Legal Advisor

Job Position: Legal Advisor

Ref: 4018

Location: Port Elizabeth (Markman)

Salary: R30 000 per month commensurate with experience and qualification

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Qualifications / Requirements:

• Relevant Degree
• Minimum of 3 years legal experience
• Knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge and experience with Lexis WinDeed and Lexis Nexis
• Energetic, independent, self-motivated and a hands-on person
• Good team player with a positive mindset
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask
• Time and priority management skills

Key performance Areas:

• Drafting and negotiate contracts:

-      From consultant contracts to collaboration agreements

-      Must be familiar with drawing up and arranging terms of various  types of contracts

-      Reviewing existing contracts and creating new documents

• Ensure compliance with corporate laws::

-      Well-versed in corporate law and review all company practices and processes to ensure that the company is working within all legal limits

-      Understand all legal regulations pertaining to the  specific business

• Budget and financial management:

-      Verify invoices submitted by attorneys, counsel and other external service providers and ensure that legal fees do not exceed agreed parameters

-      Load and track legal expenses electronically

• Professional service delivery:

-      Negotiate, draft, review and vet contracts to meet requirements and ensure that these are aligned with corporate governance precepts - disclosure, transparency, risk management

-      Provide strategic legal advice, negotiate legal agreements and draft the relevant legal documents for corporate finance transactions

-      Oversee and manage corporate finance legal transactions

-      Oversee, manage, control and perform the legal due diligence process for corporate finance transactions

-      Assist with the implementation of corporate finance transactions

-      Identify the impact of changes in legislation, regulations and codes of practice on internal legal processes and policies

-      Proactively review applicable legislation and case law and remain up to date with legal trends

-      Analyze company policies and, where applicable, provide solutions that will ensure compliance with legislation and business imperatives

-      Monitoring the implementation of the legal clause

-      Stakeholder relationship building, networking and management