Senior Litigation Advisor

6 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Transnet Full time

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**_Operating Division : Transnet Corporate Centre_**
**_Position Title : Senior Litigation Advisor_**
**_Employee Group : Permanent_**
**_Department : Legal Services_**
**_Location : Johannesburg_**
**_Reporting To : General Manager : Litigation_**
**_Grade Level : C_**
**_Reference Number : 6003921_**
**_Position Purpose: _**
To provide prudent management of litigation risk and provide professional, effective, credible legal advice and support to
Transnet SOC Ltd, and all its divisions to manage legal and litigation risks. This includes the provision of specialised legal
advisory services incl. legal opinions and litigation as well as legal support to Board Committees, all divisions and
subsidiaries of Transnet.
**_Position outputs: _**
1. Handling a broad range of litigation and pre-litigation matters and supporting the business transversally in assessing and
mitigating associated litigation risk.
2. Maintaining current and accurate litigation management records
3. Collaborate to fulfil various administrative and litigation-related responsibilities; and
4. Performs other duties and projects as assigned.
5. Provide hands-on advice and counsel to various internal clients to proactively address and mitigate potential risks.

6. Preparing training materials, publications, reports, or prepare presentations about legal work
5. Monitoring, summarizing, and analyzing case law, legislation, and administrative policy and practices.
6. Handle incoming legal processes and documents.
7. interviewing witnesses, gathering, reviewing and analyzing relevant documents, and drafting responses to letters and
prepare recommendations
8. Hands-on management of external legal counsel regarding strategy, proceedings, and billings.
9. Perform such other tasks and projects as may be required from time to time.
**_Qualifications & Experience: _**
- LLB / B. Proc degree qualification it’s a required.
- The incumbent is required to be an admitted Attorney or Advocate.
- At least 10-12 years’ post admission experience within a legal environment in a large entity / multi-disciplinary legal
environment dealing with complex litigation matters
- Legislative Certification/Registration required (e.g. Professional Engineer): Admitted Attorney or Advocate with 10-12 years
post Articles or Pupillage
- Exercises a high level of autonomy in handling assigned cases and transactional requests.
- Requirement of Trust and Honesty in the handling of Finances as per the National Credit Act Amendment 19
- A “can do” attitude and are willing to pitch in to solve problems or get things done, even if a task is not in your normal area
of expertise.
- Excellent writing, drafting, and verbal communications skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
Standard Job Requirements:

- Driver’s license code 08
- Travel as required and approved
**_Competencies: _**
Functional Competencies:
the company up to operate in a robust legally compliant manner.
- Knowledge of company business
Remaining attuned to the core business and mandate of the company. This includes a solid understanding of its business
model and the strategies deployed to ensure long-term financial viability and business success
- Governance support
- Operational risk management support
Providing legal services with respect to the prevention, avoidance and handling of legal risk scenarios to the management of
the various business units of the company.
- Contract support
Providing legal services with a view to protecting the interests of the company across all of its business operations.
- Litigation support
Managing litigation by and against the company and coordinating inputs from management into the litigation process.
External legal expertise may be engaged where required.
- Development and empowerment of staff and stakeholders
Proactively creating and using structures and opportunities for legal staff, as well as relevant stakeholders to be trained,
developed and empowered with regard to the legal principles and regulatory requirements, frameworks, structures,
processes and protocols that are applicable in rendering a professional legal support service to the company on an ongoing
basis.
- Engagement with legal profession
Maintaining meaningful engagement with required professional bodies with a view to keeping up to date with important
relevant trends and events in the professional lega

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