Head of Mergers and Acquisitions Legal

More about this Ozow fantastic position:

Ozow is looking for a Head of Mergers and Acquisitions Legal to join our team as we scale. The work will be diverse in this field and will include acquisitions, divestitures, equity financings, private equity-sponsored transactions, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions.

The right candidate should have a strong general corporate transactional background, including solid experience in drafting and reviewing sophisticated M&A and other corporate documentation, as well as a working knowledge of market terms for the above corporate transactions.

You are an ideal candidate if you have:
10+ years' experience in a law firm environment and/or multi-national company.
7+ years' experience specialising in Mergers & Acquisitions
Significant experience in the Fintech space
Bachelor's degree in law required.
Your role and responsibilities:
Handling of all corporate legal processes including mergers & acquisitions, securities offerings, intellectual property, compliance issues, etc.
Handling transactional work on mergers & acquisitions.
Drafting and negotiating asset & equity purchase agreements and related transaction documents.
Drafting and administering contracts, negotiating deals.
Reviewing case file documents.
Managing a due diligence process in each transaction
Reviewing due diligence documents and defining best course of action.
Developing company policies and positions on legal matters.
Researching and anticipating legal risks.
Building and managing a team.
Our Talent Team will carefully review your application in line with the job description.
If successful we will set up an interview with our Chief Legal Officer.
If there is a match we will send an online assessment for you to showcase your skills.
After your impressive test submission, we will set up time with you to meet some of the members of our Legal team.
Finally, our CEO and Chief People Officer look forward to meeting you!
Location of the position:

This position is based in Cape Town, Johannesburg, or Remote.