Senior Legal Counsel Kempton Park

1 week ago

Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa DSV South Africa Full time
DSV - Global Transport and Logistics

In 1976, ten independent hauliers joined forces and founded DSV in Denmark. Since then, DSV has evolved to become the world's 3rd largest supplier of global solutions within transport and logistics. Today, we add value to our customers' entire supply chain by transporting, storing, packaging, re-packaging, processing and clearing all types of goods. We work every day from our many offices in more than 80 countries to ensure a steady supply of goods to production lines, outlets, stores and consumers all over the world. Our reach is global yet our presence is local and close to our customers. Read more at

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Legal Counsel (79915) to join our dynamic team in Kempton Park .

Duties & Responsibilities

Report to:

Areas of responsibility:

  • Support of DSV entities in South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa in all legal matters.
  • Contract support.
  • Corporate compliance.
  • Participation and support of review processes of contracts in case of M&A transactions.

Success criteria/KPIs:

  • Timely and comprehensive response of assigned tasks.
  • Execution of projects and day-to-day tasks.
  • Focus on performance and deadlines.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

Tasks:

  • The Senior Legal Counsel, South Africa shall be the first local point of contact for queries outside and inside of the DSV organization in respect of all legal related matters concerning the DSV entities in South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa.
  • Supporting local management on a daily basis.
  • General corporate housekeeping, including adhoc preparation training sessions to key stakeholders within business.
  • Monitoring changes in the local legislation.
  • Dealings with local authorities, if required.
  • Assisting Group Credit and local credit departments with managing the process of recovery of bad debt in collaboration with External Legal Counsel.
  • Drafting, review and negotiating of the commercial contracts in accordance with DSV Contractual Compliance Manual.
  • Supporting and managing litigation (pre-litigation, trial and/or transactions) in collaboration with Group Legal and External Legal Counsel.
  • Supporting the Group Customs dept. as well as local customs team on customs related matters, if required.
  • Supporting local teams of international freight forwarders in accordance with DSV Export Controls Policy, if required.
  • Being responsible for reporting claims timeously internally and to various centralized Group HQ Departments (Group Finance, Group Insurance and Group Legal).
  • Facilitate communication with External Legal Counsel.
  • Ensuring compliance with corporate policies.
  • Provide reporting of contract related information in Weekly Reports as well as Significant Issues Report.

Key Stakeholders:

  • Local Management Team including MD's for each business unit and the CFO.
  • Sales and Operational Teams of each business unit.
Desired Experience & Qualification
  • LLB Degree.
  • At least 5 years of experience as in-house counsel or as a lawyer.
  • Experience in transport and logistics.
  • Experience in international negotiation of commercial contracts.
  • Knowledge and Experience of Privacy Laws and Regulations with the ability to provide training to key stakeholders.
  • English – oral and written must be fluent.
  • Experience in the use of MS Office – in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to navigate the balance between quality and deadlines (Critical job factor).
  • Structured approach to work (Critical job factor).
  • Strong personality with an ability to get the necessary messages across (Critical job factor).
  • Able to plan a project and drive the execution.
  • Keep calm under pressure.
  • Communicative and outward.
  • Able to cooperate with colleagues across geography, functions and culture.
Package & Remuneration

Market Related

Disclaimer

Due to the high volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should an external candidate not hear from us within four (4) weeks following their application, they should consider their application unsuccessful. Strictly fair and non-discriminatory selection procedures will be followed. We use Affirmative Action (AA) measures in an endeavor to redress the disadvantages in employment experienced by designated groups. Where possible, preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act and in line with DSV's Employment Equity plans. DSV reserves the right to defer or close a vacancy at any time.

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