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:** [**](http://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 [](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 [](http://takealot.com) and MrD, as required - Provide and/or facilitate training - Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders of [](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 [](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.*