Legal Counsel
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Our client operates in more than 100 countries. This is an exciting opportunity for a legal counsel to join a FTSE100 company. The perfect candidate will be a qualified lawyer with 2-5 years post-qualified (in-house) experience and a good knowledge of commercial and contract and data privacy laws. The role requires excellent drafting and communication skills, an ability to work in a fast-moving international environment with a proven track record of sharp attention to detail. The Legal Counsel will report directly to Regional Counsel, also based in the UAE .
Responsibilities
Commercial Contracts
Regulatory/compliance
Ad Hoc Legal Support
Key Relationships
Requirements
Thank you for your interest. All applications are viewed and evaluated according to the role requirements. We aim to contact shortlisted candidates within 2 weeks. As we often receive a high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to everyone. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. (LV)
Responsibilities
Commercial Contracts
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a range of commercial contracts including contracts for the sale and purchase of goods and services, consultancy contracts, cooperation agreements, IT agreements and NDAs;
- Liaising with internal teams (e.g. Sales, Tax, Procurement, IT, HR, Finance) as needed.
Regulatory/compliance
- Ensuring all company policies and procedures are kept up to date because of changes in and to all applicable laws including bribery, anti-corruption, data protection, modern slavery etc.;
- Updating contracts in line with legislative updates in particular with the GDPR;
- Contributing to the development of the Group Data Protection Strategy;
- Developing and maintaining training and guidance materials to ensure increased visibility and awareness of data protection and compliance risks across the business;
- Identifying gaps in knowledge and training requirements across the business;
- Developing and maintaining Privacy Impact Assessments and Risk Assessment Tools and complete as required.
Ad Hoc Legal Support
- Advising on the day-to-day legal and compliance queries across the different business lines and jurisdictions where the Group operates;
- Liaising with the other legal teams based in Europe, Asia, UAE and the US;
- Assisting Group on ad hoc international projects and transactions as required;
- Assisting on ad hoc complaints, claims or threats and problem solving across the Group;
- Developing and implementing company policies and procedures and internal precedents.
Key Relationships
- Required to liaise with others inside/outside the department in a proactive and reactive manner in order to provide or obtain information to keep people informed so that work is completed effectively
- The job holder will also build relationships and contacts to facilitate future exchange of information.
Requirements
- Law degree from the UK – essential
- 2-3 years’ previous in-house experience in commercial law / contracts
- Exposure to and a solid understanding of the GDPR/ data protection regulations
- Excellent drafting skills
- Any European language skills would also be highly beneficial
- Ability to communicate effectively across all business functions/ jurisdictions
- A flexible approach, with the ability to multitask in an international environment.
- Analytical, with excellent eye to detail
- Results driven to focus contribution on activities which meet company goals and deliver the greatest value
- Ability to critique and improve activities through continuous improvement and innovation
- Ability to demonstrate exceptional customer service
- The ability to demonstrate respect, equity and empathy for a diverse community
- Motivated, self-starter
- Encourage teamwork (promote operational synergies and alignment) to support each other, our customers and grow together
- Highly energised mind-set with willingness and desire to learn and adapt individually
- Drive performance by ensuring performance expectations are met
- Fosters integrity and honesty
- Ensure compliance to company, industry and regulatory standards
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Confident communicator (written/ oral) and able to build rapport, quickly and effectively
- Demonstrates flexibility and resilience in order to meet the demands of the role
Thank you for your interest. All applications are viewed and evaluated according to the role requirements. We aim to contact shortlisted candidates within 2 weeks. As we often receive a high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to everyone. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. (LV)
Required skills
contracts Drafting agreements\ GDPR
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1432104
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned