Junior Legal Counsel

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- To provide legal support to the Group
- To assist with commercial and corporate matters, contract management, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and reporting
- Independently manage the contracts database including (but not limited to) negotiating, auditing, renewing and reporting on lease agreements
- Negotiating and drafting a wide range of agreements such as (but not limited to) service level agreements, supplier agreements and Sale Agreements
- Providing hands-on legal advice and internal training to other departments
- Assisting with company secretarial matters, drafting of resolutions, taking of minutes and managing compliance
- Deal with litigation and other disputes with landlords, suppliers and third parties
- Instructing and liaising with external Attorneys & counsel

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Legal Drafting
- Contract management
- Excellent communication skills, orally and in writing
- Good working knowledge of South African law in general
- LLB and admission as an attorney
- Minimum 2- years post admission experience
- Driver's license
- Microsoft experience