Legal Counsel II

Takealotcom; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Takealot Group in Cape Town is seeking a Legal Counsel II to join our busy Legal team. You will draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts for Takealot Group businesses, including Takealot.com and MrD, and provide proactive legal advice.

You will oversee employment law matters, IP, litigation support, and help implement SOPs for software and AI tools to scale legal services across the group. The role requires strong drafting skills, SA law qualification, and mentoring junior lawyers.

Qualifications

• LLB, admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa.
• 5-8 years post-admission experience at the bar, a well-established law firm, or in-house legal department of a large corporate.
• Experience in corporate and commercial law, and drafting and reviewing contracts.
• Experience leading and mentoring legal professionals.
• Experience in e-commerce or retail would be ideal.

Responsibilities

• 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 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 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 to mentor and develop other legal team members
• Assist with the design, implementation, and management of software and AI technology, and their 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

Skills

Strong drafting skills

Analytical thinking

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

LLB, admitted attorney or advocate in South Africa

Tools

Legal research databases

Microsoft Office

Job description

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 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 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 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 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
• is 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.