Senior Legal Counsel

Robert Half

Saudi Arabia

Ref: HP341-806

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Company

Robert Half are working with a company in Jeddah, looking to hire a Senior Legal Counsel.

The Role

To provide legal support for a large Corporation with particular focus on Company/Commercial and Compliance

* Drafting, reviewing and negotiating full range of commercial contracts and other legal documents.
* Direct the due diligence exercise required for any mergers
* Advise the management team and relevant internal clients on contractual, compliance and legal matters as well as all matters
* Advising on all major acquisitions and disposals by the company and handling all legal activities associated with recent internal group restructuring.
* Conduct legal research, supervising researchers and summarising research on procedural matters for other members of the legal department.
* Supervising renewal of corporate licences and other authorizations.
* Proactively Identifying legal risks, advising clients on measures to mitigate such risks.
* Assess the strength and weaknesses of cases prior to litigation and assist with the follow up work related to such cases and implementation of litigation strategies.
* Negotiating settlements.
* Advise PM senior management with respect to potential mergers and acquisitions and assist with integrating acquired assets into the organization.
* Provide training to members of PM with respect to legal processes and compliance obligations.
* Work with other support services groups to ensure that the company is aware of, and in compliance with, changes to laws and legislation.
* Support ad help design, deliver the compliance program
* Ensure all corporate filings for legal entities within the Business Verticals structure are up to date and in order.
* Attend QBRs of each PM division.
* Regularly attend the offices of each PM division.
* Track action matters and submit monthly actions list report and further information as required to HoL.
* Design presentations and train PM business teams on areas of interest, such as compliance, commercial contracting, IP matters etc.

Requirements

The Candidate

* Must have Bachelors Law Degree from a Western Jurisdiction, UK, US, Europe, New Zealand, AUS

Salary and Benefits

* 70,000 SAR a month, plus company benefits

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About the Company

Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world\'s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide.

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