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Legal Counsel

Required Outputs : Functional

Provide general legal support to subsidiaries and business divisions within The Company Mining , focusing on :

Commercial law

Litigation

Mergers and Acquisitions

Debt collection

Contract law

Corporate law

Dispute resolution

Supervise external service providers on a cost-benefit basis.

Maintain relationships with external legal advisors, both locally and cross-border.

Conduct legal research and develop frameworks; analyse local and international trends that could impact the business.

Assess compliance with labour legislation, both locally and across borders.

Drive business improvement initiatives related to ethics and corporate governance.

Qualifications and Expertise Required

LLB degree (mandatory).

Admitted attorney of the High Court.

5 to 8 years of post-qualification experience.

Substantial experience in corporate commercial matters.

Knowledge of relevant legislation, including :

Corporate law

Competition law

Environmental law

Explosives law

Mining law

Tax law

Labour law

In-depth knowledge of legal processes and procedures.

Experience working in a contractual and procurement environment.

Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future. Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa. The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula.

Play your part in our team succeeding.

Ivanhoe Mines SA (Pty) Ltd is looking for a qualified attorney to join its dynamic in-house legal team as a Junior Legal Advisor. The role will be to provide general drafting and legal support to the senior member(s) of the team.

• A LLB degree
• English Law qualified
• Finance legal drafting experience
• Experience in drafting and reviewing a variety of commercial contracts
• Experience with Power Purchase Agreements (preferred)
• Experience with commodity offtake agreements (preferred)
• Valid driver’s license

• Honesty and integrity
• Ability to distill legal issues in various situations
• Good communication skills
• Strong ethics
• Positive attitude towards seniors and peers
• Ability to work under pressure
• Teamwork skills

• Draft, review, edit, interpret contracts and legal documents
• Manage legal documents
• Assist with permits/licenses applications, liaising with government departments and consultants
• Travel to Limpopo for meetings and site visits
• Provide general legal team support
• Conduct legal research and provide solutions
• Assist with administrative tasks and document management
• Prepare drafts for board meetings and keep minutes

When applying, submit a PDF CV with certified copies (within 3 months) of your ID/passport, driver’s license, and qualifications. If you do not hear from us within 30 days of the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local

Head of Legal, Sustainability Consultancy

A brand new role has emerged with a client of ours, interested in expanding their legal team and establishing a presence in the MEA region.

So why this role in particular?

• Options to be based in Joberg, Cape Town, or potentially Dubai.
• Fast moving consultancy style business with global operations and rapid growth.
• Run your own MEA region. You'll get support of course, but you'll be in the driving seat too.
• Well backed by thought leaders and experts.

What you'll be doing:

• Covering the Middle East and Africa region, you'll be assisting the business in driving expansion, M&A and general commercial matters.
• Additional matters will cover disputes, insurance, bids, tenders and outside counsel management.
• Board, shareholder, compliance, governance and regulatory responsibilities.
• HR and employment issues as and when they arise.

Who you'll likely need to be in order to succeed:

Whilst there is a degree of flexibility, there are some core guidelines that make the backbone of the client expectations:

• Have a corporate and commercial skill set, but ideally also with exposure to private equity and M&A.
• Deal driven, problem solving, 'can do' attitude where you take a collaborative approach.
• At least 8+ PQE, with a combination of a strong law firm background, and ideally some in-house work.
• Fluent English is essential, French is helpful.

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Join Ofwat’s Legal Team as a Legal Director - Major Projects

*Office Location: London (E14 4HD) or Birmingham (B5 4UA) with hybrid working*

About Us

We are Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority, a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales. Following the Independent Water Commission’s final report, the UK government has set out a bold new direction - one that brings together expertise from across the sector to deliver better outcomes for customers and the environment.

We are working in collaboration with the government and other regulators to help establish a new body for England, combining our strengths with those of the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency, and Natural England. We’re also continuing to engage with the Welsh Government to support future decisions for Wales.

While these changes take shape, our mission remains the same: to hold water companies to

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Job Purpose

The Compliance Manager and Legal Counsel is responsible for ensuring that the company operates in full compliance with all legal, regulatory, and ethical standards applicable in South Africa. This dual role involves providing legal guidance to support strategic and operational decision-making, managing legal risks, and overseeing the compliance management system.

