Job Description

The Person:

• B.Com (Law) or LLB incorporating Commercial Law & Corporate Governance.
• Admitted Attorney.
• Min 3 years commercial legal experience in a similar role.
• Company secretarial; Intellectual Property knowledge; Governance and Risk Management; and Business administration studies a strong advantage.

The Job:

Commercial Legal:

• Draft, vet, negotiate and interpret commercial agreements, legal correspondence and memoranda within defined timelines.
• Review external commercial agreements and other legal documents received from third parties to advise internal stakeholders on the acceptability thereof and to align it with divisional and group policies.
• Identify, manage and advise on legal and contractual risk.
• Liaise with business units, Divisional Managers and Corporate Head Office Legal department to facilitate drafting of complex legal agreements.
• Draft agreement and risk summaries to highlight risks in agreements.
• Attend meetings to facilitate legal review and finalisation of agreements as necessary, with the objective of obtaining the optimal legal, risk and commercial position for the division.
• Supervise the Contracts Administrator on new vendor credit applications channelled through Corporate Head Office Legal department.
• Liaise with Corporate Head Office Legal department in respect of the above requirements and approvals, as necessary.

Legal Database Records Management:

• Assist with contract management, including timeous renewal of agreements.
• Monthly review of the changes to the legal contracts register addressed by the Contracts Administrators.

Statutory Information Records Management:

• Assist with the management of internal company information schedules, letterheads and statutory details and records on a quarterly basis and when changes arise.Assist with the management of published agreements, letterheads, and legal information on SharePoint.

Reporting:

• Draft the litigation report for submission to the Corporate Head Office and Board.
• Review quarterly contracts register for Board packs compiled by the Contracts Administrators.
• Update the finance bad debt register with monthly progress.
• Address adhoc Corporate Head Office legal and divisional reports and updates, when necessary.

Litigation:

• Compile reports on commercial legal and litigious matters.
• Responsible for perusal and amendment of all legal correspondence and attend to all requirements concerning litigation matters.
• Co-ordinate legal matters requiring external legal assistance.
• First line liaison with external Attorneys in respect of litigation matters.
• Liaise with Corporate Head Office Legal department in respect of the above requirements and approvals, as necessary.

Other:

• Provide strategic and practical legal advice and support to various business units to assist their operational teams to strategically deal with legal challenges within their operations.
• Keep abreast with new legislative and industry developments to provide general legal advice and support to various business units.
• Legal research of specific legal issues affecting the business and advise management on optimal legal position.
• Review and draft legal letters, legal notices and correspondence.

Intellectual Property:

• Assist with legal matters, including infringement arising on the intellectual property portfolio of the division.
• Liaise with Corporate Head Office Legal department and company secretarial in respect of the above requirements and approvals, as necessary.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify improvement opportunities and make recommendations.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives.

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