Legal Counsel II

Takealot Group, the largest and most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, is looking for a highly talented Legal Counsel II 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. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel: Takealot.com/MrD , your responsibilities will include:

- Draft, review and assist with the negotiation of various commercial contracts on behalf of the Takealot Group businesses, eg Takealot.com (http://takeal.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 franchise network legal 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 (http://takealot.com) and MrD, as required

- Provide and/or facilitate training

- Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders of Takealot.com (http://takealot.com) and MrD primarily and to the Group, as and when required

- Assist to mentor and develop other legal team members

- 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 (http://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-orientated whilst remaining practical

- Good working knowledge of South African law in general

Qualifications & Experience:

- LLB, admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa

- 5-8 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

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

- is respectful but forthright

- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute

- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions

- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours

- is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience

- is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster

- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input

- is curious and challenge the status quo

- is innovative and enjoys iteration

- is collaborative

- will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for the Takealot Group

- thinks like an owner of the business

- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

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.