Legal Officer

In brief

**Overview** This is an explanation of a Legal Officer role based in Century City, Cape Town. The position is with FROGG Recruitment's client, who is seeking a Legal Officer to assist with corporate matters, including reviewing and preparing documentation, contracts, and commercial law issues. The salary for this role is negotiable. **What you will do** The Legal Officer will be responsible for: * Processing general queries regarding contract, commercial, corporate, and statutory law, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. * Monitoring and enforcing 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, particularly within FMCG Statutory Compliance. * Actively resolving general legal queries across the business while ensuring operational compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) regarding consumer database handling. * Ensuring corporate advertising, marketing campaigns, and product packaging comply with local and international trade laws and statutory packaging frameworks. * Identifying operational legal liabilities in logistics, warehousing, and inventory management, and formulating corrective actions to minimize corporate risk. * Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a range of client contracts, including high-value commercial retail agreements, trading terms, and service level agreements (SLAs) with major retail groups, wholesale networks, and international distributors. * Managing contracts for raw material procurement, outsourced manufacturing, third-party logistics (3PL), and global freight/shipping. * Reviewing and structuring marketing agreements, digital influencer contracts, and trademark licensing or co-branding agreements to protect corporate intellectual property. * Leading direct negotiations with client legal teams to protect margins, establish balanced liability caps, and formalize return-of-stock or promotional rebate structures. * Advising on general commercial and legal matters within the Divisions and Business Units. * Serving as the first point of contact for sales, marketing, procurement, and supply chain divisions to streamline operational legal friction. * Advising internal teams on resolving supplier disputes, logistics bottlenecks, product quality claims, and inventory shortfalls. * Overseeing the enforcement of the company's brand assets, monitoring the market for trademark infringements or passing-off actions. * Assisting in compiling briefs and managing timelines for external attorneys or trademark agents when formal litigation or international brand registration is required. * Assisting with Company Secretarial affairs as and where required by the Group Legal & Company Secretary, including preparing board packs, drafting agendas, and formulating minutes for formal executive and corporate committee meetings. * Administering filings with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), including directorship changes, company disclosures, and annual return submissions. * Ensuring all internal governance processes align with the South African Companies Act and King IV principles. * Maintaining up-to-date statutory registers, share books, and a secure repository for executed corporate resolutions. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Commercial Law Degree (LLB & preferably an admitted attorney) * 3-4 years post-article experience or 5 years’ experience in a corporate commercial role. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for a legal professional with a Commercial Law Degree (LLB), preferably an admitted attorney, who possesses 3-4 years of post-article experience or 5 years of experience in a corporate commercial role. The ideal candidate will be proficient in contract, commercial, corporate, and statutory law, demonstrating the ability to manage compliance, draft and negotiate complex agreements, mitigate risks across various business functions, and provide support for company secretarial affairs. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/century-city/legal-officer-id-7611620 Source: jobmail

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