Senior Legal Counsel

Job description / Role

Our client is a global leader in technology. They would like to hire a lawyer to support their business in Pakistan.

Responsibilities:

* Lead all legal support to the business in dedicated major accounts mainly in Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries
* As part of the legal department's dynamic resourcing plan, provide support to other regional business
* Providing legal advice on a wide range of agreements with the customers and other business partners
* Provide legal training and education to business colleagues on policies, commercial law, compliance and other relevant legal matters for the sub-region and company
* Run multiple legal risk management initiatives in the sub-region to instil a positive, world class legal compliance culture and full adherence to internal and external governance requirements
* To review current processes in the organization, identify improvements and lead the change process
* Coordinate with all functions in identifying, developing and implementing improvements in line with company standards, processes and policies

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Requirements

* Lawyer to be based in Pakistan

Requirements:

* 7 - 12 years PQE
* Excellent English drafting and communication skills
* Experience of working in a multi-national or regional company legal department MANDATORY.
* Excellent academic record and working references / credentials
* Experience in ethics and compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act
* Experience in the IT, technology, projects, software, telecommunications industry.
* Work experience in Pakistan and the region
* Very strong individual contributor
* Strong leadership and business relationship skills
* Experienced in commercial, technology, IPR, business, labour, contract and competition law.
* Experienced in negotiating and drafting infrastructure and technology, business development, including those agreements covering a number of markets

About the Company

Established in 1987, McGregor Boyall is a global recruitment consultancy providing permanent and contract / interim professionals across a wide variety of disciplines including Technology, Risk, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Marketing and HR & Talent Management. Since our inception, we have built an unrivalled reputation for helping organisations recruit the very best talent to ensure that they realise their business and operational objectives.

Headquartered in the city of London, and with further offices throughout the UK (Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow) as well as globally in Dubai and Singapore, we are able to offer recruitment solutions throughout the UK & Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.