Senior Legal Advisor at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

Role overview

• An exciting opportunity exists within the Group Legal team to provide comprehensive legal solutions on all complex internal and commercial contractual business challenges within Old Mutual and its associated companies. The aim will be to provide sound legal advice, ensuring compliance to legal requirements and minimizing risk of non-compliance. May provide work leadership and mentoring to less experienced legal advisers.

Key Result Areas

Legal Services

• Attending to all legal and regulatory aspects of large transactions and projects, including the briefing and management of external lawyers and the negotiation of various agreements.
• Vetting or drafting of commercial agreements and other legal documents, including complex multi-agreement transactions of high value and impact, corporate finance, joint venture and company-related agreements, procurement, services, service level and outsourcing agreements, information technology related agreements, sponsorship and marketing agreements
• Research and provision of legal opinions.
• Assisting internal clients with advice on legislation and alignment of business processes and contracts in accordance with legislation.
• Potentially representing Old Mutual in interactions with regulatory authorities and financial services industry bodies.
• Providing holistic and commercially minded solutions to clients.
• Managing legal costs when external legal services providers are utilized.

Team Effectiveness

• Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
• Creates a climate for optimal performance.
• Individually accountable for staff time, tasks and output quality.
• Works across the Legal community in operational jurisdictions, assisting with coaching, mentoring and growing the skills base of the resources.

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications and Experience required

• LLB or equivalent.
• Must be an admitted attorney.
• Have a minimum of 8 years’ exposure to a legal practice or in-house legal department (post having been admitted as an attorney) dealing primarily with commercial work/drafting and vetting of a wide variety of contracts of the nature described above.
• Experience in the financial services sector including a sound knowledge of legislation and regulatory directives/guidelines pertinent to the financial services industry.
• Experience in insurance law, company law, JSE listing requirements, competition law and high court litigation will be advantageous.
• People management experience will be advantageous.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Ability to articulate well and communicate with stakeholders across all levels, particularly senior and executive management.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills with attention to detail, logical thought processes and sound judgment and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of all information both from internal and external sources.
• Excellent organisational, people, planning and prioritising skills.
• Be reliable

Closing Date

11 February 2023