Senior Legal Counsel
Permanent @DSV posted 1 week ago in Legal Services Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 9737
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Work Model: In-Office / On-Site
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Experience Level: 5+ Years
Job Description
Qualifications
- Degree in Law: LLB
- Intermediate computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Contract management systems
Job Requirements
- 5 Post Qualification years relevant industry experience in a Senior Position.
- Holistic knowledge of laws relating to transport and logistics, including Contract, Corporate, Civil, Interpretation of statutes and contracts.
- Admission as an Attorney (2-year practice experience).
- Experience in Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Commercial Agreements, locally and internationally (Sub-Saharan Africa).
- Technical knowledge of legal structures and agreements within transport and logistics industry.
- Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to understand complex legal concepts.
- Knowledge and experience of applicable Laws and Regulations with the ability to provide training to key stakeholders.
- Experience in steering External Legal Counsel for litigious matters.
- Excellent fluency in English.
- Leadership Skills.
- Problem Solving skills.
- Excellent Communication skills.
- Must be able to self-manage tasks (includes effectively communicating with stakeholders).
- Proven track record of dealing with people at all levels within the organization.
- Effective time management.
Added Advantages for this role
- LLM, MBA preferred.
- Transport and Logistics Industry knowledge.
- Strong personality with an ability to get the necessary messages across.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Draft/vet and review a variety of corporate legal contracts (supplier & customer).
- Keeping abreast of new/changed legislation and informing the business to ensure understanding of risks and commercial implications.
- Protecting the company’s interest, risk management and compliance with corporate governance, guidelines and procedures.
- Negotiation on behalf of the business in order to attain value.
- Negotiation with third parties to ensure appropriate contractual relationships and minimise risks.
- Identify matters requiring specialist legal input and instruct and liaise with appropriate external counsel.
- Liaise with external attorneys and prepare comprehensive brief to attorneys where necessary.
- Co-ordinating and managing litigation matters with external attorneys and counsel and interpreting or proposing recommendations for the business.
- Drafting legal opinions.
- Conduct legal research of significant legal issues.
- Keep abreast of company policies
Other Duties
- Timely and comprehensive response of assigned tasks.
- Execution of projects and day-to-day tasks.
- Focus on performance and deadlines.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders.