Senior Legal Advisor (Sandton) at Blue Label Telecoms

Job Purpose

• Responsible for drafting commercial agreements and the provision of legal advisory services in that regard to ensure the effective management of Legal and Contractual risks, Compliance with Laws and Group Commercial Legal guidelines with the aim of contributing to a secured and profitable organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Advisory

• Negotiating commercial interests across various functions and roles within Blue Label Telecoms Group.
• Thorough knowledge of commercial law and the ability to draft and advise on operational commercial contacts essential. Knowledge and ability, alternatively aptitude for Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance would be an added advantage.
• Provide legal advice and opinions.
• Advise the Regulatory and Compliance Department regarding compliance and regulatory matters.
• Manage and participate in various projects undertaken by different departments from a legal perspective.
• Management of litigation and active engagement in on-going disputes resolution matters.
• Manage legal relationships with Operations and Blue Label business and trade partners.
• Positive and outcomes-based approach and personality. Your personality must be such that you are able to perform and produce without any supervision or oversight.
• Perform liaison functions with external law firms.
• Provide assurance that all commercial standards and expectations are delivered throughout program
• Identification of possible risk, and manager the implementation of mitigating strategies.
• Tracking and enforcing key contract terms.
• Assist with development of methodologies, Change Management, Governance and Key legal terms and conditions.
• Tracking and enforcing key contract terms.
• Management of non-adherence to contractual commitments.
• Initiate and participate in fulfilment of contract requirements. Serve as a business advisor to internal customers on the contracts.
• Manage the process of ensuring subject matter expert opinion is implemented in draft contracts and templates. 

Strategy and Planning

• Participate in creating of sub-divisional strategy in line with overarching divisional goals with emphasis on client experience (internal and external)
• Participate in effective implementation of sub-divisional strategy by means of providing direction, structure, business plans and support. 

Legal Risk Management

• Review and provide legal advice on any matters.
• Review ongoing cases and advise management accordingly.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of actions have been taken.
• Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.
• Comply with legal risk management policy and ensure its implementation across the company.
• Review all contracts and other documents where the company has committed itself and assess legal implications that need to be brought to the management’s attention.
• Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Ensure preparation, review and modification of contractual instruments to assist various business activities.
• Assist Risk and Compliance Department in formulation of compliance checklist to be used for the purpose of ensuring that all information required is provided accordingly.
• Continuously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise management accordingly.
• Prepare litigation reports for business.

Requirements

Competencies

 The incumbent is required to have demonstrated the following competencies:

• Energetic and Positive Team Participant.
• Strong Business Acumen (Commercial mindset): The role does not only require legal skills but the ability to interrogate, question and sanction operational commercial terms.
• Delivery: Deliverables are the only measure. The environment is not one of “clock watching”. The outcomes must simply be achieved, albeit at all costs in circumstances that demand that.
• Ability to embrace a flat structure. Titles and pay grades are not any indication of relevance or seniority. All employees are required to work as equals to achieve the organisation’s common goals. 

Education

• Matric - Essential
• LLB - Essential
• Admitted Attorney 

Experience

• 5 years or more post qualification experience in General Commercial Law

Other Requirements

• Ability to operate independently of a personal assistant, with requisite software, administration and typing skills ordinarily required in a corporate commercial environment