About the Candidate.
C-level professional with experience managing in dynamic markets within multinational environments characterized by complex and ambiguous cultural settings. Deep awareness of the need for diversity as an enabler for organizational performance and social embeddedness. Legal manager and execution leader across a wide range of commercial legal settings.
International Experience:
Yes
Availability:
20 or 40 hours a week
Area of Expertise:
Strategic Planning, Organisational Leadership, Risk Management, Legal Risk, Change Management, Negotiation, Commercial Litigation, Organisational Development & Transformation, Human Resources Management, Employment Law, Intellectual Property Protection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dealer Sales and Services Agreements, Trade Law, Master Purchasing Agreements based on Global Terms and Conditions, Deviation therefrom, Competition & Anti-Trust Law, Data Privacy including Model clauses, General Data Protection Regulation and Adequacy Clauses, Access to Information, Consumer Law and recall laws across global jurisdictions, Media Law.
Years Experience:
25
Current and Previous Roles:
Founder and Managing Partner, General Counsel & Executive Director, Head: Public Policy & Corporate Affairs
Relevant Experience.
Founder and Managing Partner
Years experience:
25
Key Responsibilities:
Corporate and commercial legal consulting firm advising on data privacy laws in South Africa, comparable data laws in Europe including the GDPR, drafting adequacy clauses, model clauses.
My firm advises on consumer recalls affecting fast movable goods, applicable regulatory considerations, settlements with regulators, and tribunals.
Further, we have advised logistical companies on regulations across global jurisdictions dealing with moving toxic and flammable substances, applicable rules, representation where regulations were not followed.
Advised on international financial task force requirements regarding knowing your clients, filing beneficial ownership records for clients, advise on open artificial intelligence intellectual property, and developing law and regulations regarding autonomous vehicles, software as a solution (SaaS), and regulations regarding developing api’s used in applications (App’s) for mobile devices and modern electronic devices.
