Senior Legal Advisor

Michael Page

UAE

Ref: HP350-4591

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• To provide high level legal counsel to the company and its subsidiaries as well as support external client processes and ensure compliance with relevant technical contracts related legal regulations.
• Manage your legal team and work closely with the contracts team, overseeing their work

Client Details
• An engineering group who supply services and equipment to the military and engineering sectors

Description
• Prepare memorandum and articles of associations, board resolutions and shareholders resolution
• Draft, review and negotiate various types of corporate and commercial contracts such as NDA's, joint ventures, MOU's,real estate contracts, sale & purchase agreements, licensing agreements, bonds, project agreements, credit agreements, labour contracts, lease, distribution, shipping, franchise and supply agreements, etc
• Corporate matters such as M&A's, establishing new companies
• Delegate and cooperate with the internal and external team in settling all disputes, litigations etc
• Prepare Legal & Contracts Department's policy & procedures

Job Offer
• Head the department for this organisation, and partner closely with the government sector and other senior stakeholders

Requirements

Candidates who apply must meet all of the below criteria:

• Licensed lawyer with 10 years post qualifying experience
• Experience working in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial, Energy, Aviation, Shipping industries
• Understanding of a 'customer centric' environment - experience adapting to client contracts and negotiating foreign agreements
• Knowledge of UAE laws

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.

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Legal Advisor salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 11,000

Breakdown available for industries, cities and years of experience