Justin Baloyi
Legal And Compliance
Centurion
Summary
VITAE OF JUSTIN BALOYI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Highly skilled, experienced and qualified Legal Services Manager and Admitted Attorney with 22 years’ experience providing bespoke compliance and legal advisory services to diversified organisations in the public and private sectors. I am currently the Legal Services Manager at Mogale City Local Municipality. Previous roles have included being Specialist Litigator and Legal Administrator, Professional Assistant & Attorney, Candidate Attorney, Labour Advisor and Legal Advisor. I have a commendable track record in litigation, with strong competencies in commercial, labour, civil and criminal law. Acumen extends to legal, compliance, contract drafting, corporate governance, legal writing, trust and fiduciary, enterprise risk management and organisational management skills with the unique ability to work stakeholders in the design and implementation of bespoke legal solutions as well as the ability to execute competencies through people.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
MANAGER LEGAL SERVICES
COMPLIANCE INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
01.2015
LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL
01.2005
CITY LOCAL
08.2013 - Current
- Preparation of Strategic Business Plan for Legal Services
- Provision of Legal Support and Assistance to Mogale City
- Leading and Manage staff in the Legal Unit comprising of: Litigation
- Management, Contracts & Sla’s and Municipal Administration & Compliance
- Ensuring that all planning and reporting conforms to the requirement of all internal and relevant National, Provisional and Local Legislation with particular emphasis on compliance with the Municipal Systems Act, Municipal
- Structures Act and the Municipal Finance Management Act
- Formulation of policies and Formulation of by-laws
- Financial Management and reporting on Legal Services section and client management
- Assisting and overseeing the strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of legal services as occurs in Mogale City Local Municipality
- Ensure that there is implementation of strategic goals in an economic and efficient manner and that there is an alignment if the respective strategies to the Strategic priorities of the Municipality
- Provide advice in conjunction with Labour Relations Unit within Human Capital
- Management
- Provision of oral and written reports
- Ensure that all legal matters are pursued and resolved prior to litigation
- Manage the Regulatory Compliance function
- Research legislative issues or statues Review and edit regulatory documents
- Giving accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics
- Collaborating with management to devise efficient defense strategies
- Specifying internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization
- Ensuring compliance of laws and regulations for all operations in the
- Municipality
- Studying contracts and legal documents to make sure that the contents thereof is in the Municipality’s best interests
- Responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of the Legal Department, including supervision of support staff
- Responsible for being the point person for managing and working closely with the Panel of Attorneys
- To anticipate and manage the (legal) risks connected with or resulting from the business strategy and operations
- To pro-actively create and maintain awareness initiatives for all of the
- Municipality’s employees in a bid to promote compliance with relevant laws and regulations
- Advising and sitting on the Labour Forum and advising on collective bargaining and employment law .
SPECIALIST
MOGALE, LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
05.2005 - 08.2013
- REASON FOR CHANGE OF SCOPE: PROMOTED, OF LEGAL SERVICES
- SCOPE OF DUTIES PERFORMED:
- Represent the Municipality at CCMA, Bargaining Council and Labour Court
- Liaise with external attorneys and provide regular support
- Render professional advice to management in legal matters
- Initiating internal disciplinary hearings and presiding over such hearings
- Oversee the management of litigation for and against the Municipality
- Drafting, vetting of contracts and memorandums of understanding
- Make inputs in draft legislations, policies and by laws
- Give expert legal opinion and represent the Municipality at different labour
- Interact and bargain with labour unions and furnish strategic advice to management on legal matters
- Developing of litigation strategy, policies, procedure & General Legal
- Administration
- Preparation of strategic business plan for the unit & providing of legal support and assistance
- Leading and managing the unit Financial management and reporting on legal services section
- Implementation of strategic goals & Provision of oral and written reports
- Provide support and advise on labour matters, legal compliance and contracts
- Ensure that all legal matters are pursued to resolve prior to litigation
- Representing the Municipality in labour disputes i.e
- Bargaining Councils &
- CCMA
- Preparation of strategic business plan for the legal services unit
- Provision of legal support, assistance & provision of oral and written reports
- Provide support and advise on labour matters, legal compliance and contracts.
PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT
MKHABELA INCORPORATED ATTORNEYS
04.2003 - 04.2005
- REASON FOR DEPARTURE: LEFT TO JOIN MOGALE CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
- SCOPE OF DUTIES PERFORMED:
- Attending to court hearings by proceeding criminal and civil matters
- Preparing for cases by researching applicable case laws and legal doctrines
- Gather evidence to prepare for trials and formulate a defence
- Proceeding with Debt collection processes
- Attending to Conciliations, Arbitrations and Labour Court
- Dealing with a plethora of legal matters ranging from to matrimonial and
- Family Law matters, labour and industrial Relations, Personal injuries, Motor vehicle accident Claims, Commercial or corporate Law and Civil litigation,
- Estate planning and administration of Estate
- Drafting of Contracts & Giving expert Legal Opinion
- Supervision and Training of candidate Attorneys
- Management of Labour
- Litigation Unit
- Conferring with colleagues with specific specialities in appropriate areas of certain legal issues to establish and verify basis for legal proceedings
- Perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law.
Candidate Attorney
Alexandra Justice Centre
11.2001 - 03.2003
NATIONAL ENTITLED WORKERS UNION
03.1999 - 10.2001
- REASON FOR DEPARTURE: LEFT TO PURSUE MY ARTICLES
- SCOPE OF DUTIES PERFORMED:
- Attending to grievance and disciplinary hearings at the workplace
- Preparing for cases by researching applicable case laws and legal doctrines
- Gather evidence to prepare for hearings
- Attending to Conciliations, Arbitrations and Labour Court
- Advising on Collective Agreements, labour and industrial Relations
- Advising and sitting on Labour Forums & Giving expert Legal Opinions
- Supervision and Training of Shop stewards on Labour matters
- Conferring with colleagues with specific specialities in appropriate areas of certain legal issues to establish and verify basis for legal proceedings
- Perform administrative functions related to office and trade union matters.
Education
MATRIC - undefined
MARHORHWANI MALALI HIGH SCHOOL
BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB POST - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF THE NORTH, JURIS
undefined
DIPLOMA - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
VANTAGE SOLUTIONS LLC
COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT - Compliance Management
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Cape Town 03.2023 - 1 2016
Computer Literacy certificate. - undefined
Library and Biographic Instructions and research Certificate. - undefined
Practical legal Conveyance Course. - undefined
Workshop on grievance and disciplinary hearings. - undefined
Certificate in case law review. - undefined
Skills
Licenseundefined
Accomplishments
- Established a litigation management unit which streamlined speedy and cost-effective management of all litigation in the Municipality
- Ensured a consistent reduction of municipal contingency liability from 36 million to 10 million in two years
- More than 98% success in defending the municipality in labour matters in the
- Past two financial years
- Realignment of Mogale City Legal
- Services to ensure optimal performance
- Established contract development unit which streamed lined the contract formulation process function to ensure formalization of all contract.
Timeline
COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT - Compliance Management
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
03.2023 - 1 2016
MANAGER LEGAL SERVICES
COMPLIANCE INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
01.2015
CITY LOCAL
08.2013 - Current
SPECIALIST
MOGALE, LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
05.2005 - 08.2013
LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL
01.2005
PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT
MKHABELA INCORPORATED ATTORNEYS
04.2003 - 04.2005
Candidate Attorney
Alexandra Justice Centre
11.2001 - 03.2003
NATIONAL ENTITLED WORKERS UNION
03.1999 - 10.2001
MATRIC - undefined
MARHORHWANI MALALI HIGH SCHOOL
BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB POST - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF THE NORTH, JURIS
undefined
DIPLOMA - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
VANTAGE SOLUTIONS LLC
Computer Literacy certificate. - undefined
Library and Biographic Instructions and research Certificate. - undefined
Practical legal Conveyance Course. - undefined
Workshop on grievance and disciplinary hearings. - undefined
Certificate in case law review. - undefined
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