Senior Corporate Paralegal

Senior Corporate Paralegal

1. Operational & Government Liaison

• Act as the primary point of contact for all KSA governmental and regulatory bodies, including the Ministry of Commerce, Saudi Business Centre, Ministry of Investment and General Authority for Statistics
• Manage the lifecycle of the companies’ MISA License, Commercial Registration and Municipality License to ensure proactive renewal and updates and prevent operational disruptions
• Maintain record, monitor and update, and administer changes (if needed) the company’s registry extracts, trade licenses and Articles of Associations in accordance with the KSA Companies Law
• Maintain record and administer changes in directorships tables to allow timely notification to local authorities, facilitate changes in bank signatories & assisting in the maintenance of records
• Support and ensure timely processing of documentation, attestations, legalization stamps, authentications (notarization, legalization, seal of embassies etc) as needed in the region
• Provide administrative support to the Legal Department and the team in Dubai/GCC-KSA office
• Ensure document control and maintain records by keeping an organized and up-to-date legal data management and filing system
• Assist to maintain the record and timely reporting of legal fees to accounts
• When feasible, provide corporate support on specific ad-hoc legal documentation

2. Organisational

• Participate in the Knowledge Management within the Legal Team
• Create and maintain up to date a database /charts containing, among others, key information about the entities and their directors: registration numbers, registered capital, directors, officers, residence of directors (for checking compliance with tax/local residency requirements)
• Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries; maintain the register of shareholders and monitor changes in ownership of the company
• Ensure compliance with the UBO reporting requirements in Dubai/GCC-KSA
• Update of any legislative changes in KSA and brief the regional Legal Team to address these changes

3. Planning & Delivery of Work

• Ensure that presentations, papers, notices, power of attorney to vote at the board and shareholder’s meetings, and resolutions of boards are prepared in time and in order and filed if required: e.g. accounts approval, director change considering tax requirements, delegation of authority change, power of attorney change, articles change
• Monitor all companies’ mandatory board meetings and annual general meetings; coordinate and liaise with board members, and shareholders of each entity as required
• Lodge required forms and annual returns with the relevant government agency
• Assist to prepare reportings, as required
• Manage the execution of legal documents by, including liaising with signatories based worldwide

4. Stakeholder Engagements

• Ensure to create and maintain open communication with company’s GRO/PRO, secretarial paralegal/s and assistants of all GCC-KSA entities to ensure smooth flow of information, identification of loopholes and process improvement opportunities
• Liaise with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers, auditors, other external providers/advisers

Internal Interfaces

• Corporate Counsel and Legal Operations Officer - GCC
• Legal Counsels
• Paralegals

**External Interfaces*** Contractual Counterparties

• Governmental Authorities

Qualifications

• ***Degree / Experience**** 3+ years of corporate practice or 5+ years of senior paralegal practice in KSA (UAE-Bahrain-Oman exposure a plus).
• Corporate law firm experience and/or corporate practice in the energy infrastructure industry.
• ***Specific Knowledge / skills**** Corporate legal/paralegal background.
• Ability to provide sound legal advice in an independent way.
• Sound judgement.
• Ability to deal with complexity and multiple tasks.
• Organizational skills.
• Ability to work within a team of members from varying cultural backgrounds as well as with counterparts of varying cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to lead transactions independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to maintain high levels of focused drive and energy, and meet the deadlines.
• Professional and ethical.
• Attention to details.

Language

• Excellent command of written and spoken English. Arabic is a plus.

Location/travel

• Riyadh, KSA.
• Flexibility to travel to Dubai and throughout the GCC.

**Business Unit:** Support Functions In Geographies

**Legal Entity:** ENGIE Saudi Holding Company LLC

**Company Name:** ENGIE Saudi Arabia