Legal Associate

Job Description

• Provide legal advice
• Conduct legal research
• Drafting legal contracts and negotiating the terms of the contract
• Ensure regulatory compliance
• Documenting SOPs and identification of gaps between SOPS
• Ensuring best company practises and good corporate governance
• Grant application
• Data Protection Officer
• Incorporating companies in new markets and ensuring compliance with the local regulatory requirements thereafter
• Merger and acquisition + performing due diligence
• Liaising with regulatory authorities on new regulatory requirements
• Various ad hoc tasks

Key Qualifications

• Degree in Law or equivalent
• Proven experience as a legal counsel in a business/SME environment
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
• Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation
• Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information
• Excellent communication and analytical skills