Legal Advisor at Unitrans

Job Advert Summary    

• An opportunity has arisen for a Legal Advisor accountable for taking the day to day legal responsibilities and providing legal advice that includes all the aspects of the analysis, investigation and drafting process. He/she is responsible for providing support in discrete legal issues by advising the organization, drafting undertakings and structuring remedies for the relevant issues.
• Please refer to the minimum requirements, duties and responsibilities below for further information.

Minimum Requirements    

•  LLB / B. Proc degree and admission as an attorney /advocate Not less than 2 years post admission experience.
• Experience with POPIA, Data Processing Agreements and supplier and procurement agreements is advantageous.

Duties & Responsibilities    

Commercial Legal

• Draft, vet, negotiate and interpret commercial agreements, legal correspondence and memoranda within defined timelines;
• Review external commercial agreements and other legal documents received from third parties to advise internal stakeholders on the acceptability thereof and to align it with Group policies;
• Identify, manage and advise on legal and contractual risk;
• Draft risk summaries to highlight risks in agreements;
• Assist with tenders for different divisions;
• Assist with contract management including timeous signing of agreements, following up on status of agreements, timeous renewal of agreements etc.

Litigation

• Assist in advising on appropriate action in variety of legal matters including labour, commercial and / or civil litigation and criminal actions;
• Assist in co-ordinating legal matters requiring external legal assistance;
• Assist in management of all company disputes.

General

• Provide strategic and practical legal advice and support to various business units to assist their operational teams to strategically deal with legal challenges within their operations;
• Independently attend to legal research on complex matters and prepare concise legal opinions for consideration and implementation by the operational teams;
• Keep abreast with new legislative and industry developments to provide general legal advice and support to various business units;
• Compile reports on commercial legal and litigious matters for Executives;
• Interact with Executive Committee, various subsidiaries, business units and external stakeholders on legal related matters.