Key purpose:
To provide legal advice and support of the highest professional standard to various Company business units.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provides general legal support to subsidiaries / business divisions within Group pertaining to commercial law litigation debt collection contract law corporate and dispute resolution.
- Supervise external service providers on a cost benefit basis.
- Maintain relationships with external legal advisors local and cross border.
- Conduct research and develop legal frameworks analyse local and international trends that could impact the business.
- Conduct assessment on labour legislation compliance locally and crossborder.
- Conduct business improvement initiatives on ethics and corporate governance
Qualifications and experience:
- Must have a LLB.
- Must be an admitted attorney of the High Court.
- 5 to 8 years post qualification experience.
- Substantial experience in corporate commercial matters.
- Knowledge of applicable legislation including corporate law competition law environmental law explosives law mining law tax law labour law etc.
- In depth knowledge of legal processes and procedures.
- Experience in a contractual / procurement environment.