General Counsel

2 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa Edge Executive Search Full time
General Counsel

  • Permanent


 JHB00205
  • Legal
  • Gauteng, Sandton


 R

 R1 Cost To Company (Negotiable)
  • An opportunity exists for a General Counsel within a leading FMCG brand. Based at the head office, you will be responsible for advising and directing stakeholders on the implementation, execution and monitoring of relevant and appropriate policy, regulatory and compliance frameworks.

Duties include:

  • Drive the development of a strong compliance and governance culture in the company and enable the business through value adding partnering.
  • Participate in strategy sessions with business units and assess legal and regulatory risks
  • Contract management, providing legal advice and opinions
  • Evaluate proposed, new, and amended legislation and interpret its impact on business operations while contributing to the development of a Regulatory Compliance & Ethics programme
  • Identify potential areas of legal risk and vulnerability and develop, implement, and monitor corrective action and controls
  • Contribute to the further adoption and implementation of legal technology and actively contributes to legal team internal knowledge management
  • Report to the Executive Committee and Board committees on all relevant and material aspects of regulation, compliance, and governance risks
  • Set the legal resourcing strategy

Minimum requirements:

  • BCom / Bachelor's Degree and LLB
  • Admitted Attorney or Advocate with 10 years' post qualification experience in a law firm or an in house legal department (preferably in the consumer packaged goods or FMCG sector, of which 5 have been in a Senior legal position)
  • Strong corporate commercial law, marketing and advertising law and dispute resolution
  • Good understanding of regulatory and consumer protection laws and other pertinent areas of law relevant to food and beverage business
  • Excellent understanding of the law and legal principles necessary to provide legal services to the company
  • Ability to identify and implement efficient and effective initiatives to mitigate internal and external legal costs, increase the quality and level of corporate governance and drive a compliance culture
  • For more information please contact:
  • Janice Wagner

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