Ref: NP316-69

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Group, headquartered in Dubai, is a major regional player in packaging, specialty chemicals and food flavors.

The candidate filling this position will advise the Group of its legal rights and obligations across divisions and geographical locations and also perform corporate secretarial duties.

The Role

• Regulatory compliance for the Group and its subsidiaries by understanding, interpreting and applying all reporting requirements under the relevant company laws and regulations so reports and filings are made as required by the associated deadlines;
• Arranging annual shareholders’ meetings and compiling and filing the required minutes and annual reports by the specified deadlines;
• Providing support to the all functional areas, including finance, supply chain, sales and corporate communications;
• Trademarks administration by ensuring the registration and renewal of trademarks, managing trademark agents and arranging for the documents required for registrations and renewals;
• Litigation management by managing external counsel and assisting in case preparation and case management;
• Draft and review internal and external communications, contracts and documents, including loan documentation (term sheets, facility agreements), contracts with vendors, suppliers, purchasers, etc., in order protect the interests of the Group;
• Assist in the selection and liaise with the external lawyers that the Group will outsource regarding various transactions and activities;
• Translate and review relevant legal documents in Arabic and/or English;
• Consistently follow-up on all assignment deadlines and responses

Position reports to: Head of Legal
Leadership accountability: Implements operating plans
Supervisory accountability: None
Organizational accountability: None
Financial accountability: Monitors expenditures
Customer accountability: Interfaces with regulatory authorities
Freedom to act : Subject to general input from supervisor

Requirements

Requirements
Level of education:
• Law Degree from accredited institution

Level of experience:
• 5 years’ relevant experience in corporate and commercial law, with traceable exposure to regulatory compliance and litigation management being advantageous

Language fluency:
• Ability to draft and translate legal documents into and/or from Arabic/English, therefore, fluency required in reading, writing and speaking Arabic and English
• Having French as a third language is advantageous.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:
• Computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically in MSWord
• Communication skills: Effective interpersonal and customer service skills at different levels within the organisation
• Analytical skills: Ability to compare, contrast and quality check work and having a keen attention to detail
• Planning and organizing skills: Ability to efficiently and effectively plan and monitor tasks in a very organised and predictive manner
• Self-starter: Ability to further design the delivery parameters of the position, to construct a well-run legal counsel function and to then redesign and deliver further parameters to the position that elevates its delivery.

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QAR 6,000

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