Senior Legal Advisor

Purpose of the Job

The purpose of the Senior Legal Advisor role is to provide legal advisory and regulatory support services related to multifunctional activities across the Group, including non-RSA. The role interacts with a variety of internal and external stakeholders such as operational functional teams, attorneys, consultants etc. Business stakeholders will look to you for proactive, collaborative legal advice on a variety of legal topics.

Job Objectives

Providing general legal support and advice to functional business Drafting various commercial agreements including lease, purchase and sale, service, financial agreements Review legal documentation and provide advice Providing support and legal advisory services to other operational entities. Drafting and facilitating board resolutions as required. Providing legal advice and opinions (with or without external legal opinion or referral). Drafting and facilitating legal correspondence (e.g., letter of demand, etc.) Overseeing legal matters that require external legal assistance Working with the compliance team and functional business areas to assess legal compliance, and support activities to remedy legal non-compliance - support the legal team to identify deficiencies in internal controls, policies and other contractual orientated agreements and templates. Provide support with ad hoc multi-disciplinary projects that require regulatory input, which includes, but is not limited to new laws and regulations to be implemented, due diligence reviews of third parties and/or employees, strategic planning sessions and new products and services etc.

Qualifications Completed legal degree (essential). Admitted attorney with related experience (essential). Experience Admitted attorney with related experience (essential). Minimum 5 years post-articles experience with legal drafting exposure in a legal advisory capacity; Knowledge and Skills

Must be comfortable with commercial agreements such as sale or purchase of business agreements, commercial lease agreements, the commercial/retail leasing environment and applicable principles, company resolutions and all legislation applicable to the retail leasing industry.

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Information :

• Company : Shoprite Group
• Position : Senior Legal Advisor
• Location : Johannesburg, Gauteng
• Country : ZA