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Legal and Governance Associate

Stellenbosch, za💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements; provide day-to-day legal advice on data access, credit regulations, and corporate governance; support litigation management and regulatory compliance.

Role type

Associate legal counsel (contract drafting, regulatory compliance, and litigation support)

Builds

Commercial agreements, legal opinions, regulatory submissions, governance records, and litigation documentation

Domain

Financial services / Credit bureau / Data protection / Corporate governance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Contract drafting and negotiation, legal risk identification, regulatory research, litigation support, corporate governance administration, data protection law knowledge, credit law knowledge

Preferred skills

Financial services industry experience, sales department experience, credit bureau industry experience

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Draft and negotiate commercial agreements (sales, procurement, SLAs, NDAs); Provide legal advice on data access credit regulatory queries; Support end-to-end management of litigation and regulatory disputes; Assist with regulatory submissions and responses to Information Regulator investigations; Draft legal letters and maintain standard templates; Prepare Board meeting minutes and maintain governance registers

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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