Job Purpose

The Compliance Manager and Legal Counsel is responsible for ensuring that the company operates in full compliance with all legal, regulatory, and ethical standards applicable in South Africa. This dual role involves providing legal guidance to support strategic and operational decision-making, managing legal risks, and overseeing the compliance management system.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance Management

• Implement, and maintain the company’s compliance framework in accordance with local and international regulatory requirements (e.g., FICA, POPIA, Companies Act, Competition Act, etc.).
• Monitor and interpret new and emerging legislation and regulatory changes, together with Fermel’s compliance consultants and assess the impact on the business.
• Conduct regular compliance audits, risk assessments, and internal reviews to ensure adherence to laws and policies.
• Prepare and deliver compliance training to staff across departments, together with Fermel’s compliance consultants.
• Act as the primary point of contact between Fermel and Fermel’s compliance consultants.
• Investigate and resolve compliance breaches.
  
  

• Provide legal advice and support to internal stakeholders on a wide range of matters including corporate law, commercial contracts, employment law, litigation, data protection, and IP.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including NDAs, supplier/customer contracts, MOUs, and service level agreements.
• Manage and coordinate external legal service providers when necessary.
• Support corporate governance activities, including Board and Committee processes, resolutions, and company secretarial duties.
• Assist in dispute resolution, litigation management, and regulatory investigations.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions from a legal perspective.
  
  

• Strong knowledge of South African legal and regulatory environment.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Strong ethical standards and integrity.
• Effective communicator with the ability to explain complex legal and compliance matters to non-legal stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Discretion and the ability to handle confidential information.
  
  

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) required; Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
• Postgraduate qualification in Compliance Management or equivalent (advantageous).
• Minimum 5–8 years’ experience in a legal and/or compliance role, preferably in a regulated industry (e.g., financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, mining, or telecommunications).
• Proven track record in designing and managing compliance programs.

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Mining

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Why Opus?

At Opus, integrity isn't just a principle. It's how we do business. As an independently owned company operating in seven countries, we’ve built our success by staying true to our values: questioning everything, embracing change, building not buying, winning together, and doing the right thing. Our employees see the difference - we’re a certified Great Place to Work in Canada, the USA, Ireland, and the Philippines. If you share our beliefs and want to be part of a team that values innovation, accountability, and doing the job right, we’d love to connect.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing support to the Head of Legal and legal executives with various tasks, including but not limited to general administrative support, filing of documentation and letter drafting
• Overseeing the execution process of legal documentation, including commercial contracts, letters, and other documents as required
• Maintain accurate records of legal documents and correspondence using the various document management systems
• Assisting with the preparation, drafting, review and execution of various legal documentation
• Liaise with internal departments (fund accounting, client services, risk) and external stakeholders (regulators, auditors, legal counsel)
• Conduct legal and regulatory research
• Support billing processes relating to legal services
• Any ad-hoc duties as required

We want to give our colleagues the best start possible. That’s why we provide regular in-office training during your first few months, giving you the tools and knowledge to thrive. Once you’re up to speed and confident in your role, you’ll have the flexibility to transition to our hybrid work model which is currently 3 days per week in office.

Prodigy Finance - who are we?

Founded in 2007, Prodigy Finance is an international student lender that has helped over 45,000+ international master's students attend the world’s top universities. To date, Prodigy has disbursed over $2.3 billion in funding to students from more than 150 countries.

Prodigy Finance is fueled by impact investors and other privately qualified entities who invest in tomorrow's leaders while earning a financial and social return. Prodigy’s borderless lending model enables students to apply for a loan based on their future earning potential and not just their current circumstances and credit history.

What is the purpose of the Role?

The Funding Legal Counsel is responsible for all legal aspects of Prodigy Finance's funding activities. The role involves working at an energetic, rapidly expanding company and helping to build a product that makes a real difference in the world.

Key Accountabilities and Associated Activities:

• Provide legal advice and support on all equity-raising activities, including new capital and amendments to the current capital structure.
• Provide legal advice and support on structuring, negotiating, and executing complex securitisation transactions with major banks, junior funders, and development finance institutions.
• Provide legal advice on structuring, negotiating, executing, and managing on-balance sheet secured corporate debt facilities.
• Monitor the terms of existing facilities, including amendments, restructures, and waivers, on an ongoing basis.
• Provide legal advice and support on the Irish-listed bond program, which includes ongoing disclosure and reporting issues.
• Oversee, manage, and appoint legal counsel for all finance transactions in the UK, US, SA, and internationally, as well as manage external legal fees.
• Conduct due diligence, negotiate deals, buy assets or shares, and execute M&A transactions when they arise.
• Ensure internal policies and procedures are known, upheld, and adhered to.
• Manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risk, and work with the Head of Compliance to ensure compliance with funding activities and FCA rules in the UK, as well as any other relevant global jurisdictions.
• Draft and review preliminary pre-transaction documentation, such as funding presentations, non-disclosure agreements, risk warnings, and disclaimers.

