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CareerMine Job Id: 542254 Job Summary
Title:	Legal Counsel	Employer Job Id:	-------
Location:	Gauteng	Posted Date:	June 10, 2011
Employer:	Subscriber - Log In to see Company Name	Closing Date:	August 12, 2011

Legal Counsel

The Legal counsel will be required to provide sound, effective and comprehensive legal advice relating to corporate and commercial law aspects in primarily South Africa and then in other jurisdictions within which the Group has interests.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

Minimum LLB LLM advantageous
Admitted attorney
Valid Code 08 drivers licence

Experience

Post admission experience of at least 5-7 years
Experience in commercial law
Experience in mining law advantageous
Sound understanding of the new Company’s Act and other key legislative laws relevant to the business operations
Experience in an advisory role to clients
Experience in merger and acquisition transactions
Due Diligences

Skills / Knowledge

Skills

Excellent legal drafting skills
Excellent communication skills
Commercially orientated
Strong appreciate for business

Key Attributes and Competencies

Delivery focused
Strong relationship building skills
Client relationship management/stakeholder orientated
Innovative
Open, honest and high integrity

Skills (Key technical skills required):

Computer Literacy: MS Office
Oral and written communication skills
Conflict handling and negotiation skills advantageous
Characteristics
Flexible and adaptable to different work environments and cultures
Ability to pay attention to the broader business
Ability to work under pressure and to remain calm in the face of deadlines, conflict, opposition or resistance
Ability to address issues and challenges appropriately
Ability to deliver on commitments and to take ownership
Ability to quickly grasp how the business works, understands how value is created and potentially lost at each step of the value chain and takes appropriate action to benefit the business

Job Specification

The role of the legal counsel requires a mature candidate who is able to effectively manage his/her legal role, take comprehensive instructions from internal clients, adequately brief external legal counsel, understand his/her role vis-a-vis internal clients and external counsel, proactively manage both internal and external client and stakeholder relationships and be able to work collaboratively in teams to meet and deliver swiftly on the business objectives of clients.
This role profile is solely as a guide to the role and additional role outcomes may be required to be performed.

Key deliverables

Provide sound, high quality business enabling legal advice to clients in a manner that is professional, clear, cost efficient and concise
Draft commercial agreements in accordance with client specific needs and objectives and deliver a service with due diligence and accuracy
Manage due diligence assignments timeously and accurately
Be business focussed and able to comprehend the business needs of clients
Work collaboratively in teams across different divisions and/or departments
Effectively manage client and stakeholder relationships
Proactively create awareness and communicate changes to legislation to clients to manage and/or reduce impact of possible risk to clients
Adequately and timeously comply with all reporting obligations (both internally and externally) strictly in accordance with Group Legal policies and guidelines
Avoid unnecessary overhead or unbudgeted costs and implement the legal process outsourcing model (where applicable
Ensure documents and agreements are drafted timeously and accurately
Legal compliance
Responsible for keeping abreast of changes to legislation and ensuring compliance across a range of disciplines impacting on the commercial nature of respective transactions.
Deliver services in a costs efficient manner. Implement and ensure strict adherence and compliance with external lawyer engagement policy. Comply with all agreed KPI’s

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