COMMERCIAL ATTORNEYS - Cape Town

WE’RE HIRING | COMMERCIAL ATTORNEYS - Associate Manager | Senior Associate | Associate

At Morae Global, we are passionate about delivering exceptional legal solutions to leading global organisations. We are looking for talented, commercially minded and motivated attorneys to join our growing Legal Managed Services team in Cape Town.

If you have a strong commercial legal background, enjoy complex contract negotiations and thrive in a fast-paced, technology-enabled environment, we'd love to hear from you!

THE OPPORTUNITY

Location: Observatory, Cape Town

Position: Commercial Attorney

Levels: Associate Manager | Senior Associate | Associate

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Working Hours: South African business hours, with some flexibility to support international time zones when required.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking qualified and experienced Commercial Attorneys with strong commercial contracting expertise and the ability to provide practical, commercially focused legal support.

Minimum requirements:

• LLB or equivalent recognised legal qualification, with admission as an attorney in South Africa or another recognised jurisdiction.
• 3–5 years' minimum post-qualification experience, with substantial commercial contracting exposure. 4–6+ years of commercial contracting experience is preferred.
• Strong commercial contracting experience gained within a corporate legal department, law firm, legal managed services or similar environment.
• Proven experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements on both client and counterparty paper.
• Exposure to customer and supplier agreements, including procurement contracting.
• Experience supporting complex negotiations and managing high-value or higher-risk contractual matters.
• Strong commercial judgement, legal-risk assessment and the ability to provide practical recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• A collaborative, adaptable and solutions-driven approach.
• Currently based in Cape Town or willing to relocate within an agreed timeframe.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will:

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Manage contracts throughout the entire contracting lifecycle, from intake and drafting through to negotiation, execution and post-contract support.
• Negotiate directly with customers, suppliers and other counterparties within approved parameters.
• Identify contractual, legal and commercial risks and provide clear, practical recommendations.
• Assess contractual deviations against approved templates, playbooks, policies and escalation frameworks.
• Escalate complex or higher-risk matters appropriately.
• Support legal intake, matter triage and workflow management.
• Maintain accurate matter records and provide timely updates using client legal systems.
• Contribute to improving contractual templates, clause banks, playbooks and processes.
• Provide guidance, coaching and quality oversight to junior team members where required.
• Support continuous improvement and the responsible use of legal technology and AI-enabled contracting tools.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to client information-security requirements.

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

We operate in a technology-enabled, playbook-driven environment. Successful candidates should be comfortable working with digital legal workflows, matter-management platforms, contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools and AI-assisted drafting and review solutions.

An ability to adapt to evolving technologies, follow structured processes and maintain high-quality legal outputs is essential.

HIGHLY ADVANTAGEOUS EXPERIENCE

We would particularly welcome candidates with experience in:

• Telecommunications, mining, resources, energy, technology, connectivity or managed services.
• Complex B2B customer and supplier contracting.
• Buy-side procurement and supplier negotiations.
• Technology agreements, product terms, data-related provisions and regulatory support.
• Legal intake, matter-management and CLM platforms.
• Contract playbooks, clause banks and structured escalation frameworks.
• International and cross-border contracting across Africa, the UK, Europe, the Americas or APAC.
• Foreign languages, particularly French, Spanish or Portuguese.
• Wordsmith technology.
• Legal Managed Services, shared services or legal delivery-centre environments.

WHY JOIN MORAE GLOBAL?

Be part of a dynamic, collaborative legal team supporting internationally recognised organisations. You will have the opportunity to work on sophisticated commercial matters, engage with international stakeholders and contribute to innovative, technology-driven legal service delivery.

INTERESTED IN JOINING US?

If you have the commercial legal expertise and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply via the LinkedIn job posting and complete the qualifying questions as part of your application. We look forward to connecting with you!

Employment Equity

Morae is committed to Employment Equity and transformation. Candidates from designated groups are encouraged to apply in line with our EE objectives.

A Few Important Notes

• Applicants must be based in Cape Town and meet the requirements of the role.
• Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• If you have not heard from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and encourage you to apply for future opportunities.
• Please do not send direct messages regarding this vacancy.
• Morae Global Corporation does not engage recruitment agencies for this position.