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Ref: HP440-148
Job description / Role
Incumbent will manage the Regulatory Legal Affairs section reporting to Head of Regulatory Affairs, incumbent will also supervise subordinated within the same section.
Principal Functions;
- Advises and guides the company on the interpretation of decrees, by-laws, regulatory policies and directives of the Telecom Regulatory Authority.
- Develops policies, procedures and work processes to ensure that the company's business practices are in compliance with the Telecommunication Law and any regulatory compliance.
- Monitors and attempts to influence for the company's benefit the regulatory framework for telecommunications, broadcasting or competition in the UAE and in other jurisdictions.
- Coordinates closely with the Legal Department to resolve legal issues/ concerns affecting the company.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Guides Management, Business Units (BUs) and other Regional Units units in interpreting their obligations by law and regulations of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authroity or any other regulator.
- Assists in enhancement of commercial and operational procedures of the Business Units to ensure conformance to the regulations and reporting requirements.
- Assists Etisalat to comply with Regulatory Instruments issued by the TRA.
- Participates, as required, in briefings, conferences, negotiations, arbitrations and other legal/regulatory proceedings.
- Scrutinizes, and revises, as needed, legal documentation required by any sector specific regulators.
- Assists the Head of Economics to manage regulatory issues for the company with respect to regulated products (e.g. approvals for terms and conditions and prices).
- Provides drafting /legal vetting assistance for legal/quasi-legal documents.
- Supports the performance evaluation of subordinates and assists in developing their technical/professional competence.
- Prepares and monitors budget for the Section and takes corrective action in case of variances.
- Defines, analyzes and prepares strategy and argumentation in representing the regulatory group interests.
- Monitors application of licensing obligations and regulatory implications of the company's and its subsidiaries and associated companies.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Law
- 8-10 years experience in telecommunications regulatory legal affairs (including time spent in private practice and preferably also in-house in an incumbent telecommunications company)
Related Professional Training, Certification or Membership:
- Mandatory - Fluent English to native speaker level
- Preferred - Higher Degree in Law. Arabic language skill
About the Company
Etisalat has been the telecommunications service provider in the UAE since 1976, and has built up a modern telecom infrastructure and established itself as an innovative and reliable operator.
Etisalat stands 140th among the Financial Times Top 500 Corporations in the world in terms of market capitalization, and is ranked by The Middle East magazine as the 6th largest company in the Middle East in terms of capitalization and revenues. The Corporation is the largest contributor outside the oil sector to development programmes of the UAE Federal Government, and is an award-winning socially responsible corporation. Etisalat has also won accolades from across the region for its nationalization programme.