Group Legal Counsel

About the role

Amicorp Group is looking for a Group Legal professional based in Cape Town. The role covers legal matters for the Group and its client entities, including legal, regulatory and contractual issues with authorities, regulators, auditors, partners, vendors, banks and others, and ensures compliance with all applicable laws and treaties.

Key responsibilities

• Keep internal entities in good standing and monitor statutory, regulatory and compliance requirements globally
• Implement policies and procedures on legal due diligence, good standing and compliance, and handle legal and administrative matters of internal entities
• Review, amend, update and approve standard corporate and commercial agreements, documents and legal manuals for client entities
• Draft, amend and review legal documents, including non-standardized ones, and draft vendor and business agreements
• Monitor legal and regulatory aspects of products and information, and follow corporate and tax law developments
• Coordinate and supervise legal disputes with third parties with the Head of Group Legal
• Provide legal training, information and advice on corporate and tax law, and give strategic and operational legal support to other offices
• Act as Data Protection Officer, applying EU GDPR and drafting related policies, procedures and agreements
• Support local management teams and account managers, and act as a trusted advisor to clients, charging for client work
• Record client billable time, handle pricing, invoicing and collection, and track productivity against targets
• Act as director, trustee, nominee, manager, secretary or authorized signatory where required, and take on other duties asked by management or HR

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Law, specializing in Contract Law and Company Law; additional company law qualifications highly beneficial
• At least 12-15 years of experience in corporate services and/or financial services, preferably with international exposure
• Good understanding of financial services legislation and international requirements such as beneficial ownership, tax compliance, economic substance, data protection, transfer pricing and corporate governance
• Excellent English fluency; additional languages preferred

Required skills

• Strong commercial, analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent communication and client-facing abilities
• Ability to work in a small, dynamic local team within a larger matrix organization
• Knowledge of operational efficiency, quality management and control