Legal Counsel

Job Title

• Legal Counsel

Localisation

• Country: RSA with possible travel
• Site: Sandton
• Department: Legal
• Logistics Industry

Core Mission

• Provide legal expertise, advice assistance and coordination to all group entities (local and international) on a broad range of legal and compliance related matters, in particular on commercial and corporate matters, contracts and compliance as well as litigation.
  • Meticulous record keeping and reporting

Hierarchical position

• Line Manager: Head of Legal and CFO
• Subordinate(s): None

Main responsibilities

• Commercial and corporate law advisory and coordination in various matters (in collaboration with outsourced legal specialists where applicable);
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial legal agreements inter alia terms and conditions, commercial contracts, memorandum of understanding, loan agreements, leases, sale and purchase agreements (movable and immovable), acknowledgement of debt agreement,
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of corporate legal documents inter alia company formation documents, board and shareholders’ resolutions, minutes etc.
• Legal support to other group Divisions and activities such as Finance/HR/operations.
• Corporate and related formalities (such as attending to legal secretarial and administrative tasks and facilitating execution of documents).
• Organizing and maintaining documents and records in a paper (where applicable) or electronic filing systems;
• Liaising with external stakeholders inter alia, service providers, other counterparties and regulators.
  • Liaising with and reporting to internal stakeholders.
  • Staying abreast of and advising on compliance related developments and matters, in collaboration with the relevant departments.

Qualification

Education                        and designations

• Admitted attorney

Experience

• 5 – 6 Years relevant PQE experience (in-house experience preferred)
• Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa
• Experience in logistics industry and / or SADC region preferred

Skills

• High level of computer literacy incl. excel, MS word

Language

• English

Qualities

• Ability to handle high volumes of work with constantly changing priorities and perform under pressure
• Ability to self-motivate and work autonomously with a hands-on, pro- active approach
• Meticulousness and attention to detail
• Availability to travel from time to time should it become necessary
• Strong integrity, honesty and ability to deal with confidential issues
• Good written and oral communication skills (listening skills, eloquence and diplomacy). Ability to construct arguments in a logical and convincing fashion.
• Ability to meet deadlines

• Ability to prioritize