Senior Legal Counsel

Role overview

Contract management

• Lead review, negotiation, and drafting of contracts, agreements, policies, and procedures.
• Negotiate legal terms with external partners in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Manage the contract lifecycle, including intake, drafting, negotiation, review, approval, execution, renewal, amendment, expiry, termination, and archiving.
• Ensure contracts follow approved templates, delegated authority, internal approvals, and applicable legal and governance standards.
• Maintain contract records and trackers, monitor obligations and key dates, escalate risks, and obtain complete business instructions and supporting documents.

Legal advice and dispute management

• Advise relevant business and corporate functions on employment law, intellectual property, litigation, regulatory compliance, and other legal matters.
• Research legal issues and provide actionable analysis to business leaders and the Group General Counsel & Company Secretary.
• Manage or support dispute resolution, including mediation and litigation, and coordinate external legal counsel.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop compliance policies and procedures for local and international legal requirements.

Board and corporate governance

• Support Board and committee governance workstreams and coordinate meeting calendars, agendas, papers, resolutions, approvals, and action trackers.
• Draft and review minutes, written resolutions, governance memoranda, and corporate secretarial documents.
• Maintain statutory and corporate records, including registers, constitutional documents, delegated authorities, and Board and shareholder approvals.
• Support companies, securities, listing, disclosure, and corporate governance compliance and coordinate filings and submissions.
• Follow up on Board and committee decisions while preserving accountability with business owners.

Other responsibilities

• Respond to claims and undertake special projects as directed by the Group General Counsel & Company Secretary and relevant business leaders.
• Maintain confidentiality, privilege, and appropriate information-handling standards.
• Use approved legal systems, templates, trackers, and records processes and provide clear status reports.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Law.
• At least 7 years of relevant legal experience in private practice and/or an in-house legal function, including complex commercial contracts and senior stakeholder advice.
• Middle East experience is required; UAE experience is preferred.
• Advanced contract drafting and negotiation; strong contract lifecycle and approval governance knowledge; working knowledge of corporate, commercial, regulatory, dispute, Board and committee governance, and corporate secretarial matters.
• Strong legal analysis, judgment, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to manage complex matters independently.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
• A postgraduate legal qualification or relevant professional certification is an advantage.