Provide legal support across all lines of business enabling profitable growth while mitigating legal risks and assure adherence to governance policies, ethics, and country specific laws and regulations

Responsible for providing legal advice to the organization. Close liaison to business in providing a variety of corporate and commercial legal services. May perform litigation on Oracle\'s behalf or coordinates litigation and other legal, administrative or investigative actions handled by outside counsel. May draft, review, and negotiate major and/or non-standard technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements, professional services agreements, and cloud services agreements. May advise on legal issues involving government and regulatory compliance. Responds to ad hoc queries to include identification, analysis, and evaluation of risks in order to provide appropriate legal solutions. Works closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle and coordinates legal matters handled by outside lawyers. Demonstrates deep general commercial or functional knowledge across a wide range of sub disciplines within the individual\'s specialty area(s), (e.g., general corporate law, antitrust/competition law, securities compliance and regulatory, employment law, immigration law, cloud transactions, data privacy, risk management asset-backed financing, contract management, intellectual property, trade secrets, advertising law, registration and other resolutions specific to the computer and technology industry)

Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. 8+ years related experience. Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, or similar background is a plus for roles within certain sub disciplines. Completed law degree and member of bar association in relevant jurisdictions. Excellent legal skills and business judgment in areas of responsibility. Proficient writing skills.

As part of Oracle\'s employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

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Legal Counsel, Compliance & Ethics, Middle East

Oracle is one of the world\'s leading information technology companies, providing cloud infrastructure and enterprise application solutions, as well as on premise database and application software and engineered systems and services. An Oracle career can span industries, roles, Countries and cultures, giving you the opportunity to flourish in new roles and innovate, while blending work life in. Oracle has thrived through 40+ years of change by innovating and operating with integrity while delivering for the top companies in almost every industry.

In order to nurture the talent that makes this happen, we are committed to an inclusive culture that celebrates and values diverse insights and perspectives, a workforce that inspires thought leadership and innovation. We do this with an unwavering commitment to do so with the utmost integrity and fairness and in compliance with the laws and regulations in which we operate.

About the team:

We are passionate about ethics and compliance! You will be part of a team of smart, motivated, diverse people, and given the autonomy as well as the support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you\xe2\x80\x99ll belong and be encouraged.

The EMEA C&E organization is comprised of lawyers, investigators, analysts and paralegals that work together as a cohesive team to help Oracle ensure that its business complies with applicable laws, regulations and with Oracle values. We take pride in knowing that we help promote trust in Oracle and that we serve as respected and sought out advisors to our business. We seek skilled compliance and ethics professionals who adhere to the highest ethical standards and personal values to join our team.

About the position:

This role is ideally suited for a lawyer with at least 5 years of experience in a dedicated compliance role or position with similar responsibilities working in the Middle East region. The candidate hired will have fluent English (written and spoken). Your ability to communicate in other languages spoken in the EMEA region is an asset. This role requires travel, excellent organizational and communication skills and the ability to collaborate successfully with various corporate stakeholders in a matrixed environment.

This role reports into Oracle\xe2\x80\x99s EMEA Compliance & Ethics Officer and is envisioned to be based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Other cities in the Middle East can be considered.

Responsibilities:

\xc2\xb7 Keep current with the anticorruption laws and public procurement laws, regulations and best practices applicable to Oracle\xe2\x80\x99s business in the Middle East region

\xc2\xb7 Provide advice to local management teams in-country on applicable laws and regulations

\xc2\xb7 Build communication and awareness applicable policies, including the Oracle Code of Conduct & Business Ethics

\xc2\xb7 Enforce and enhance controls throughout the business, including business controls

\xc2\xb7 Oversee investigations in the Middle East region and use investigation metrics to identify trends and areas of compliance risk and create action plans to mitigate the risk

\xc2\xb7 Participate and help lead risk assessments

\xc2\xb7 Assess and improve controls, policies and procedures

\xc2\xb7 Collaborate across all lines of business, including country based legal counsels, human resources, finance, business operations and other stakeholders to execute on programmatic initiatives and/or remedial measures, and to ensure such measures are promptly implemented.

Minimum Qualifications:

\xc2\xb7 Fluent English, written and spoken. Arabic written and spoken is an asset as well as other languages spoken in the EMEA region

\xc2\xb7 Minimum 5 years of relevant professional legal experience at a law firm or in-house in the region

\xc2\xb7 Law degree from a top institution

\xc2\xb7 Exceptional analytical, planning, and interpersonal skills with an ability to handle competing demands.

\xc2\xb7 Ability to travel within the Middle East region (20%)

\xc2\xb7 Expertise developing and delivering C&E training

\xc2\xb7 Aptitude to work across and engage individuals and teams located across multiple geographies and or cultures.

\xc2\xb7 Balancing work as a lead individual contributor with providing direction and mentoring to other team members

\xc2\xb7 Excellent judgment and capacity to make decisions that demonstrate an unwavering commitment to integrity and ethical decision making

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