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Legal Counsel I

Takealot Group25 open roles

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Cape Town
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12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Takealot Group postings stay open a median of 8 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.3%7 days
  4. 19.3%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.1%60 days
This job: posted 5 days ago

Takealot Group median: 8 days open

The posting

Takealot Group, the largest and most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, is looking for a highly talented Legal Counsel I to join our Legal team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us.

Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel: Takealot.com/MrD,

Responsibilities will include:

  • Draft, review and assist with the negotiation of various commercial contracts on behalf of the Takealot Group businesses, eg Takealot.com and MrD.
  • Update and improve template documents
  • Advise on and attend to dispute resolution and general litigation matters
  • Advise on and attend to employment law matters
  • Advise on and attend to banking and finance legal matters
  • Manage the Takealot Group’s intellectual property portfolio and assist with the settlement of intellectual property disputes
  • Monitor and advise on new legal developments affecting the Takealot Group
  • Conduct legal research, draft legal opinions, and provide legal advice to the Takealot.com and MrD, as required
  • Provide and/or facilitate training
  • Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders of Takealot.com and MrD primarily and to the Group, as and when required
  • Assist with the design, implementation, and management of software and AI technology, and their standard operating procedures (SOPs), to aid the delivery of legal services to Takealot.com and MrD that is scalable to the Group
  • Support the legal team as required

Attributes:

  • Proactive with a consistently positive attitude
  • Team player
  • Good drafting skills
  • Ability to work hard independently and within a team
  • Ability to prioritise numerous competing tasks and meet deadlines
  • Ability to communicate well orally and in writing
  • Strong planning and organisational skills
  • Detail-oriented whilst remaining practical
  • Good working knowledge of South African law in general

Qualifications & Experience:

  • LLB, admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa
  • 3-5 years post-admission experience at the bar, a well-established law firm, or in the in-house legal department of a large corporate
  • Experience in corporate and commercial law is essential, and particularly in drafting and reviewing contracts
  • Experience leading and/or mentoring legal professionals

Preferred:

  • Experience in e-commerce or retail would be ideal

The Environment:

  • Takealot Group employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun, and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
  • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve
  • We are short on ego and high on output
  • We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all
  • We love what we do and what we are creating.

If you meet the above criteria and are an Extraordinary Mind, come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.

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