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 businessdevelopment), marketing, regulatory, medical services, HR, corporate governance and Cipla Foundation and to contribute to the drafting of policies and processes.
• 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 and to assist in managing litigation process, including sourcing and managing external counsel.
• 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.
• Maintaining Legal Database - Updating legal records for all legal documents, Filing of legal documents, Maintain a repository of all legal documents.

Educational qualifications
LLB / Equivalent or Degree in Law recognised in South Africa / admitted attorney or equivalent

Relevant experience:
• 5 - 8 years post-articles legal experience or equivalent
• Corporate and Commercial Law experience is prerequisite
• Negotiation and persuasive skills
• Litigation Management
• Good drafting skills
• Experience in employment/labour matters
• Self-motivated