Job Ref #: VAWLA001
Industry: Legal
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 1

Job Description

• The V&A Waterfront Group of Companies (“the V&A”) owns, develops and manages retail, commercial, marine and industrial, hospitality (hotels) and residential to let properties within the V&A Waterfront precinct. It is accordingly a complex and diverse business.

   

• The Legal Advisor is responsible for ensuring a high standard of legal risk management as well as legal compliance with applicable legislation, rules, directives and policies pertaining to the business.

   

• The Legal Advisor is, inter alia, responsible for:
• drafting, reviewing, vetting and negotiating diverse agreements and leases applicable to the business and other legal documentation;
• dispute resolution (attending to disputes, including instituting and defending legal proceedings as required, providing instruction to and managing external service providers);
• various other matters pertaining to legal corporate practice such as insurance and trademarks; and
• conducting legal research and providing practical and operational legal advice to the business on a wide range of issues that affect or may affect the business.

Job Requirements

The following job objectives were found to be relevant to this job:

 StakeholderManagement

·       Engage with a variety of colleagues at all levels as well as external service providers

·       Support and advise all internal BU’s on all legal matters

·       Continuously liaise with and provide information/feedback to and explain legal processes to relevant parties

·       Liaise, provide instruction to and manage external legal service providers when necessary

·       Clarify and scrutinize information and advice provided

·       Status reporting

·       Provide in house training as required

·         Provide teamwork and support across the Legal and Corporate Services BU

Legal Compliance and Legal Risk Management

·       Ensure legal compliance and good governance with applicable legislation, rules, directives and all V&A policies and procedures at all times

·       Assessment of risk for the business in all matters

·       Identify risks and implement controls and actions in order to mitigate these as required

·       Establishing and implementing appropriate procedures and processes as required

 

Agreements

·       Drafting, negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements for the business, including service legal agreements, marketing related agreements, various leases and related development agreements, and all ancillary documentation relating to the conduct of the business.

·       Reviewing and alignment of template agreements for all BU’s including residential related

agreements, mooring related agreements, marketing relation agreements, commercial leases, retail leases, service level agreements

·         At all times taking account of:

o    stakeholder considerations

o    commercial considerations

o    the operational considerations of the business

·       At all times being proactive; efficient and effective

 

Dispute Resolution

·       Strategic decision making in respect of practicality, risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis

·       Attend to all dispute resolution in respect of the business, including instituting and defending formal proceedings

·       Instructions to and management of external legal counsel as necessary

·         At all times taking account of:

o    stakeholder considerations

o    commercial considerations

o    the operational considerations of the business

·       At all times being proactive; efficient and effective

 

General Legal Advice

·     Provide accurate, informed and understandable legal advice on a wide range of matters for all BU’s, as required

·     Proactively identify emerging, new and existing legislation, rules and directives relating to the business and interpret the impact thereof on the business.

·       At all times taking account of:     stakeholder considerations

 

Educational requirements relevant to this job:

·       LLB Degree

·       Admitted Attorney

 

Knowledge requirements relevant to this job:

·       Key legislation

·       Legal Practice

·       Dispute Resolution Processes (High Court; Magistrates Court; Arbitration)

·       Legal drafting

·       Legal interpretation

·       Legal Research

 

Skills requirements relevant to this job:

 

·       Business/Commercial Acumen and ability to apply the law practically to business operations

·       Analytical

·       Meticulous attention to detail

·       Financial Reasoning

·       Excellent interpersonal skills

·       Excellent Verbal and Written Communication

·       Integrity and Professionalism

·       Time Management, must proactively prioritise work on several tasks at once

·       Practical and efficient

·       Excellent research ability and interpretation skills

·       Ability to work independently

·       Solution focused and agile

 

Experience requirements relevant to this job:

 

·       Completed Legal articles

·       5+ Years Relevant Corporate Experience, preferably in the property management field