Corporate Legal Counsel

Occupations

Job Description

The Corporate Legal Counsel for Unilever South Africa is responsible for the Customer Development function, Competition Law and Assistant Company Secretarial function.

Main Accountabilities

Corporate Counsel and Assistant Company Secretary
• Lead responsibility and ownership for all legal matters of the South African business
• Member of the South African Legal team in the African cluster and reports to the Regional General Counsel
• Ensure compliance with relevant corporate governance codes, and local corporate and securities law
• Provide corporate legal advice as and when requested
• Review proposals, documentation and business models for legal risk and propose legal & compliance solutions
• Corporate legal business partner to Comms, ensuring timely and adequate disclosure of
relevant information as and when required
• Corporate legal business partner to Tax, Pensions, Corporate Insurance and Finance

Local Competition Counsel
• Taking the lead to identify and manage competition law risk and providing advice that ensures achievement of Unilever’s objectives
• Advising on local competition law issues which may be of strategic importance to long-term business performance
• Advising the business on anti-trust law issues relevant to doing business, this will especially involve advice on our agreements with the trade, vertical supply chain relationships, R&D development arrangements
• Developing and maintaining policies, guidelines and training programmes on competition law,
• Planning conduct of substantial projects and litigation (and anti-trust inquiries)
• Representing Unilever in furtherance of strategic objectives in trade or industry associations
• Interfacing with external regulators and representing Unilever at external forums

Business Partnering
• Regularly meeting with and advising the Customer Development function on relationships with Customers
• Advising on the implementation of trade terms and pricing
• Identifying legally compliant solutions for achieving business objectives taking into account cost, risk and commercial consequences
• Reviewing and advising on Joint Business Plans
• Training and advising on the application of competition law

Job Requirements

Key Skills

• Influencing Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to build relationships
• Attention to detail
• Time and Delivery Management
• Ability to manage high case load
• Ability to work and deliver in a high pressure environment

Relevant Experience

• Minimum qualification – Law Degree
• +7 years post articles FMCG experience
• Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Contract Drafting
• Competition Law – (M&A and Prosecution)

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