Legal Counsel - Africa at Afrox

What you will enjoy doing

• As a Legal Counsel you will be responsible for provision of sound legal advice to all business units and functions within Afrox
• Understanding and implementing all laws, regulations and governance policies including all processes and procedures required to ensure compliance by the divisions/business units and company will be high on your agenda
• Contract drafting, reviewing and negotiation to successful completion and assists in proposing solutions for risk mitigation will be part of your responsibilities
• Dispute resolution management though effective execution of litigation, dispute, and collections matters internally, and management of outside counsel instructions and budgets will be a part of your role
• Additionally, you will support and guide the business units in the capturing and contracting of new business contracts, public and private contracts
• You will manage litigation matters and external counsel costs with a view to mitigate risk as best possible
• Lastly, you will proactively identify legal risks to the business and assist in developing strategies and internal documents to mitigate risk

What makes you great

•  You possess a Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Furthermore, you have 4 to 8 years of experience in the related field
• Being a registered attorney will be an advantage
• You demonstrate a strong command of legal and regulatory environment
• You possess strong corporate and commercial background such as drafting, negotiating, reviewing and drafting a wide range of agreements ranging from standard to bespoke agreements
• In addition, you have risk and compliance experience, within a multinational company
• Experience in cross border transactions in the engineering, industrial gasses, energy or related fields will be advantageous