Paralegal

Job description / Role

Following our recent expansion of our activities in the Middle East, we are currently recruiting a Paralegal to join our Dubai based team.

Your main responsibilities:

• Be the coordinator of the contract management and due diligence system;
• Prepare and draft basic commercial agreements;• Maintain the legal data bases; identify Contract renewal, follow up;
• Lead & coordinate customer creation activities with stakeholders (sales, finance, supply);
• Maintain and organize the records of power of attorneys and other corporate documents;
• Maintain the corporate secretarial books; 
• Coordinate the regulatory filings; 
• Prepare the quarterly Legal reports
• Coordinate the administrative aspects of Board of Directors meetings including minutes preparation;
Coordinate the communication with external legal counsels
• Ensure, maintain and coordinate compliance activities such as (but not limited) :FCPA/UK anti bribery act, internal training, certification renewals, regular internal communications, inductions for newcomers
• Interact with relevant authorities for corporate matters
Active role in SOX with controlling department
• Assist HR in personnel file & contract management
• Support HR in MEA taxation and governance handling

Requirements

To join our team you will need:
- Work experience as paralegal in a corporation or law firm
- Excellent organizational skills and broad knowledge of corporate legal matters
- Good understanding of procedural aspects of contract law
- Team player
- Fluent in English, including legal drafting skills in English; at least one other European (French would be ideal) and Arabic language
- Proactive / can do attitude, creative and open minded
- Pragmatic and to the point

About the Company

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. Worldwide we employ more than 71,000 people and manufacture our products in 53 facilities across 22 countries. Within the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, our team of almost 25,000 people is focused on designing, developing, producing, marketing, selling and distributing our tires and related services.