Legal Counsel

Job description / Role

My client is a multinational group business who operate within various business sectors. Having operations globally, their Dubai office is their Middle Eastern hub. At this time, they are seeking a qualified Corporate Commercial lawyer with around 3 - 5 years PQE to join their existing in-house legal team. Reporting into the Head of Legal, this role will act as a more senior addition to the current team. Work will include: General corporate company advisory work, reviewing and drafting of contracts, corporate governance, legal compliance, employment law matters, any arises disputes and ad hoc transactional work.

Requirements

3-5 Years PQE
Qualification and experienced gained within either of the following jurisdictions: UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand.
Candidates must have good corporate commercial experience, and have worked either in-house or within a law firm dealing and advising on corporate commercial matters.
Experience within another Legal Counsel position will be advantageous although not essential.

About the Company

BWP is a privately owned, top-end, low volume specialist recruiter with an emphasis on the Middle East markets.

The company has pedigree, a pedigree that comes with over 30 years combined experience of the local markets and from the capabilities of our staff and from their intimate knowledge of all major white collar sectors in the MENA region.

As well as our bespoke search capacity, we are also able to professionally and knowledgeably advise on all aspects of the human capital dimension; from salary surveys and recruitment strategies to general HR policy , development and training.