Legal Counsel Global Grade 13

at  Barloworld Equipment

KEY OUTPUT

This position is responsible for providing legal solutions to complex legal and business challenges to mitigate against legal risk and partner with the business. The role is focused around the delivery of reliable, accurate, timely and well-informed advice on legal issues.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide legal guidance on matters
• Reduce external legal spend but attending to matters in house except where the nature of the matter is specific such as competition law etc.
• Provie guidance and management to legal intern
• Identify and communicate potential legal risks
• Monitor relevance of legal documentation to ensure consistency in the different BWE regions
• Engage Divisional Disputes manager at an early stage on contentious matters so as to proactively resolve disputes to avoid court litigation
• Engage external law firms to obtain expert opinion on specialist areas of law
• Develop and implement good contracting practices including providing legal awareness training and creating templates
• Organisational awareness
• Internal “client” (business) management
• Ensure compliance with internal legal and other procedures and policies
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders
• Participate in planned activities that are appropriate for own employee development
• Prioritisation and planning
• Apply legal principles, facts and precedents to recommend the adoption of an effective, practical and proper course of action

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of eight years PQE at a reputable law firm/commercial legal environment

Please refer the Job description for details