Legal Counsel Manager

Company Description

Job Description

Key Objectives

• Strategic Advisory: Provide optimum legal solutions through comprehensive contract reviews and expert counsel.
• Risk Mitigation: Minimize the company’s legal exposure by managing regulatory compliance and responding effectively to major disputes.

Position Responsibilities

• Contractual Examination: Review and examine various general and specialized contracts, providing actionable solutions to mitigate potential risks.
• Legal Consultation: Offer internal legal counsel across various business units, ensuring that legal advice is integrated into business decision-making.
• Dispute & Investigation Management: Execute strategies for responding to litigation, arbitration, and claims. Support the company during government investigations and handle all necessary litigation reporting.
• Regulatory Monitoring: Identify and analyze local legal trends, including new legislation and precedents related to labor, environment, HR, and fair trade.
• Business Alignment: Develop a deep understanding of the relevant business unit’s technology and commercial goals to ensure legal advice reflects practical business needs.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Legal Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of company law, commercial law, labor acts, and fair trade regulations.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to identify the underlying causes of complex legal issues and provide structured, logical solutions.
• Negotiation & Influence: Strong ability to logically advocate for the company’s interests and reflect business requirements during negotiations.
• Communication: Skilled at translating complex legal concepts into clear, persuasive documents for non-legal stakeholders and individual contributors.
• Research & Information Management: Ability to utilize global legal databases to track trends and organize information systematically for stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to network with various departments to ensure smooth legal support across the organization.
• **Qualifications** **Qualifications**
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) is required. Master's degree preferred but not essential.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with bachelor's degree or minimum 6 years' experience with master's degree qualification
• Preferred solid private practice experience or if you have worked in an international law firm or multinational environment, with a focus on contracts and regulatory
• Language Skills: Proficiency in drafting and negotiating legal documents in both English and Arabic (preferred for local regulatory compliance).

**Additional Information** **Additional Information**

• Technology & Business Savvy: demonstrate a willingness to learn about Samsung’s specific technologies to better reflect technical requirements in contractual agreements.
• Proactive Compliance: This role requires a high degree of "sensing," frequently collecting and sharing legal updates to keep the organization ahead of regulatory changes in the Kingdom.