Legal Advisor

SUMMARY:
Our client is seeking a Leagal Advisor to ensure that regulatory, commercial and other legal risks are effectively managed, ensuring business sustainability and growth.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB / BCom)
• Admitted Attorney of the High Court (desirable)
• 4 Years post article experience

• Commercial law application in a PTY Ltd Company
• Compliance to the Companies Act (and fiduciary requirements in terms of applicable legislation)
• Industrial Relations
• Contracts and agreements (contract law)
• Excellent English writing skills
• Drafting of contracts and agreements
• Drafting of legal letters
• Research and drafting of opinions on company matters
• Setup and review of legal templates for agreements like NDA, Contractors and Licensing agreements
• Representation, under the supervision of Senior Legal Advisor or Legal & Regulatory Lead with external role players
• Exposure to international law (especially the United States and the UK)
• Trademark knowledge
• Patent registration knowledge
• POPIA (and other privacy) compliance

• Support and enable the Company, under the supervision of seniors and management to draft policies and procedures.
• Review and update policy wording and other related documents as requested.
• Draft, review and/or make suggestions on contracts to ensure that the contracts entered into by the Company are accurate and advantageous to the Company.
• Maintain and improve the Company’s internal contract template database.
• Maintain, improve review and/or make suggestions for NDAs in line with Company policy, as requested.
• Draft, review and/or make suggestions for contracts in line with Company policy, as requested.
• Assist with revision and initial drafting of supplier agreements or terms, as requested.
• Review customer-facing documents such as sales scripts, marketing assets, external marketing email communication, etc as requested by the Company.
• Review agreements for internal stakeholders as and when requested and provide relevant suggestions.
• Provide appropriate legal advice, interpretation and opinions on contracts, policies and agreements as requested.
• Ensure all legal documents are filed and labeled correctly.
• Maintain the registry of all active agreements.
• Maintain an inventory of all actionable items from active agreements and ensure these are actioned appropriately and on time.
• Monitor agreements and timeously inform relevant parties of action required for renewals, amendments or terminations of agreements.
• Assist with keeping an accurate bank of all expired agreements, NDAs and Confidentiality agreements.
• Monitor changes and conduct research in the commercial and legal spheres within active markets, advising the Company on changes, risks and opportunities and implementing necessary changes.
• Assist and provide support with the legal due diligence process by identifying legal risks and enabling the Company to implement the appropriate controls to mitigate these risks.
• Assist management with 3rd party due diligence requests.
• Assist with the management of outsourced legal services in terms of engagement with external attorneys.
• Assist with communication regarding IP filing and compliance.
• Assist with maintaining Intellectual Property as well as liaising with internal stakeholders and external counsel regarding Intellectual Property matters.
• Assist with US Insurance where requested.