Senior Legal Counsel – MEA

Yahoo

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP139-41

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Yahoo MEA is looking for an experienced lawyer, to be based in Dubai, who will provide support for Yahoo’s growing and diversifying operations in the Middle East & Africa. You will report to the General Counsel & Head of Public Policy of Yahoo Middle East & Africa based in Dubai.

Your day-to-day life will require the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously while working independently towards their completion. The expectation is that within 3 months you will become an indispensable resource to the team.

Specific Responsibilities:
The work will include using your proven transactional expertise to draft, review and negotiate various agreements and contracts relating to our businesses and commercial operations, while supporting the General Counsel and the organization on other matters as well relating to the corporate structure of the company in various jurisdictions across the region. You will support the Yahoo offices and business in the MEA region. You will also support the General Counsel with legislative research and other public policy work. You will work with outside counsel in the MEA region and with many of Yahoo's European, U.S. and international in-house lawyers as well as Yahoo's business, technical, and finance teams. You will be part of a fun loving, creative and enthusiastic internet savvy team.

Requirements

Skills and Qualifications:
We are looking for a qualified lawyer with at least five years of relevant post-qualification experience, excellent academics, with a strong commercial sense, preferably who can speak, read and write Arabic. Familiarity with internet, media and intellectual property laws and issues, regulatory and current corporate governance practices in the Middle East and Africa are preferred. The position also requires first rate drafting, analysis and communications skills. Excellent spoken and written English are essential. You must also have a love for the Internet, and a strong desire to understand online business models, and a great sense of humor. You must be able to work independently, manage tight deadlines and thrive in a high-pressure, fast-paced and constantly changing and evolving environment. You must be mature, innovative and posses creative problem solving skills. You'll join a high-energy MEA and EMEA team. This is a job for a passionate individual with a strong desire to grow and develop while having fun. Fitting into and working well with the team is vital.

About the Company

Yahoo! is focused on making the world's daily habits more inspiring and entertaining. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has offices located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC) and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions.

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