About This Role
This legal department role involves providing expert legal advice and support to various internal departments, ensuring the company's compliance with laws and regulations. The position is suitable for a qualified and experienced Corporate Counsel with a strong background in contract drafting, corporate governance, and stakeholder management.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on various commercial and corporate contracts, including supply agreements, service agreements, procurement contracts, NDAs, MOUs, and related legal documents
- Provide legal advice and support to internal departments on day-to-day corporate, commercial, regulatory, and compliance matters
- Support corporate governance matters, including preparation and review of Board and Committee documents, resolutions, minutes of meetings, policies, and governance frameworks
- Ensure that the company’s activities, contracts, and internal processes comply with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and corporate governance requirements
- Liaise and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including management, business units, external counsel, regulators, government authorities, and counterparties
- Identify legal risks and provide practical, commercially sound, and solution-oriented recommendations
- Assist in dispute management, claims, legal correspondence, and coordination with external legal counsel when required
- Maintain proper legal records, contract registers, corporate documents, and legal trackers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in law
- Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant legal experience, preferably in a corporate, commercial setting
- Strong experience in contract drafting, review, negotiation, and legal risk assessment
- Good knowledge of corporate governance practices, Board and Committee procedures, corporate documentation, and regulatory compliance
- Ability to deal professionally and effectively with stakeholders at different levels, including senior management, external parties, regulators, and government authorities
- Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken, with strong legal drafting skills in both languages
- Strong legal drafting, analytical, and research skills in both languages
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to provide practical and business-oriented legal advice
- Good judgment and ability to identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks
- Ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines effectively
- Strong organizational and document management skills
- Professional confidence in dealing with internal and external stakeholders