Senior Legal Manager - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Al Khayyat Investments AKI

Description

1. Contracts drafting &review:

• You will collaborate withlocal business leaders (Business Development, Project Finance andConstruction) as well as with supporting areas (Finance, Admin,Accounting & HR) advising on legal risks, businessstrategies and other issues related to the Company'sbusinesses.
• Review all types of contractsincluding but not limited to: Distribution, franchise, contracting,project financing, IT etc..

2. Litigation andArbitration

• Supervise legal casesfiled by, and against the Group, review and comments on litigationmemos prepared by external counsels.
• Providelegal opinion about all existing and potential liabilities relatedto the Group's Court cases/disputes. Reviews, drafts andamends settlement agreements related to Disputes and otheragreements/contracts in Arabic andEnglish.
• Liaise with External lawyers and seekupdated on the Group'scases.

3.Interaction with GovernmentDepartments

• Have good knowledge of theprocedures followed by the local authorities in relation to(without limitation): notarization of documents, registration ofcontracts, etc...

4. Policies and procedures and standardizeddocumentation

• Develop legal policies,plans and procedures such as templates contracts and otherstandardized documentation.
• Provide advice oncorporate compliance and governance with all statutory andgovernmental statutes and requirements in order to protect theGroup interests.

5. Incorporation of new companies andmaintaining Group companies' registers andPOAs

• Great experience in drafting allcorporate documents and POAs in both English andArabic.

6. Lawsand regulations:

• Excellent knowledgeof the UAE laws and regulations.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE ANDQUALIFICATION:

• Holder of law degree with amaster's in law.
• Minimum 10 years ofexperience out of which considerable experience as in-house LegalCounsel in a company (preferably family business) in theUAE.
• Good exposure in dealing with Seniormanagement and BOD.
• UAE experience inCorporate, commercial, Litigation andConstruction
• Bilingual (fluent in English& Arabic)
• Good interpersonal skills andstrong personality