Qualifications Required:

• South African or English-qualified lawyer.
  

Experience Required:

• A minimum of five years of post-qualification legal experience at a law firm, a financial institution's finance team, or a corporate finance team, preferably in a lending institution.
• Experience at a senior level in banking and finance law.
• Experience managing large, multi-party finance transactions and keeping them on track by delivering against tight timelines.
• Being able to apply a sound knowledge of the law in a way that is commercial, innovative and solution-oriented.
  
• Experience in a broad range of capital-raising activities and structures, including blended finance and finance from family offices, individuals, and large financial institutions.

Knowledge, Technical Competency, and Skills:

• Strong communication skills.
• Strong team player with the ability to establish a high degree of credibility and earn trust at all levels of the business.
• Ability to apply a sound knowledge of the law in a way that is innovative, commercial, and solution-orientated.
• Ability to work hard under stressful conditions to bring transactions to completion against tight deadlines.
• Proactive, excellent at problem-solving, and shows initiative to overcome obstacles and tackle challenges that constantly arise in a growing, innovative business.
• An interest in global financial markets and an active following of financial trends and innovation is very helpful.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Confident and independent with the ability to take responsibility for decisions within broader capital markets, as well as finance and legal functions.
• Quick-thinking and commercially aware.
• Flexible, resilient, and energetic.
• Professional and discreet.

Performance Drivers:

• Bringing transactions through to completion and delivering outcomes against tight deadlines

Why join Prodigy Finance?

• Be a part of a pioneering global growth company.
• Experience the excitement and learn from being part of an incredibly fast-growing young company.
• Be pivotal in scaling the business by identifying smart solutions and partnering with tech at the heart of it.
• Enjoy the agility and flexibility offered by a startup culture. A sociable, relaxed and friendly work environment.
• We will help you make your mark. Make a real impact on the business and experience a steep learning curve with huge opportunities to grow and develop.
• Gain an inside perspective on the functioning of a venture-backed Fintech startup, backed by top VCs, learn day-to-day management and build functional expertise.
• Build a platform that helps to make a very real difference in the world.

The purpose, values and behaviours that drive our culture:

Our Purpose : To provide equal access to life-changing education globally

Our Values:

• We are doing something big here: We are doing something life-changing in the world. Something that changes the status quo.
• Bigger than us: Our work here is bigger than us as individuals and our own egos. It’s about doing the best work of our lives in service of the greater good.
• Grow bravely together: We have a relentless desire to continuously improve and work together to evolve our business and ourselves. We are open to the new and always stay curious.
• Keep pushing forward: What we are doing is not always easy. We embrace the challenge. We never give up at the first hurdle. We always keep moving forward.

Our Behaviours:

• Judgement: Applying sound judgement to solve problems and prioritise opportunities leads to the best outcomes. We identify key issues, compare data, and choose effective solutions based on facts, constraints, and consequences. We focus on fewer, high-impact actions.
• Accountability: At Prodigy, accountability is personal. We take responsibility for our actions, decisions, and outcomes—both positive and negative. We own mistakes, refocus when needed, and hold ourselves and others accountable for achieving goals.
• Collaboration: We work effectively across teams, fostering learning and cooperation to achieve exceptional results. We listen actively, maintain strong relationships, and align personal contributions with team goals. Collaboration does not mean consensus-building.
• Leadership: Leadership exists at all levels. We influence our thoughts and behaviours to achieve both personal and company goals. We take collective responsibility, act as role models, and embody Prodigy’s values.
• Biased to Focus Action: We prioritise doing the right things with urgency and decisiveness. Data and customer focus guide our actions. We embrace uncertainty, accelerate decision-making, and drive execution, learning, and momentum.
• Communication: Clear, effective communication is key. We proactively share relevant information, focus on desired outcomes, and use data to support our message. We articulate ideas well and listen actively.
• Continuous Improvement: We believe in constant progress. Every employee seeks ways to improve themselves, our product, and our processes. We favour rapid, incremental improvements over perfect design.
• Learning and Experimentation: Openness, curiosity, and a learning mindset drive success. Experimentation fuels discovery, helping us learn, adapt, and prepare for future challenges.

