Manager Legal

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Cortez Executive Search (Pty) Ltd Full time

Our client is seeking to appoint a Manager: Legal, responsible for overseeing all the legal aspects of their business. Provide a pragmatic in-house legal support service to the organisation and to support the mitigation of risk arising from any legal, regulatory, compliance or governance issues. You will be English law qualified with substantial post-qualification experience. Solid experience of working on a range of contracts. As this is a standalone role, we have a strong preference for previous experience that includes a role as the sole in-house legal expert. You will enjoy working in an agile and flexible way to manage a busy and varied workload and will be adept at networking and forming effective and constructive working relationships.

The Manager: Legal, will effectively ensure legal conformity and minimize probability of exposure.

**Position Purpose with Specific Accountabilities**:

- Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (labour law);
- Draft, review, negotiate and advise on the preparation of all contracts, licences, and other legal agreements (such as NDAs);
- Work with internal stakeholders to increase awareness and skills in relation to contract management and legal risk, partnering with key individuals within the organisation to identify potential legal issues as they arise;
- Support the continued improvement of standard form agreements, contract management and legal processes and implement improved systems and procedures where required;
- Where appropriate, appoint, brief, manage and oversee external legal advisors;
- Manage the legal budget, approving expenditure and highlighting where there's a risk of exceeding budget;
- Maintain a contract library for all supplier contracts. Grant agreements;
- Review all grant agreements - considering legal obligations, IP rights, tax considerations and any other restrictions;
- Assist managers to put into practice regulatory or funder requirements, in particular through contract review and negotiation;
- Where relevant from contract or grant agreement review, disseminate practical guidance to staff to ensure day to day compliance;
- Oversee the ongoing management of the organisations risk register, ensuring this is regularly reviewed and updated;
- Responsible for GDPR/data protection compliance including policy updates, data audits, data breach processes and log, FOI requests, writing and issuing privacy notices, etc.;
- Advise the wider team on data protection issues and best practice;
- Remain informed of charitable and company law guidance, briefing colleagues on new developments as appropriate and implementing new processes required to ensure compliance;
- Undertake other duties as may be requested by the CEO, as work evolves, and new needs emerge.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- BSc Degree in Law or similar with post-qualification experience;
- MA or BSC in Business Administration will be considered an advantage;
- Proven experience as a legal counsel in business environment;
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures;
- Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation;
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies;
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity;
- Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information;
- Working knowledge of MS Office with excel reporting.

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