Ref: LP483-381

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a well-known financial services authority based in Abu Dhabi and looking for a Bilingual Senior Legal Counsel to join their team.

Responsibilities and Duties:
• Provide corporate advisory
• Draft legislation and support relevant departments with legal advice and counsel.
• Provide legal counsel in the structuring and execution of transactions
• Evaluate and provide quality legal advice on all matters associated with current operations.
• Advise generally on corporate matters including day to day operations, and commercial contracts
• Coordinate the involvement of external legal counsel for selected assignments
• Build and maintain relationships with external legal counsel and the panel of preferred advisers
• Work on corporate governance and compliance matters

Requirements

Skills and Background:
• Graduate Degree in Law, ideally western educated
• Qualified in an Arab jurisdiction with U.A.E experience
• At least 8-10 years of post-qualification experience at an international or a large local law firm
• Well versed with U.A.E local laws and regulations
• Bilingual with fluency in English & Arabic (Speaking, Reading & Writing)

About the Company

Mark Williams is a Dubai recruitment company with a wealth of Search & Selection experience. Mark Williams International is a subsidiary of the Williams Group UK and in December 2009 set up the Middle East business.

Mark Williams is a fully licensed recruitment firm currently focused on fulfilling clients needs in; Emiratisation, Financial Services and Information Technology related position within the United Arab Emirates. The initial focus was looking at Emiratisation into the Financial Services sector across all seven Emirates. With an increased demand for over the subsequent years for Emiratisation we have broadened our scope to place UAE Nationals into Industry & Government with dedicated teams for Emiratisation into Financial Services and Industry. Given our focus is primarily on the local market it gives us a depth of understanding & knowledge that enables us deliver our business partners an unrivaled service in terms of; speed and most importantly, quality.

Founding the Middle East business in adverse market conditions has enabled us to capture market-share and establish ourselves as a house hold name within our specialisms. Within two years we had outgrown our initial office and moved to the prestigious Business Central Towers in Media City. Mark Williams, at the end of 2014 has completed its third upscaling of operations to Bay Square, Business Bay. This was a strategic move to enable continued business growth by servicing clients and candidates with improved infrastructure, access and parking. Mark Williams provides candidates and clients private meeting rooms, testing facilities and board room access to facilitate screening and interviews. With our current capacity and growth ambitions Mark Williams is now one of the fastest growing Recruitment agencies in the region.

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Legal Counsel salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 22,500

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