Legal Officer - Frogg Recruitment
Century City, Western Cape, South Africa, 7441
9 hour(s) ago
Permanent
Salary Negotiable
Legal Officer
Frogg Recruitment
Century City, Western Cape, South Africa, 7441
•
9 hour(s) ago
•
Permanent
Salary Negotiable
Legal Officer Century City Cape Town
Our client is looking for a Legal Officer to assist with corporate, matters reviewing and preparation of documentations, contracts and commercial law.
Salary: Negotiable
Min Requirements
- Commercial Law Degree (LLB & preferably an admitted attorney)
- 3-4 years post-article experience or 5 years’ experience in a corporate commercial role.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities Processing of general queries in terms of contract, commercial, corporate, and statutory law and ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
- FMCG Statutory Compliance: Monitor and enforce adherence to specific industry regulations including the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), National Credit Act (NCA), Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, and local agricultural/trade regulations.
- Risk & Privacy Management: Actively resolve general legal queries across the business while ensuring operational compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) regarding consumer database handling.
- Product & Labeling Advisory: Ensure corporate advertising, marketing campaigns, and product packaging comply with local and international trade laws and statutory packaging frameworks.
- Risk Mitigation: Identify operational legal liabilities in logistics, warehousing, and inventory management, formulating corrective actions to minimize corporate risk.
- Commercial Retail Agreements: Draft, review, and negotiate high-value client contracts, trading terms, and service level agreements (SLAs) with major retail groups, wholesale networks, and international distributors.
- Supply Chain Frameworks: Manage contracts for raw material procurement, outsourced manufacturing, third-party logistics (3PL), and global freight/shipping.
- Brand Protection & Licensing: Review and structure marketing agreements, digital influencer contracts, and trademark licensing or co-branding agreements to protect corporate intellectual property.
- Contractual Negotiations: Lead direct negotiations with client legal teams to protect margins, establish balanced liability caps, and formalize return-of-stock or promotional rebate structures.
- Cross-Functional Partnering: Serve as the first point of contact for sales, marketing, procurement, and supply chain divisions to streamline operational legal friction.
- Trade Dispute Resolution: Advise internal teams on resolving supplier disputes, logistics bottlenecks, product quality claims, and inventory shortfalls.
- Intellectual Property Protection: Oversee the enforcement of the company's brand assets, monitoring the market for trademark infringements or passing-off actions.
- External Counsel Management: Assist in compiling briefs and managing timelines for external attorneys or trademark agents when formal litigation or international brand registration is required.
- Corporate Governance: Assist in preparing board packs, drafting agendas, and formulating minutes for formal executive and corporate committee meetings.
- CIPC Maintenance: Administer filings with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), including directorship changes, company disclosures, and annual return submissions.
- Framework Adherence: Ensure all internal governance processes align with the South African Companies Act and King IV principles.
- Statutory Records: Maintain up-to-date statutory registers, share books, and a secure repository for executed corporate resolutions.
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