# Senior Associate - Projects

**Company**: Pinsent Masons Africa LLP
**Location**: Johannesburg
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

Join a market-leading team at Pinsent Masons Africa LLP, where your work directly supports the delivery of innovative energy and infrastructure projects across South Africa, Africa, and other jurisdictions.

We are seeking a talented lawyer with 3-8 years of PQE to join our Projects team within the overall Finance & Projects department in Johannesburg.

**Responsibilities**

- Strong Technical Expertise: possess excellent legal skills with a working knowledge of energy regulatory frameworks, including the regulation of electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and trading, with experience in advising on energy projects.

- Drafting and Negotiation Skills: have the ability to draft, review, and negotiate power purchase agreements (including wheeling arrangements), implementation agreements, and other connection agreements.

- Transaction Leadership and Management: be able to lead and manage complex energy project transactions from inception through to completion.

- Cross-Border Collaboration: work effectively as part of an international team, including collaborating with colleagues across jurisdictions on high-profile and multi-jurisdictional energy projects.

- People Management: have the ability to supervise, mentor, and develop junior lawyers and associates within the Projects team and foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

- Business Development Capability: actively contribute to business development initiatives, including pitches, networking, client presentations, seminars, training sessions, and identifying new opportunities.

- Thought Leadership and Market Engagement: contribute to articles, client briefings, publications, and knowledge-sharing initiatives, helping to raise the profile of the practice and strengthen market presence.

- Continuous Learning and Initiative: demonstrate a proactive approach to professional development, with a genuine interest in energy regulation and take initiative in developing expertise in emerging areas, regulatory frameworks, and actively seek opportunities to enhance both technical legal knowledge and commercial understanding.

**About the Team**

The Projects team in Johannesburg is led by Rob Morson and Themba Chauke, who both have extensive experience in advising private and public sector clients on various infrastructure and energy sector projects.

**Why Pinsent Masons**

- Interesting work, real scale: the opportunity to work on complex, high-profile matters within a genuinely international firm.

- A firm that backs your growth: clear expectations, structured development, and real investment in helping you reach your potential.

- A progressive culture: collaborative, inclusive, and forward-looking, with the space to innovate and do your best work.

- A clear focus on sectors and clients: giving you the chance to build deep expertise and work closely with leading organisations in your field.

## Skills

### Required
- energy regulatory frameworks
- power purchase agreements
- transaction leadership
- cross-border collaboration
- people management
- business development
- thought leadership

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