Legal Learner - Johannesburg at Cepheid

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Legal learner will provide support to the Legal Counsel to resolve multi discipline and multifunctional/process problems and to support the compliance team in its initiatives across Africa.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provision of High-Quality Legal Advice/Services:

• Provide high-quality legal and related advice/analysis on all areas of company business;
• Draft, interpret, and negotiate company contracts, letters, filings, and other documentation;
• Liaise with other parties’ legal advisors/representatives as required;
• Undertake legal research as required;

Management of External Legal Providers

•  Manage the sourcing of external legal services;
•  Draft briefing material for external providers of legal services;

Ensuring Corporate, Contractual and Regulatory Compliance

• Implement and manage appropriate systems and processes to ensure ongoing compliance with company and director/officer responsibilities and obligations under law, regulation, license, contract and other applicable codes, including, inter alia:
• Implementing and managing appropriate systems and processes for identifying, and monitoring changes to Company’s obligations in a timely manner;
• Apprising staff and management, as applicable, of the nature of those obligations;
• Providing legal and related advice regarding the actions and measures necessary to secure/facilitate compliance with the aforementioned obligations;
• Development of guidance, policies, handbooks, manuals, etc., as required to secure/facilitate ongoing compliance;

Provision of Company Secretarial Services

• Contract drafting. Ensure favorable T&C’s for the company, including facilitating contractual risk management.
• Act as an escalation point within a Business Group for contractual matters.
• Resolution of referred commercial contractual matters during the contract lifecycle, including escalations of disputed contractual changes
• Interaction with several internal departments to ensure suitable contractual alignment is achieved with sub-contractors/suppliers;
• Support Contract changes, renegotiations and extensions with customer where required.

TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES: (REQUIRED)

• Complete all assigned and required training satisfactorily and on time.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education or Experience (in years):

• Law degree and completion of articles

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge and interest in the Medical Devices Industry