Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracting and Disputes at Samsung Electronics

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

• To provide legal and compliance advice.
• Vetting and drafting of contracts.
• To provide assistance to the Litigation and Disputes Department
• To ensure that policies, procedures, agreements and practices comply with commercial, intellectual property (IP), labour and competition laws as well as all other statutory requirements.
• To provide assistance to the Compliance Department on an adhoc basis 

QUALIFICATIONS

• LLB Law degree.
• Admission as an attorney or Advocate (essential)

EXPERIENCE

• At least 4 years post-admission experience as a practicing attorney or in a legal advisory capacity dealing with legal commercial issues.
• At least 2 years’ experience as an  in-housel legal advisor
• Highly beneficial if the candidate has cross-border and in to Africa contracting and litigation experience

       
KPI / MAJOR TASKS      

• Providing of legal advice and legal support to the Business units
• Vetting and drafting of contracts
• Compliance, risk, litigation, contract and legal management
• Both Legal and Non-legal Administrative work.

R&Rs:
(Key Activities) 

• Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual reporting.
• Review and drafting of SCA and SSA Sales and supply contracts, logistics and distribution contracts , third party and vendor contracts.
• Providing of support to the Litigation lead in relation to both SSA and SCA disputes and customer complaints
• Attend to legal queries from both SSA and SCA Business units
• Liaising with and the oversight of external attorneys on contractual issues and disputes.
• Contract negotiation
• Specialised Project work in relation to contract compliance
• Update and maintain contract completion statistic for management presentations
• Providing of support to the Compliance lead in relation to both SSA and SCA compliance and regulatory issues  

REQUIRED SKILL & COMPETENCIES

Technical:

• Knowledge of relevant national and international legislation and codes of good practice (e.g. Labour, Commercial, Contract and Litigation), as well as knowledge on Inco Terms
• Knowledge of current legal, statutory and regulatory issues
• Superior drafting and vetting of contract skills
• Excellent communication skills (including report writing)
• Ability to understand and deal with complex legal matters

Behavioural:

• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
• Information gathering
• Sound and ethical Judgement
• Ability to adapt to new and pressurised environments
• Ability to work as part of a team and self-driven

ATTRIBUTES:

• Honesty
• Responsive
• Professionalism
• Resilient