Legal and Corporate Governance Executive

About the role

TotalEnergies Marketing UAE is hiring a Legal and Corporate Governance Executive in Dubai. The Corporate Governance & Legal Department advises TotalEnergies' companies in the UAE, Qatar and Kazakhstan on legal matters to protect its interests and minimise legal risk, working in an environment with rapidly changing legislation and ESEC regulations. The role involves interdepartmental work with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, HSEQ, Marketing, Purchasing and Human Resources.

Key responsibilities

• Legal: help prepare, review and validate new agreements and major contracts, maintain the agreements database and supervise General Secretarial documentation such as resolutions, share transfers, acquisitions, mergers, company establishment, AGMs and board meetings.
• Support the Credit department with debt collection (legal notices, client visits, settlements).
• Maintain the corporate information database, organise Board of Directors and Shareholders' meetings, keep statutory registers and corporate records, and coordinate with external counsel, notaries and registries.
• Coordinate with external agencies and PROs for translations, attestations, notarizations, certificates and trade license matters, and assist departments with tender letters, authority letters and legal forms.
• Compliance and ethics: foster a culture of compliance, ensure adherence to anti-corruption, anti-competition, code of conduct and integrity policies, and support compliance training.
• Review and monitor transaction declaration forms and follow up on sanction and due diligence action plans.
• HSSEQ: adhere to the HSSEQ policy and procedures, report near misses and incidents, take part in safety tours and incident investigations, and have the authority to stop operations for safety reasons.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in law (LLB) from a reputable university, or in Finance, Business Administration or an equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience in a law firm; experience in Internal Control, Finance or Compliance is preferred.
• Fluent English; Arabic is a plus.
• Knowledge of oil and gas laws is a plus but not mandatory.

Required skills

• MS Office and SAP.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and negotiation skills, with a commercial mindset and ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.