Legal Advisor

2 days ago

Western Cape, South Africa The Foschini Group Full time

**Legal Advisor**

**An exciting opportunity is available for a qualified and experienced admitted attorney to join TFG Africa’s Property legal team as a legal advisor.**

Key responsibilities will include:

- Primarily drafting, reviewing and negotiating lease agreements
- Ensuring that relevant lease contract information is correctly captured on SAP RE to ensure timeous and correct payment of lease charges
- Provide legal advice, services and support to TFG Property
- Provide legal advice, services and support to certain TFG retail and/or services divisions which includes
- drafting, negotiating and settling contracts,
- providing ongoing advice and assistance to business regarding contract terms, enforcement and implementation
- ongoing legal advice to business to ensure compliance with applicable legislation (including POPIA, CPA and GDPR)
- dispute resolution including advising and assisting business with letters of demand and summons, the resolution of escalated customer and ombud
- briefing and managing external attorneys for any outsourced matters and opinions and facilitating the conduct of those matters

You must be:

- an admitted attorney with a minimum of 3 years post admission experience at a law firm or as an inhouse legal advisor
- able to build good relationships and effectively communicate with stakeholders across all levels of the business as well as third party attorneys, legal advisors and service providers while maintaining objectivity and always acting in the best interest of TFG
- a critical and analytical thinker with a strong research ability
- solution orientated
- able to work in a team or independently, under pressure in a demanding environment
- forward thinking and business minded while remaining objective

You must have:

- a LLB Degree
- current practical experience drafting, negotiating and settling agreements
- experience providing legal advice as a practising attorney or inhouse

Highly advantageous would be
- Experience reviewing and drafting lease agreements

Competencies
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, decision making, interpersonal relations, problem solving, teamwork & written communication
- Comfortable and effective influencer.
- You need to be flexible as the environment is very dynamic and priorities can change.
- Sets ambitious goals and takes focused action to achieve desired outcomes to deliver measurable results
- Adapts effectively to situations that are complex, uncertain, or lack guidelines and clear information
- Interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems
- Assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes
- Develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives
- Effectively adjusts their behaviour, approach, and decision-making based on the situation
- Thinks and plans strategically, focusing on the long-term goals and objectives of the organisation

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