The position is for a legal counsel to join the South Africa franchise of The Coca-Cola Company to provide legal support and advice across the various functions within the Business. The responsibilities will include:
- Providing general legal advice to the South Africa business on strategies, risk management, compliance with internal policies and local legislation.
- Drafting commercial agreements and other documents of a contractual nature, including negotiating terms with related parties.
- Supporting Project Teams by providing counsel on all action steps required to close and implement merger transactions and new product launches, including drafting guidelines for rules of engagement and commercial agreements to ensure Business continuity post close of transaction.
- Fostering a culture of compliance and good governance with both internal Company policies and relevant local legislation, including conducting compliance training and lead involvement in audit matters.
- Providing competition law specific advice to the Business operations.
- Advising the Business on consumer law matters, including compliance with Consumer Protection legislation, handling consumer complaints and interacting with external entities/authorities including the National Consumer Commission and Advertising Regulatory Board.
- Legal representative on the Business’ critical incident management teams. The responsibility includes advising on critical matters from a legal and risk mitigation perspective.
- Providing Trademark and other relevant Intellectual Property advice to the Business.
- Legal representative for a cross-functional team which reviews all external communications and marketing materials. This includes highlighting any legal, trademark, reputational or public policy risks with the materials.
- Local Ethics Officer for South Africa. The role includes being responsible for assessing and providing guidance on Code of Business Conduct matters and potential conflict of interest matters.
Functional Skills
- Legal Advice:Ability to develop and effectively communicate sound legal advice and/or analysis, including the suggestion of alternative business solutions and best practices while considering client’s role, objectives and risk tolerance.
- Client Objectives and Risks: Ability to determine and understand client objectives and risk tolerance. Includes knowledge of methods and/or techniques used to determine to identify objectives or risk tolerance and ability to incorporate the information in making legal decisions.
- Legal Opinion: Strong ability to research and draft legal opinion in varied topics/subjects.
- Legal Research: Ability to conduct and analyze legal research to determine applicable legal principles. Knowledge of and ability to use legal research resources, including electronic research tools.
- Legal Solutions: Ability to devise legal solutions that reduce financial liability, costs and negative publicity to acceptable levels.
- Manage Outside Counsel: Ability to determine appropriate role of outside counsel, including setting parameters for involvement. Includes ability to determine appropriate staffing and controlling fees, cost and expenses.
- Communication. Good command of English (written and oral communication skills).
Experience
- Approx. 6 years post qualification experience practicing law (Admission to the Legal Practice Council South Africa).
- Corporate in-house experience and knowledge of intellectual property, trademark and competition laws are desirable.
Education
- Undergraduate Degree (i.e. B.A. or B.Com.);
- LLB Degree; and
- Admitted Attorney (Legal Council of South Africa).
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
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