Senior Legal Counsel

About the role

This Senior Legal Counsel position provides high-quality legal advice and support across the organization, reviewing contracts, policies, regulatory matters, litigation activities and business decisions from a legal and compliance perspective.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare legal opinions, memoranda, reports and recommendations for management.
• Draft and review contracts, procurement documents, memoranda of understanding, service-level agreements and other legal documents.
• Review UAE and Abu Dhabi legislation, regulations, policies and legal developments and assess their impact on the organization.
• Advise internal stakeholders on legal, regulatory, contractual, administrative and employment matters.
• Support litigation, dispute resolution, negotiations, settlements and engagement with courts and authorities.
• Take part in governance, tender, procurement and investigation committees as required.
• Conduct legal research and help draft and review policies, regulations and organizational frameworks.
• Identify and assess legal risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Support strategic and operational projects needing legal input, review legal outputs for quality and compliance, and promote legal awareness and knowledge sharing.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent; a Master's degree is preferred.
• Professional authorization or license to practice law in the UAE, where applicable.
• 6-8 years of relevant experience for Bachelor's or Higher Diploma holders; 7 years for Diploma holders.
• Experience in legal advisory, contract review, regulatory matters, litigation support, compliance and preparing legal opinions and memoranda.
• Professional fluency in Arabic and advanced English.

Required skills

• UAE laws and regulations
• Legal advisory, contract drafting and review, litigation and dispute management
• Regulatory compliance and corporate governance
• Legal research, risk management and legal opinions and memoranda