Overview
Legal Counsel Jobs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at Cipla Africa
Title: Legal Counsel
Company: Cipla Africa
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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.
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.
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
