Legal Associate

Job description / Role

Job Purpose
• To provide active and efficient support to the Group in-house legal function
• To assist in providing legal advice and services to other departments within the Group
• To independently draft and review broad range of contracts and agreement in English and Arabic.

Key Responsibilities
• Effectively participate in the overall in-house legal function, provide multi-disciplinary legal support for the business divisions and operating companies within the Group.
• Independently draft and review various types and complexities of Contracts and Agreements, NDAs, MOUs, POAs, and corporate documents, including memoranda and articles of association, addenda, resolutions, charters, authorizations, corporate governance manuals, policies and procedures, and different other legal documents in English and Arabic.
• Prepare and standardize legal forms and templates.
• Genuinely participate in the strategic objective of ongoing legal wellbeing of the Group.
• Support and handle legal tasks relating to new company formation, licensing, amendment, trade permits, trademark registration, IP protection, and overall regulatory compliance.
• Participate and contribute in strategic legal projects, such as legal due diligence, organizational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and others.
• Manage and maintain an efficient Contract Management System which summarizes, tracks, and controls the particulars, highlights, important information and critical dates of all strategic contracts and agreements.
• Organize, update and maintain constant follow-up on legal tasks and functions.
• Prepare and manage regular legal summaries and reports.
• Manage disputes, litigation and arbitration cases, court procedures and enforcement in coordination with external law firms
• Monitor and analyse new legal and legislative updates and amendments.
• Generally handle and provide full legal assistance as required for the Legal Department.
• Carry out duties given by the Head of Legal faithfully and diligently and follow all reasonable instructions.

Requirements

Educational Qualification Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognised university

Skills & Professional Requirements:
• Knowledge of UAE Law
• Proficient in Microsoft office.
• Arabic speakers are preferred

Experience Requirements:
• Experience in drafting, reviewing and revising contracts, agreements, letters and any other type of legal documents in Arabic and English.

Attributes and Behaviours:
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Detail oriented.
• Good organizational and follow-up skills.
• Able to deal simultaneously with multiple tasks
• Logical, structured, methodical
• Strong worth ethics

About the Company

Incepted in the late 70's, Ghobash Group has become one of the resilient business conglomerates in UAE. The privately-owned group has expanded to geographies across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe through its diversified business arms.

Focused on growth through value-creation, Ghobash Group has advanced with successful milestones over the years in its business industries: Technology, Chemicals, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Water, Energy, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Trading and Real Estate.

CNS, GCG Office Imaging, Tawazon Chemical, E&I Emirates, GCG Engineering Services, Arabian Ethicals, Ataya Fashion, Prime Hospitality, and Makeen Properties. The Group has also formed Joint Ventures over the years such as Sahara Center sustaining its momentum of successful milestones throughout the years.

Sustainability, innovation, diversification, and ownership are amongst the key values the Group has been practicing for decades. Working with partners, who share the same values, the Group has added value throughout the years through profitable investment opportunities in both the private and public sectors.

In depth experience, combined with a granular knowledge of the regional economy, enables Ghobash Group to identify, and provide access to the best business opportunities across the region.

Committed to diversified growth, Ghobash Group is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates and services through its offices and factories in Saudi Arabia, Oman, India, Iraq, and Africa.

The Group values its people as family and its customers as long term partners. Embracing excellence yet keeping it personal is a key strength of the Group which is a characteristic that has not faded since its inception.

Driving success through its people and partners, with its diverse business arm, Ghobash group aims to continue to grow adding value with every opportunity, every transaction, every employee life, every partner business, every community across varied geographies.

Together we make a difference.