Senior Lawyer

Doha, Qatar

Ref: LP127-1213

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a leading Construction Company in Qatar. On behalf of our client we are recruiting and experienced Legal Candidate

Duties & Responsibilities:
- Stay abreast of legal development affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices.
- Advice senior company executives on legal risks associated with transactions.
- Counsel, advise, and consult senior company executives based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the facts of a business opportunity.
- Strategize with senior company executives prior to client negotiations.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a large number of complex client transactions within a corporate environment.
- Represent company’s interests and interface directly with client counsel and negotiating teams.
- Responsible for foreseeing and protecting company against legal risks.
- Manage both in-house and outside legal resources.
- Develop internal guidelines and packaged knowledge on various legal and business issues.
- Prepares legal briefs, develops strategy, arguments, and testimony in preparation for presentation of a case.
- Represents company in court and before judicial or administrative agencies of government.
- Prepare business contracts, settle labor disputes, and administer other legal matters.
- Settling disputes and supervising any agreements.
- Prepares and examines contracts involving leases, licenses, purchases, sales, insurance, etc.

Requirements

- Masters degree in law from a reputable University.
- Must have 10 years of experience as a licensed attorney preparing for, participating in, and/or reviewing formal hearings or trials involving litigation and/or administrative law in the State of Qatar/ GCC Countries.
- Fluency in English & Arabic
- Experience in international organization, or construction industry.
- Independently manage drafting transactional documents and correspondence.
- Responsive and follows through on commitments.
- Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.
- Ability to influence, strong executive presence.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in Arabic and English.
- Proficient in MS Office suite of products.

About the Company

Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions: