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Key responsibilities * Provide effective, reliable and user-friendly support, advice and assistance to senior managers within DPW GCC entities on legal matters affecting any aspect of DP World's business.

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of legal documents (including joint venture agreements, concession agreements, management services agreements and agreements for acquisitions and disposals, M&A transactions), ensuring that legal requirements are met within such documents.
• Identify and analyze legal issues arising in transactions and new projects. Make clear and commercially focused recommendations in respect of such issues. Manage the transactions and projects (including their implementation) from a legal perspective.
• Maintain strong links with external legal counsel. Assist with the selection of appropriate external legal counsel for work that is to be outsourced. Manage external legal spend for projects for which the job holder has day to day responsibility.
• Act as a liaison between the business units and external legal counsel. Provide external legal counsel with clear and explicit instructions. Oversee and review work carried out by external legal counsel.
• Generally assist the VP Executive General Counsel in all matters across DPW GCC, and provide effective reporting to the VP Executive General Counsel.
• Promote and demonstrate positive behaviors in harmony with DP World's values and culture.
• Becoming part of an engaged team, promoting collaboration and ensuring that information is shared and work along side other members of the legal team on specific projects as requested by the VP Executive General Counsel.
• Manage, allocate tasks, supervise and provide knowledge and guidance to the direct reports, if any, and ensure that they are trained and evaluated on their performance.
• Provide effective reporting to the VP Executive General Counsel.

Perform other related duties as assigned by the direct line manager.
Technical Competencies

• Legal - Knowledge of Legal and Regulatory Requirements -

• Understanding of legal and regulatory requirements : Keeps current on laws, controls and regulatory requirements framework and structure related to the core functions of DP World and its affiliates.
• Commercial - Business Acumen

• Understanding the Business : Utilizes solid knowledge of DP World's business model and operations to drive projects and analysis that support the organization's mission.
• Applying Knowledge to Projects : Applies advanced understanding of the policies, practices, trends and information that impact DP World and its customers, to anticipate and plan for each step of a complex project.
• Analyzing Financial Impact : 0

Administration - Document Management

• Document Management : Creates, edits, and formats reports, memos, letters and other standard documents according to standard operating procedures.
• Legal - Legislation Compliance

• Adherence to Laws : Ensures all local and applicable international laws, agreements and regulations are followed/adhered to.
• Providing Advice to Stakeholders : Provides consultative support to internal and external stakeholders on compliance standards and requirements.
• Preparing Reports for Stakeholders : Prepares standard reports for management and regulatory agencies.

Functional

• Joint Venture Partners.
• External Law Firms.
• Senior Management.
• Close working relationship re specific legal issues and transaction management. Head Office Departments

Qualification:
Essential Qualification:
Bachelor Degree in Law from an accredited university in the UK, USA, Australia or New Zealand or any other English speaking nation.
Desirable Qualification: Arabic Speaker and working experience in the middle east.
Work Experience: Minimum 6 years post-qualification experience in an internationally recognized law firm and/ or a corporate legal department of a multinational company, preferably experience working in the Middle East Region in a role with relevant experience in the relevant business cluster.
Ability to effectively negotiate legal issues and transaction documentation with counterparties.
Technical skills required to perform the role:
Knowledge of cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, and experience of managing transactions through to completion. Ideally, knowledge and experience of international infrastructure projects and Mergers & Acquisitions.
Commercial awareness and understanding of business needs (including awareness and sensitivity to differing international legal and cultural business practices, and the flexibility to work within different cultural environments).
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About Us:
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.
With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 115,000 employees from 160 nationalities, spanning 78 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future.
We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology - and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.
What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.
DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures - not just in what we do but also in how we behave.
We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what's possible.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.