Legal Counsel

Job Purpose:

Provide legal support to all businesses of Cipla in One Africa to ensure the legal compliance of such businesses, under the supervision of the –Head of Legal – One Africa.

Key Accountabilities:

• Legal Support: To provide strategic legal support and advice to all stakeholders in One Africa in a range of business areas, including finance, commercial (sales, marketing and business development), marketing, regulatory, medical services, HR, corporate governance and Cipla Foundation.
• To contribute to the drafting of policies and processes.
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• Dispute and Litigation Management: To assist in advising on and managing disputes with the view to resolve disputes in a cost-effective manner, before proceeding with arbitration or litigation.
• To assist in managing litigation process, including sourcing and managing external counsel.
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• Contract Drafting and Review: Draft and review contracts for every business area across the organisation.
• Draft master agreements for recurring business models so as to standardise key terms and streamline the contract review process.
• Ensure that contracts are of a consistently high quality, practically implementable, substantially fulfils the businesses’ requirements, and are compliant with the relevant legislation.
• Good drafting skills
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• Maintaining Legal Database: Updating legal records for all legal documents
• Filing of legal documents