Fixed Term Contract : Legal Advisor (JHB North)

Overview

Job title : Fixed Term Contract : Legal Advisor (JHB North)

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : October 24, 2025

Responsibilities

• To responsibly, pro-actively and efficiently service the legal requirements of business units within Aspen SA Commercial. To manage and minimise Aspen Pharmacare’s legal and compliance risk.
• Commercial Agreements
• Provide well-considered, practical, high quality & timeous legal advice to enable Aspen’s 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 Aspen’s rights and obligations in terms of these agreements to ensure best outcome for Aspen
• 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 Aspen’s 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 Aspen’s 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 as required
• Legal Opinions / Legal Solutions
• Research legal implications of relevant legislation and case law as require
• 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 / ImprovingEfficiencies
• Assist in implementing projects e.g. 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 where 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 workshops or other formal learning opportunities

Educational Requirements

Knowledge & Experience Requirements

Soft Skills and Competency Requirements

Computer Skills Required

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