Legal Director

Job description / Role

The Legal Director is responsible for a wide range of general corporate, commercial and financing matters and other projects, offer counsel on legal issues, create an effective guardian of the organisation and facilitate business strategies development

Client Details

• Work for an Investment Group that holds Multi-Billion Dollar equities within a diversified commercial portfolio which has just reported it's highest ever net profit figures


Description

• Assist with defining and developing corporate policies, procedures and programs
• Assist with managing the entire Bank's legal and reputation risks in its corporate and investment activity
• Related compliance and regulatory matters, transaction risk-management, the management, coordination and execution of asset acquisitions and disposals as well as investor relations matters
• Assist with providing transactional guidance to the real estate, infrastructure, private equity and venture capital deal teams by participating in deal team investment discussions and investment implementations.
• Provide legal input on the launch of new products and structuring of private investment vehicles, and private funds
• Resolve policy and procedure in coordination with outside counsel and committees
• Special projects on ad hoc basis

Job Offer

• Work for a major business with a strong brand. A suitable opportunity for someone with no Middle East experience to gain entry into the market. An attractive tax free salary and relocation package offered

Requirements

Candidates who apply must meet all of the below criteria

• 4 - 8 years combined post qualifying experience within Private Practice and in-house - with particular involvement in the Investment/Banking industry
• Bachelor of Laws from a renowned international University
• Arabic speaking, reading and writing (preference, not a must)

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.