Legal Counsel

Job description / Role

Job Purpose:
Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for counseling the business on a broad range of regulatory and commercial matters, and drafting complex commercial agreements. The stakeholder is providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

Requirements

Required Education
- Law University Graduate
- MBA preferable
Required Technical & Software Skills / Required Licenses & Certifications
- Excellent business communication and presentation skills
- BAR admission in one of the countries within the region is a must
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Preferred Languages
- English (Full professional proficiency - Required)
- Arabic (Full professional proficiency – Required) Country Language where applicable

Years of Experience
- 8+ years’ experience as a Corporate commercial lawyer experience in a first tier international law firm and/or similar in a corporate environment

Field Experience
- 3+ years’ UAE experience (is a must)

Internal Contact Group
- All internal Departments
- Interaction: Legal Advice as requested
- Frequency: Regular

External Contact Group
- External Lawyers
- Interaction: Negotiation of Civil disputes
- Frequency: On case base

Competency:

Leads the Way
- Demonstrates strategic leadership by a thorough understanding of key trends and value drivers of the business, and consistent prioritization of focus and efforts. Communicates clear, compelling stories that motivate and inspire others. Develops a clear roadmap to achieve strategic objectives and actively supports teams to ensure delivery. Enables change through personal ownership and a constant drive to improve.

Drives Impact
- Roles models and coaches others on making decisions effectively based on facts, context, and risks. Acts with urgency through proactively involving self and others. Fosters responsibility and accountability by role-modelling ownership.

Thinks customer
- Is able to effectively anticipate customer needs through deep understanding of customers’ expectations. Builds a culture of customer focus, driving consistent efforts to “go above and beyond” customers’ expectations. Inspires and supports others to invest time in building productive long term relationships.

Thinks group

- Role-models the “one company” mindset by proactively contributing for the benefit of Majid Al Futtaim as a whole. Fosters and develops high performance teams through clear expectation-setting, constructive feedback, and celebrating success. Builds trust with others through open communication.

Develops talent
- Empowers others to take ownership and accountability through effective delegation and support. Develops and nurtures the next generation of Majid Al Futtaim leaders through consistent role modelling, mentoring and coaching others, and effectively holding courageous conversations.

Fosters innovation
- Supports and encourages innovation throughout teams and organization. Constantly pushes for fresh perspectives. Supports and enables rapid, careful, and structured evaluation of new ideas.

About the Company

A franchise agreement with one of the world's largest retail chains Carrefour, allowed Majid Al Futtaim Retail to competitively introduce the first hypermarket model to the region in 1995 providing shoppers with variety and value.

Today, Majid Al Futtaim Retail owns 100% of the Carrefour franchise in 38 markets across MENA and central Asia, Africa and Russia.

Majid Al Futtaim Retail opened its first hypermarket in City Centre Deira - UAE, and through the years expanded to more than 180 Carrefour stores in 15 countries across the region.

Carrefour is dedicated to rewarding its loyal customers and offering access to a unique shopping experience through special offers and promotions throughout the year.

We are a family of more than 30,000 employees from more than 75 nationalities and we are committed to Create Great Moments for everyone, every day. Sounds appealing? Come join us and have the opportunity to challenge yourself in a unique work experience.