
an added advantage. - Computer
literacy and ability to use electronic databases for research purposes. - Results
oriented and performance driven. - Ability
to work to deadlines and to work the hours required of professional staff. - Willingness
to learn and to engage in continuing professional education.
Company
profile
law firm in Botswana that focuses on providing legal services to banking and
finance institutions, corporate advisory firms, large corporates,
multinationals, private equity funds, government and parastatals. The firms
practice areas are M&A, debt and equity capital markets, structured
finance, banking and financial services regulation, securities and derivatives
advice, property and security law, competition law, energy and natural
resources and general corporate law. KCL has handled some significant transactions
since it was established in 2011 and as a result, domestic and international
market recognition for its strengths continues to grow. Our firm is driven by
integrity, a focus on high levels of professional conduct, service delivery,
skills development and raising the standard of legal services in Botswana.
Closing
date and application instructions
Submissions
& Closing date: Please
enclose a cover letter, curriculum vitae, full university transcript and
certified copies of all certificates. At least two references must be provided,
one of which must be a professional reference and one an academic reference. In
addition, please
provide two (2) written samples of work that best illustrates your
competencies. (If providing an actual legal opinion and/ or
pleadings, please amend all details that could identify the parties involved).
The above should be sent and/or delivered not later than Friday 22nd July, 2016,
to either of the following addresses:
The Lead
Attorney
Khan Corporate
Law
5th Floor,
North Wing
Exponential
Building
Plot 54351, New
CBD
P. O. Box
1561
Gaborone
PLEASE NOTE
THAT ONLY SHORT-LISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED FOR AN INTERVIEW AND AN
APTITUDE TEST.
