Position:Legal Counsel
Location: Head Office – Johannesburg
Salary: Market related
- Reporting to Managing Director of South Africa
Main Duties
- In this newly created legal counsel role you will beresponsible for business law advice and legalgovernance/compliance matters for the business and for the newly created ‘Hub’ for sub-Sahara distributionnetwork.
- Direct reporting line is to the MD for the company and functional reporting to the Legal Director for company in South Europe &Africa.
- The purpose of the role would be to: permanently focus on the sellingand operational side of the business while protecting the company’sinterests and ensuring good governance in compliance withapplicable laws.
Main tasks include:
- Negotiating and drafting contracts of all sorts (specificallysale contract, supply chain contract and maintenance ofcompany’s templates).
- Managing and advising on disputes/claims/Court litigationincluding handling of external counsels
- There are complex construction projects and JBB contractsto review and handle
- Legal issues related to a network of distributors in satellitecountries
- Legal processes to be automatized (in line with the currentdigitalization wave currently happening in our Company)
- Ongoing training and development of non-legally skilledbusiness colleagues.
- Oversight of corporate secretarial matters and
- Compliance work, partially handled by specialists withwhom you will be working very closely.
Qualification & Position Requirements:
- Minimum of 6 years’ broad operational legal experience, inparticular in the construction industry, ideally gained at areputable law firm and/or in a major corporation.
- Experience in dealing with construction (contentious andnon-contentious) matters: from high-profile complexprojects to “flow” transactions; Sub-contracting;(pre)litigation and dispute resolution
- Familiarity with business practices and cultures in at leastsome parts of Africa, and with a strong corporatecompliance culture of a major corporation (e.g. anticorruption, international trade, investigations);
- Strong academics, technical knowledge and analytical skills – with the ability to demonstrate a commitment toworking in Africa for at least the medium term and willingness to travel across the region;
Personal Attributes:
- Talented, motivated lawyer who is used to juggling a busy and demanding business workload and a complianceagenda;
- Experience in dealing with construction (contentious andnon-contentious) matters: from high-profile complex projectsto “flow” transactions; Sub-contracting; (pre) litigation and dispute resolution;
- Fluent English, French and Arabic;
- Growth oriented, pro-active and pragmatic mindset andapproach;
- Solutions/results orientated, with skills to drive change and innovation, also in the legal function;
- A true communicator (oral written) and team player withstrong business judgment and a good sense of humor
Desired Skills:
- Strong academics
- technical knowledge and analytical skills
- Experience in dealing with construction (contentious andnon-contentious) matters:
- Solutions/results orientated
- with skills to drive change and innovation
- legal function
- A true communicator (oral written)
- team player withstrong business judgment and a good sense of humor
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Diploma