Legal Advisor needed at hearX Group

Minimum education (essential):

• Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB / BCom)

Minimum education (desirable):

• Admitted Attorney of the High Court

Minimum applicable experience (years):

• Completed articles
• 4 years

Required nature of experience:

• Drafting of contracts and agreements
• Drafting of legal letters
• Research and drafting of opinions on company matters
• Setup and review of legal templates for agreements like NDA, Contractors and Licensing agreements 
• Representation, under supervision of Senior Legal Advisor or Legal & Regulatory Lead with external roleplayers

Team Collaboration 10%

• Contribute innovative ideas to projects. 
• Communicate effectively with team members and internal stakeholders, using communications channels appropriately.
• Provide proactive and timeous feedback on status reviews to the issuing party, line manager and top management.
• Disseminate information to relevant employees, training them as necessary on regulatory and legal requirements.

Contracts, Policies and Agreements 30%

• Support and enable the Company, under supervision of seniors and management to draft policies and procedures.
• Review and update policy wordings and other related documents as requested. 
• Draft, review and/or make suggestions on contracts to ensure that the contracts entered into by the Company are accurate and advantageous to the Company.
• Maintain and improve the Company’s internal contract template database.
• Maintain, improve review and/or make suggestions for  NDAs  in line with Company policy, as requested.
• Draft, review and/or make suggestions for  contracts  in line with Company policy, as requested.
• Assist with revision and initial  drafting of supplier agreements or terms, as requested. 
• Review customer-facing documents such as sales scripts, marketing assets, external marketing email communication, etc as requested by the Company.
• Review agreements for internal stakeholders as and when requested and provide relevant suggestions. 
• Provide appropriate legal advice, interpretation and opinions on contracts, policies and agreements as requested.

Legal Document Database Management 30%

• Ensure all legal documents are filed and labeled correctly. 
• Maintain the registry of all active agreements.
• Maintain an inventory of all actionable items from active agreements and ensure these are actioned appropriately and on time.
• Monitor agreements and timeously inform relevant parties of action required for renewals, amendments or terminations of agreements.
• Assist with keeping an accurate bank of all expired agreements, NDAs and Confidentiality agreements.

Compliance & Legal Advisory 15%

• Monitor changes and conduct research in the commercial and legal spheres within active markets, advising the Company on changes, risks and opportunities and implementing necessary changes.
• Assist and provide support with the legal due diligence process by identifying legal risks and enabling the Company to implement the appropriate controls to mitigate these risks.
• Assist management with 3rd party due diligence requests.
• Assist with the management of outsourced legal services in terms of engagement with external attorneys.
• Assist with communication regarding IP filing and compliance.
• Assist with maintaining Intellectual Property as well as liaising with internal stakeholders and external counsel regarding Intellectual Property matters. 
• Assist with US Insurance where requested.

Quality Management System Compliance 15%

• Maintain the legal register and any other legal documentation / policies in collaboration with the QMS system.
• Assist in the interpretation of identified legislation in terms of compliance to quality standards (ISO13485, CE Certification).
• Assist and implement requirements per legislation in terms of compliance to data and medical record standards (POPI, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Compile and disseminate information to relevant employees, training them as necessary on regulatory and legal requirements.
• Advise on privacy concerns and compliance within active product markets.
• Assist in the setup and maintenance of controls and documentation procedures.
• Perform internal legal review on existing processes, as requested.