Legal Counsel

5 days ago

Cape Town, South Africa Progressive Edge Full time

**Legal Counsel**

**Cape Town (Hyrbid)**

**12 month FTC Contract**

A global organisation with offices in Cape Town guide their clients businesses in the creation of exceptional end-to-end digital customer experiences through a unique combination of expertise, technology, and insight.

The organisation works across industry verticals, with some of the worlds largest organisations, to transform their customer experience, reduce operational costs and improve customer and employee engagement.

Combining their own unique products and deep sector knowledge with award-winning technologies, the company is one of Europes fastest growing providers of digital CX transformation solutions, supporting clients in over 50 countries.

We are looking for a talented and motivated Legal Counsel to join this company. The Legal Counsel will provide timely, relevant and pragmatic legal advice and support to all companies within the Group.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial contracts (including framework agreements, SaaS agreements, confidentiality agreements, purchasing agreements and consultancy agreements) with customers, suppliers, contractors and partners;
- Undertake contract management duties, as and when required, to ensure that the business has a clear understanding of the contracts it has in force, and the obligations contained within them;
- Be able to recognise and advise on the salient points of intellectual property, data protection and employment law insofar as they relate to the provision and procurement of IT services;
- Undertake research on relevant legal developments and feedback to team the team and business; and - Work with colleagues across the group to implement and manage legal, ESG and compliance processes and practices within the business.

**Requirements**:

- A number of years experience of providing advice in commercial law;
- Have experience of working in a fast-paced, in-house environment;
- Be able to identify legal risks and to propose commercial, pragmatic solutions to mitigate those risks;
- Be able to communicate well with people at all levels of seniority, both verbally and in writing;
- Be organised and self-motivated;
- Be able to remain calm and focused when faced with conflicting priorities; and
- Have good IT skills and be proficient in using Microsoft packages.
- We envisage this role being suitable for solicitors with post-qualification experience.

**Desirable skills, experience & knowledge**:

- Experience of working within the IT and/or telecommunications sectors;
- Experience of instructing and managing external legal advisers;
- Experience of advising on contract law in European civil law jurisdictions.

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