Join Prodigy Finance and play a pivotal role in achieving our mission of providing equal access to life-changing education globally.

Governance, Ethics, Compliance, Internal Control and Risk Management

• Provide advice to the company in respect of corporate governance, enterprise risk, social and ethics, business resilience, combined assurance and compliance issues.
• Manage the GRLC function and providing support in identifying, managing, monitoring and corrective action / s of entity-wide risks (operational and strategic), including the risk of non-compliance to applicable legislation, regulations and policies as part of the overall risk management processes and governance structures.
• Assist with the development, implementation and maintenance of an enterprise risk management framework (ERMF), policy and procedures for the company in accordance with international standards; and including the facilitation of departmental risk workshops, risk and control reviews and monitoring and analysis of risk trends.
• Ensure that all the activities of the GRLC department are carried out according to the agreed ERMF.
• Establish, communicate and facilitate the use of appropriate Risk and Compliance management methodologies, tools and techniques.
• Oversee the development and implementation of the company's Business Resilience policies and procedures.
• Provide assurance to the Board and Management that the organisation is compliant to regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Assist Line Management in reviewing and annually updating the ERM Framework and all relevant policies, including the Fraud and Corruption Prevention Strategy; ERM Policy; Compliance Policy; and Framework and Business Continuity Management Policy and Plans.
• Facilitate formal awareness campaigns on governance, risk and compliance as well as business resilience related matters and providing accurate reporting and relevant information for the escalation of potential high-risk areas to the company's CorpEx and Risk Committee.
• Compile necessary submissions and present those at the Audit & Risk Committee and the company's board meetings.
• Manage, coordinating and overseeing the preparation of Operational (Business) Plans, quarterly performance feedback reporting by the departments and prepare quarterly report to CorpEx.
• Assist / Provide inputs to the company Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Annual Performance Report (APR) preparation in line with DPME / DSTI guidelines and timelines.

Organisational Legal Services

• Provide strategic advice on legal and governance matters.
• Lead and oversee the provision of legal services function.
• Input into contractual resources (drafting, negotiations and / or reviewing of contracts).
• Manage the provision of legal advice and opinions verbally or written draft legal opinions.
• Represent the company in legal forums and labour forums where required.
• Manage external legal service providers.
• Manage the development of policy, frameworks, and regulations for the company with strategic information that can inform improvement of frameworks, business processes, policies, procedures, and systems that manage business operations.
• Review and assess compliance of the company's policies and procedures to applicable South African and international legislation.
• Oversee and maintain key company information, executive decisions taken , standard practices and policy updates for good governance.
• Review meeting materials prior to presentation and ensure compliance with the company's document retention policy.
• Ensure in consultation with COSEC that the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees are fully briefed on all legal and governance matters and pertaining to them when taking decisions.
• Provide advice and guidance to the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees on all matters of statutory requirements, laws, regulations risk, compliance, duties and responsibilities, and business conduct.
• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and advise the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees.
• Ensure that the company staff and the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees remain compliant with applicable standards of corporate governance and has the necessary infrastructure to support the governance rationale and governance framework.
• Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.

Key Requirements : Qualification :

• Postgraduate degree (LLB) in law or higher.
• An Admitted Attorney / Advocate of the Hight Court.

Experience :

• Ten (10) years experience of which eight (8) should be in Corporate Governance, Risk, Legal and Compliance Management in the capacity of Senior / Executive Manager in a medium to large organisation.
• Experience in litigation and legal drafting.
• Membership with the Institute of Risk Management in South Africa (IRMSA) or Compliance Institute of South Africa (CISA) preferable.
• Exposure to the strategic management process and initiatives including identifying and mitigation of risks in major projects.
• A proven track record in managing and or advising in controlled items and knowledge of arms control protocols and systems.
• Expert knowledge of Corporate Law, Companies Act, PFMA & other applicable legislation.
• Expert knowledge of the industry's standards and regulations.
• Expert knowledge of Legal, Compliance and Risk Frameworks.