LEGAL COUNSEL Contracts & Compliance

LEGAL COUNSEL: Contracts & Compliance

Cape Town Western Cape (SA)

Highly Competitive Package on Offer!

Our Client a leading global strategic management consulting / professional services firm is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel (Contracts & Compliance) / Legal & Compliance Manager to join its dynamic Cape Town office.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted in-house legal partner providing commercial legal advice contract lifecycle management (CLM) compliance oversight and legal risk management in a fast-paced consulting environment.

The role supports contract negotiation bid execution and project delivery ensuring legal frameworks enable effective commercial operations.

The ideal candidate will come from a professional services management consulting advisory or in-house legal environment with exposure to commercial contracts and project-based work particularly within donor-funded public sector infrastructure or development environments.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders and support international consulting delivery and multi-jurisdictional project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full contract lifecycle management (CLM) process (bids drafting negotiation execution renewals close-out)
• Draft review and negotiate commercial contracts (client framework consortium subcontractor supplier agreements)
• Provide legal advisory commercial law support and legal risk management across the business
• Support bid and tender processes through early identification of contractual risks
• Develop and maintain compliance frameworks internal controls and governance processes
• Ensure regulatory compliance including POPIA and data protection laws
• Support company secretarial and corporate governance functions
• Manage B-BBEE compliance and reporting processes
• Deliver internal legal and compliance training across the organisation

Requirements

• Minimum formal qualification LLB university degree and admittance as a practicing attorney or advocate in the High Court of South Africa
• 8 years experience in corporate commercial or in-house legal roles ideally within strategic management consulting professional services advisory or project-based environments includinginfrastructure energy water transport sustainability or development finance sectors (World Bank AfDB FCDO USAID)
• Strong experience in contract drafting contract negotiation and commercial contract management
• Experience working in consulting professional services or project-based environments
• Exposure to donor-funded public sector or infrastructure projects
• Experience in compliance legal risk management and internal controls
• Company secretarial experience
• Strong knowledge of POPIA and data protection / privacy frameworks
• Experience in B-BBEE compliance and regulatory processes
• Experience in multi-jurisdictional or international environments

To Apply for this role please forward a detailed copy of your CV to Nicole Spamers: AND Lameez Herborn: