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Job Title:   Associate

Organisation: ENS

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

With over 600 specialist practitioners, ENS is Africa’s largest law firm and has the capacity to deliver on your business requirements across all major industries and the African continent. We are able to leverage our resources to deliver legal solutions that suit your pricing preferences and timeframes.

Over many years, ENS has developed a large knowledge base of resources and a deep understanding of local nuances and ways of doing business.

Job Summary:  An opportunity has become available for an Associate to join the Corporate Commercial Department in our Uganda office.

The role will involve drafting commercial agreements, the provision of opinions and corporate related work on mergers and acquisitions and tax advisory. The successful candidate will be expected to assume responsibility for working closely with clients, as well as managing elements of various transactions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting with negotiating and drafting of various agreements and corporate documents
• Researching law and drafting opinions
• Advising on mergers & acquisitions, and other commercial transactions
• Undertaking due diligence investigations
• Attending to smaller matters, and larger matters, independently
• Liaising with colleagues and clients to provide income tax (domestic and international) advice to corporate and high-net worth individual clients
• Advising on the tax aspects related to mergers and acquisition transactions
• Advising public benefit organisations on securing tax exemption from URA
• Producing tax opinions that add value to clients’ businesses
• Managing a range of tax assignments and reporting to Partners
• Performing tax reviews as part of legal due diligences
• Performing tax related research
• Assessing commercial facts and applying the appropriate Tax Law
• Interpreting Tax Legislation
• Advising clients on voluntary disclosure applications to URA and preparation thereof
• Attending to tax dispute resolution matters for clients
• Liaising with URA and handling queries raised by URA as part of client mandates
• Complying with Risk Management procedures
• Training and mentoring of associates and legal assistants/interns
• Billing client work

 




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The successful candidate should be an admitted advocate with a strong academic record, and solid experience in the corporate commercial department of a law firm or organisation.
• At least four years of PQE experience in a corporate commercial department;
• Previous experience in mergers & acquisitions and other commercial transactions, drafting and a thorough knowledge of the law (including company law);
• Passion for corporate and tax law and growing a career;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills;
• Commercial awareness and business acumen;
• Excellent research skills;
• Excellent writing and drafting skills;
• Proven ability to provide solutions to business problems;
• Good team player with strong delegation;
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and work under pressure;
• Good organisation and time management skills;
• Proven ability to work to deadlines on multiple assignments
• Keen attention to detail;
• It is essential that the candidate also demonstrates an ability to manage client relations, billing processes and practice management in general.
• This is a demanding but stimulating position which will require working outside of normal office hours, when necessary.

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 13^th September 2023

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