Senior Legal Counsel - Construction

Job description / Role

Government Property Development Firm
Location: Doha, Qatar
Exceptional Expatriate Salary Package + Benefits

Our client is a global Property Development firm who are world renowned for the development of iconic mega projects worldwide. Their key project is a city project that extends across 38 square kilometres and includes four exclusive islands and 19 multi-purpose residential, mixed use, entertainment and commercial districts. This is a comprehensive arena of leisure spots, residential buildings, commercial towers, avenues and public ports. This city will accommodate 200,000 residents and 170,000 employees and 80,000 visitors. They now seek to recruit a Senior Legal Counsel - Construction to provide legal advice on all matters relative to the firms construction and operations activities to safeguard the firms best interests. This role also develops systems, processes and procedures and adopts a pro-active approach to potential problems in order to manage legal issues relative to construction projects.

Reporting to the General Counsel - Legal; this role is responsible to:

Provide professional legal advice, clarifications and legal opinions to the organisation on relevant aspects concerning property construction and operations projects, adopting a proactive approach to ensure that all legal provisions are adhered to and that the firm is protected from adverse legal consequences.
Review the firms position with regard to local laws and regulations governing construction activities, monitor changes and advise senior management on their implications in order to ensure full compliance of construction projects to laws and regulations.
Inform concerned parties about essential and statutory provisions and procedures related to the execution of construction projects in order to ensure that these are implemented in line with required standards.
Develop standard legal documents and templates.
Supervise and participate in the preparation if required, checking and review of contracts between the firms property construction and operations projects and outside parties to ensure correctness and accuracy.
Manage the outsourcing of legal work relating to property construction and operations projects within agreed guidelines to ensure accurate, timely and effective completion of such work.
Promptly attend to, diagnose, and participate in the problem solving of various legal issues pertaining to the firms property construction and operations activities to ensure that their legal status is compliant with local laws.
Follow up with the external lawyers on the cases of dispute in order to remain abreast with latest status of legal matters pertaining to the firm.
Attend regular internal meetings with legal expert legal researchers, and external parties (occasionally) regarding all issues pertaining to legal affairs such as legislation, contracts and revisions to maximize perspective and input into legal decisions affecting the firms projects.

Requirements

The attributes we seeks for this role comprise:

A Law Degree and admittance in a relevant jurisdiction. A Masters Degree is highly desirable.
Minimum 10 years of progressive practice in the fields of Property law and Construction industry experience.
Advanced writing and communication skills and familiarity with standard international construction forms and norms.
Strong Problem Solving Skills
English native speaker although bilingual skills in Arabic highly regarded.
Experience in expatriate environment is highly desirable.

An excellent tax free salary, with stable employment, will be offered to attract suitable candidates to this role. To apply, forward your resume in Word format.

About the Company

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