Legal Associate
Exigent Group Limited, South Africa
Job Description
Exigent is transforming the way legal services are offered by leveraging the power of technology and data that’s locked in contracts and processes. But the data is the cornerstone; it is the people of Exigent that bring this vision to life. We combine the best of tech with smartest legal and financial brains to cultivate a revolution in the legal industry. Intelligent thinking underpins all of our solutions from contract management to business analytics tools and legal services.
Come and learn more about the Exigent family and how we are re-imagining, transforming and revolutionizing the legal industry through technology, AI and data https://www.exigent-group.com/
Our client, a large insurance group based in Australia, has tasked us with remediating various unfair contractual terms ahead of new regulations coming into effect early this year.
Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for drafting, editing and reviewing contractual agreements, in particular insurance policies and product disclosure statements.
You will be required to identify any unfair contractual terms in the agreements based on general insurance and business principles and remedy such unfair contractual terms by editing clauses and drafting new appropriate wording.
You may also be required to do a quality control assessment before the documents are returned to the client. Attention to detail and consistency is key.
Requirements
2 5 years’ experience in commercial and contract law, with contract drafting experience, is mandatory. Specialised experience in the Insurance Industry would be preferable.
Due to tight deadlines, minimum training will be provided and, therefore, you will need to have the requisite skills and capabilities to perform that task at hand efficiently and accurately and deliver a high quality product.
Benefits
Global organisation with international footprint and client base. Although this is a temporary position depending on performance, client satisfaction and future needs the position may become permanent.
Should you apply and not be contacted within 2 weeks please note that your application was unsuccessful. We do however encourage you to continue to apply for future opportunities, as we are an ever growing and evolving company.