Management Level
Senior AssociateJob Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in legal services offer comprehensive legal solutions and advice to internal stakeholders and clients, maintaining compliance with regulations and minimising legal risks. These individuals provide strategic guidance and support across various industries.Those in NewLaw at PwC will focus on innovative approaches, methodologies, and tools to deliver legal services in a more efficient and effective manner. Your work will involve utilising technology, process improvement, and data analysis to streamline legal processes, enhance client service, and drive value.
Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
- Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
- Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
- Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
- Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
- Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
- Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Senior Associate – Commercial Contracts Lawyer ( 0-4 years PQE )
SATIC is a delivery centre serving UK PwC and is an independent member of the PwC international network of firms. By joining SATIC and being based in South Africa, you will be part of the PwC NEW Law UK team located in London, Birmingham and Manchester. You will be working on project-based assignments, specialist legal advice and ongoing general counsel support. The UK team vision is to also harness the expertise of the firm to provide end-to-end, technology-enabled services to meet our clients’ needs.
The 5 key offerings of the team are General Commercial Contracts (including Managed Legal Services), Contract Optimisation, Contract Review and Remediation, Outsourcing transactions and Technology agreements. Our clients include numerous household names, MNCs and listed groups as well as privately owned companies across a range of sectors. The work we undertake is often high profile and cross-border in nature and can involve other legal teams in the PwC international network. Our teams often work with Consulting, Deals, Tax and other professionals from within PwC to deliver a comprehensive and integrated service to our clients.
We are looking for a talented and ambitious individual with a passion for client service. This is the ideal environment for an individual who wants to be part of the future of legal services and solve real business problems. The role will also provide the successful candidate with an excellent opportunity to grow our legal practice and play a central role in developing our business
Role and Responsibilities
You will join as a Senior Associate and contribute to the team’s expansion. The role includes:
Reviewing, assessing, and drafting IT , outsourcing and general commercial agreements.
Advice on IT, e-commerce , outsourcing and general commercial laws.
Supporting clients in the negotiation of a range of transactions and developing /maintaining contract negotiation playbooks for clients.
Supporting clients to leverage technology enabled workflows to support contract preparation, negotiation and execution.
Business d evelopment, including over time building a network of referrers within PwC as well as developing direct client relationships; and
Some commercial contracts support for due diligence work.
Essential skills/Requirements:
Qualified and admitted attorney in South Africa or equivalent common law jurisdiction.
Excellent academic background.
Experience of advising on commercial contracts with strong contract drafting , reviewing and redlining and analytical skills .
0-4 years’ PQE.
Ability to meet tight deadlines and to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to use initiative and a willingness to embrace innovation and continuous improvement.
Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team as and when required; and
Ability to harness new technology to deliver better services, faster.
Training
You will be upskilled to handle transactions governed by the laws of England and Wales through comprehensive training in the ways of working and commercial law fundamentals .
The successful candidate(s) will be energetic, enthusiastic and keen to embrace the challenge of turning their hand to many different types of commercial contracting work.
The ideal candidate will be required to demonstrate the following:
excellent communication skills and a positive “can do” attitude - ability to achieve goals through teamwork, direct and indirect influence and collaboration.
good technical legal skills.
a keen ability to learn in a fast moving, innovative and technology enabled environment and a desire to be part of the movement to modernise the in-house delivery of legal services and advance the New Law Services practice.
Knowledge of or previous experience in the Managed Legal Services industry or of working as an in-house legal counsel would be advantageous and looked on favourably, as will previously experience of working with LegalTech . The successful candidate will be working with lawyers across the other UK offices and will be occasionally required to travel between the offices.
Travel Requirements
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NoJob Posting End Date
August 27, 2025
