Legal Advisor : Contract

To responsibly, pro-actively and efficiently service the legal requirements of business units within the commercial business. To manage and minimise legal and compliance risk.

Commercial Agreements

Provide well- considered, practical, high quality & timeous legal advice to enable commercial goals whilst mitigating risk where possible, design and implement solutions to achieve legal cost saving and efficiency to the company

Ensure accuracy in vetting, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements by :

Identifying company rights and obligations in terms of these agreements to ensure best outcome

Liaising with business partners and third parties to negotiate and resolve agreements

Timeously collating and addressing comments from all business partners

Manage execution process of agreements through to confirmation of filing in the contracts repository, subject to SOPs and ways of working agreed within the team

Continually assess and improve templates

Social Media Marketing & Digital (including CPA, MCA, ECTA & POPIA)

Provide well- considered, practical, high quality & timeous legal advice to enable sales & marketing whilst mitigating risk where possible, design and implement solutions to achieve legal cost saving and efficiency to the company

Mitigate risk to the business whilst optimizing efficiencies and ensuring business objectives are achieved

Legal Opinions / Legal Solutions

Research legal implications of relevant legislation and case law as required

Provide opinions and recommendations on legislation / agreements / projects to business on request

Comment on new and amended legislation and regulations

Update relevant business areas with legislative amendments and recommend and oversee implementation of any necessary changes to policies / templates / training to empower and enable business partners on legal topics where possible

Projects / Improving Efficiencies

Assist in implementing projects eg POPIA that will assist in ensuring business compliance with legislation, enhance business efficiencies, better enable business

Improving, updating of policies / templates / processes

Keep business informed of projects by updating at meetings, having training sessions, providing templates to gather info, processing info received, providing feedback to stakeholders

Identifying gaps in policies, templates and / or processes

Updating, drafting and implementing templates, processes to improve business efficiencies and ways of working to optimise output in terms of quality & cost saving

Anti-trust / IP / Litigation Support

Be aware of and understand the implications of these areas of the law

Raise potential litigation / IP / anti-trust matters to the Legal Counsel, with analysis of the merits of the matter and suggested solutions

Liaise and keep stakeholders informed were required

Take initiative to stay informed of developments in these areas of the law

Legal Reporting & Meetings

Take accountability to manage and track legal matters from end to end, including submission of reports to the Legal Counsel

Submit weekly status reports to the Legal Counsel on current matters

Log matters on iManage and keep iManage Tracker updated with matters

Learning & Development

Develop knowledge of the pharma industry

Continually develop knowledge of the pharma industry through on the job learning and attending of workshops or other formal learning opportunities

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

Matric / Grade 12

Undergraduate Degree & Law Degree (LLB)

Admitted Attorney

10 Years working as an Attorney in a Law Firm and / or a Corporate environment

Additional Legal qualifications / courses are a bonus

General commercial knowledge and experience

Experience in independently drafting and vetting legal agreements is essential

General business experience, and specialised Pharmaceutical industry experience is a plus

Exposure in drafting and negotiating local and international legal agreements

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Taking full personal responsibility for management from end to end and closure of allocated matters in the shortest possible time

Organisational, time management and planning skills in light of fluid workload and portfolios

Problem solving, logical, analytical thinker who is solutions and service oriented

An ability to translate business problems into legal solutions

Robust interpersonal skills including negotiation skills, listening skills and influence

Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and non-verbal

Conflict resolution

Decision making skills and demonstrated ability to work at a level of independence and exercise of discretion in managing legal matters

Ability to deal with uncertainty, seek detail, take initiative and be regularly adaptable

Attention to detail

Ability to manage support staff effectively

Demonstrated ability to work in-consultation with relevant team and streams

Positive 360 degree feedback from peers, external and internal business areas

Team player

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Advanced PC literacy on all MS Word applications (including Windows, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel)

Verbal and written proficiency in the English language

High legal drafting skills

Administrative and organizational skills

Electronic database management skills