Job Description:
Legal Contracts Officer
Introduction

International Company has a position for a Legal Contract Officer to Manage all legal contracts administration effectively.
Description
1 – 3 years post articles experience.
Experience in Commercial; Corporate or Property environment.
Preference will be given to candidates with Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A’s), but this is not a pre-requisite

Minimum requirements:
B.Comm Law with LLB or LLB
Admitted Attorney

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ability to resolve routine legal issues
• Research and analyze law sources such as statutes and legal precedent in order to analyze and/or draft legal documentation
• Manage, Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of legal documentation including but not limited to Lease Agreements, Purchase & Sale Agreements, Joint Venture Agreement, Contractors/ Vendors/ Suppliers Agreements, Confidentiality - and Non-disclosure, Resolutions and Exclusivity Agreements – from inception to completion. • Contract Management - Assisting with the routine review of system reporting within the legal team (e.g. outstanding contracts report, speed of turnaround of draft contracts, litigation reports etc.)
• Review and analyze Agreement. Summarize core terms and conditions and report on same.
• Strong ability to analyze risk, analyze companies’ exposure to risk and provide risk reports
• Preparation of legal letters, memos and reports
• Provide legal opinions, supported by the applicable legislation and/or legal position.
• Review and maintain litigation
• General legal advisor responsibilities
• Research and monitoring legal and regulatory development in industry areas
• Ability to fulfil company secretarial functions
• Normal administration duties applicable to a legal function
• Legal due diligence experience

EXPERIENCE:

1 – 3 years post articles experience.
Experience in Commercial; Corporate or Property environment.
Preference will be given to candidates with Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A’s), but this is not a pre-requisite

PERSONAL SKILLS

Contributing to Team Success
Managing Work
Initiating Action, being proactive and problem solver
Quick Decision Making
Attention to detail
Strong personality
Able to complete tasks promptly.
Excellent reasoning skills, define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
Sound written and verbal communication skills
Sound presentation skills
Able to work in extreme pressure environment while maintaining quality work and meeting tight deadlines
Able to work without supervision