Legal Counsel Professional

Minimum Requirements:

• Essential:
  
  • LLB Degree.
  • Admission as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
  • Completed articles of clerkship in a law firm setting.
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in a corporate legal environment.
  • Experience across the litigation lifecycle, preparing legal opinions, conducting gap analyses, and handling corporate governance matters (resolutions, board packs, etc.).
• Advantageous:
  
  • Master's Degree.
  • Certification in shipping and logistics, corporate law, and/or insurance law.
  • Experience in a fast-paced, multinational or logistics/operations environment.
  • Experience supporting a large, multi-location organisation.
  • Mergers and acquisitions experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review, negotiate, and draft customer, supplier, and stakeholder agreements, including NDAs, vendor and transporter agreements, with a focus on risk mitigation.
• Draft powers of attorney, mandate letters, and initial drafts of bespoke agreements for review.
• Support corporate governance across the region, including preparing board packs, resolutions, meeting notices, and maintaining accurate corporate records.
• Attend and minute shareholder, board, and board sub-committee meetings.
• Manage and support litigation matters, including liaising with and briefing external legal counsel, drafting letters of demand, and reviewing pleadings.
• Assist in building and maintaining a compliance universe document and related compliance matrices to ensure adherence to applicable laws.
• Support group reorganisation, mergers, and acquisition projects, including drafting term sheets, MOUs, and ancillary documents.
• Conduct legal research and prepare legal opinions, memoranda, and notices for internal stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date, well-organised legal and corporate records across internal and global platforms.
• Provide general legal and administrative support, including document dispatch, DocuSign coordination, and litigation reporting.