Senior Legal Counsel

12 hours ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time

**Key purpose**:
To provide legal advice and support of the highest professional standard to various Company business units.

**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Provide legal advisory services to Company businesses
- Provide advice to and support the management team and business units in mitigating legal related risks
- Create and maintain legal framework for the activities of the Group
- Supervise external service providers on a cost benefit basis
- Maintain relationships with external legal advisors, local and cross border
- Conduct research and develop legal frameworks, analyse local and international trends that could impact the business
- Conduct assessment on labour legislation compliance, locally and cross-border
- Conduct business improvement initiatives on ethics and corporate governance

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Must have a LLB.
- LLM will be advantageous
- Must be an admitted attorney of the High Court.
- 8 to 10 years post qualification experience.
- Prior senior legal counsel experience.
- Substantial experience in corporate commercial matters.
- Knowledge of applicable legislation including corporate law, competition law, environmental law, explosives law, mining law, tax law, labour law etc.
- In depth knowledge of legal processes and procedures.
- Experience in a contractual / procurement environment.



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