Join Ecolab\xe2\x80\x99s Legal team as IMEA Legal Counsel in Dubai, UAE and help make the world cleaner, safer, and healthier. We\xe2\x80\x99re growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world\xe2\x80\x99s most vital resources.

In this role, you will act as a legal counsel for the India, Middle East & Africa (\xe2\x80\x98IMEA\xe2\x80\x99) operations providing legal advice with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating major account/direct selling agreements, agency and reseller/distribution agreements and related contractual documentation such as NDAs, LOIs, MoUs, as well as for direct and indirect procurement. Other areas will include advice and support on general legal, labor, and corporate law and compliance matters including the occasional oversight and management of disputes and litigation.].

What\xe2\x80\x99s in it For You:

• The opportunity to take on some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy, and healthy environments
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best

What You Will Do:

• Structure, draft, review, and negotiate strategic commercial agreements (e.g., customer, distribution, supply, and procurement contracts).
• Draft, review, revise and maintain standard agreement templates.
• Act as a business counselor and strategic advisor to Ecolab\xe2\x80\x99s regional leadership teams within the IMEA region on commercial, regulatory, and compliance matters.
• Manage disputes and litigation to achieve practical and cost-effective results.
• Assist as needed on acquisitions, particularly the due diligence and integration process.
• Advise on legal risk and ethical compliance in IMEA, including compliance with the anti-corruption laws, Ecolab\xe2\x80\x99s Code of Conduct, etc.
• Identify and recommend options to proactively address issues and risks and support related investigations.
• Manage and evaluate outside counsel including related expenses to ensure value is provided on a cost-effective basis.
• Control and update legal and corporate documentation.
• Coordinate with the Head of Legal IMEA as well as with U.S.-based divisional counsels to enable divisional objectives and commercial practices within the IMEA region.
• Performs other duties in the field of law as assigned.

Position Details:

• Candidate must be successful in a globally acting, multinational, multifunctional, and multidivisional environment.
• Candidate must have the ability to combine local cultural understanding with a solid, and uncompromising ethical mindset and business acumen.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years of regional experience in corporate and commercial law experience working as a lawyer / legal counsel in a top-tier law firm and/or in-house with a multinational corporation preferably in the manufacturing sector.
• Significant experience in structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex commercial transactions and legal documentation in English, Arabic, and French is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of corporate laws and procedures.
• Experience in advising on compliance matters including anti-corruption.
• Business and financial acumen.
• Ability to command the respect of, and communicate effectively with, a diverse range of business leaders and legal partners across and outside the IMEA region.
• Ability to direct and manage outside counsel to achieve cost-efficient results.
• Dispute resolution experience is desirable but not required.
• Arabic and English business-level fluency and drafting skills required.
• Fluency in French is highly desirable but not an absolute prerequisite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to engender the confidence of senior business leaders in identifying legal risk and recommending a course of action.
• Undoubted and uncompromised commitment to ethical business practices.
• Intelligent and articulate with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Skilled negotiator, whether in commercial transactions or in settling disputes.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to work independently.
• Learning and career development agility.
• Ability and willingness to occasionally travel.
• Resiliency and steadfastness.

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