Corporate Lawyer

Description:

Core Responsibilities
1. Corporate Governance & Legal Structuring
- Provide legal support on company formation, directorship changes, shareholder arrangements, and legal structuring across group entities.
- Draft, update, and maintain MOIs, shareholder agreements, resolutions, board charters, and committee terms of reference.
- Ensure board and committee activities align with the Companies Act, King IV, and best practice governance standards.

2. Legal Compliance & Regulatory Management
- Monitor compliance with Companies Act, CIPC filings, FICA, POPIA, PAIA, B-BBEE regulations, and other sector-specific legislation.
- Coordinate with external compliance officers or auditors on legal due diligence, audits, and filings.
- Develop and implement internal legal SOPs and frameworks for company-wide compliance.

3. Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring
- Assist in the legal evaluation, negotiation, and execution of M&A transactions, business sales, and restructures.
- Conduct or manage legal due diligence, contract reviews, deal term analysis, and documentation.
- Draft and review term sheets, sale agreements, subscription agreements, resolutions, and closing documentation.


4. Contract Management & Legal Advisory
- Draft and negotiate a wide range of corporate and commercial contracts, including joint ventures, shareholder agreements, MOUs, licensing, finance agreements, and business services contracts.
- Provide strategic legal input into risk allocation, limitation of liability, indemnity clauses, and exit terms.
- Review legal implications of operational decisions and support business strategy from a legal lens.

5. Board & Stakeholder Engagement
- Advise executive management and boards on legal implications of business decisions, governance gaps, or stakeholder concerns.
- Draft board packs, resolutions, and legal memoranda for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support corporate secretarial functions and maintain group-wide statutory records.

Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum Education: LLB Degree
- Professional Admission: Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
- Preferred: Postgraduate qualification in Corporate Law, Company Law, or Commercial Law
- Experience:
- Minimum 710 years post-admission experience, with at least 5 years in a corporate/commercial legal environment.
- Experience working in-house or as external counsel for multi-entity, high-growth, or regulated businesses.

Technical Skills
- Strong drafting skills for corporate and transactional documents.
- Familiarity with CIPC platforms, regulatory filings, and corporate secretarial tools.
- Proficiency in contract management systems and document retention policies.
- Able to interpret and apply governance frameworks (King IV, JSE rules, BEE Co