Legal Advisor (Legal and Corporate Services)

• The V&A Waterfront Group of Companies (the V&A) owns develops and manages retail commercial marine and industrial hospitality (hotels) and residential to let properties within the V&A Waterfront precinct. It is accordingly a complex and diverse business.

• The Legal Advisor is responsible for ensuring a high standard of legal risk management as well as legal compliance with applicable legislation rules directives and policies pertaining to the business.

• The Legal Advisor is inter alia responsible for:
• drafting reviewing vetting and negotiating diverse agreements and leases applicable to the business and other legal documentation;
• dispute resolution (attending to disputes including instituting and defending legal proceedings as required providing instruction to and managing external service providers);
• various other matters pertaining to legal corporate practice such as insurance and trademarks; and
• conducting legal research and providing practical and operational legal advice to the business on a wide range of issues that affect or may affect the business.

The following job objectives were found to be relevant to this job:

StakeholderManagement

Engage with a variety of colleagues at all levels as well as external service providers

Support and advise all internal BUs on all legal matters

Continuously liaise with and provide information/feedback to and explain legal processes to relevant parties

Liaise provide instruction to and manage external legal service providers when necessary

Clarify and scrutinize information and advice provided

Status reporting

Provide in house training as required

Provide teamwork and support across the Legal and Corporate Services BU

Legal Compliance and Legal Risk Management

Ensure legal compliance and good governance with applicable legislation rules directives and all V&A policies and procedures at all times

Assessment of risk for the business in all matters

Identify risks and implement controls and actions in order to mitigate these as required

Establishing and implementing appropriate procedures and processes as required

Agreements

Drafting negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements for the business including service legal agreements marketing related agreements various leases and related development agreements and all ancillary documentation relating to the conduct of the business.

Reviewing and alignment of template agreements for all BUs including residential related

agreements mooring related agreements marketing relation agreements commercial leases retail leases service level agreements

At all times taking account of:

o stakeholder considerations

o commercial considerations

o the operational considerations of the business

At all times being proactive; efficient and effective

Dispute Resolution

Strategic decision making in respect of practicality risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis

Attend to all dispute resolution in respect of the business including instituting and defending formal proceedings

Instructions to and management of external legal counsel as necessary

At all times taking account of:

o stakeholder considerations

o commercial considerations

o the operational considerations of the business

At all times being proactive; efficient and effective

General Legal Advice

Provide accurate informed and understandable legal advice on a wide range of matters for all BUs as required

Proactively identify emerging new and existing legislation rules and directives relating to the business and interpret the impact thereof on the business.

At all times taking account of:stakeholder considerations

Educational requirements relevant to this job:

LLB Degree

Admitted Attorney

Knowledge requirements relevant to this job:

Key legislation

Legal Practice

Dispute Resolution Processes (High Court; Magistrates Court; Arbitration)

Legal drafting

Legal interpretation

Legal Research

Skills requirements relevant to this job:

Business/Commercial Acumen and ability to apply the law practically to business operations

Analytical

Meticulous attention to detail

Financial Reasoning

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent Verbal and Written Communication

Integrity and Professionalism

Time Management must proactively prioritise work on several tasks at once

Practical and efficient

Excellent research ability and interpretation skills

Ability to work independently

Solution focused and agile

Experience requirements relevant to this job:

Completed Legal articles

5 Years Relevant Corporate Experience preferably in the property management field