Legal Associate – Dubai

About the role

The Legal Associate will support the GBM Legal Department by providing legal assistance to GBM branches across GCC countries, ensuring compliance with IBM‑GBM agreements and export control regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Support GBM sales operations with legal and commercial advice on contracts, RFPs and related documents.
• Review and draft a variety of commercial agreements, including services agreements, business partner agreements and IT solutions implementation agreements.
• Align with the GBM Chief Legal Officer to ensure full compliance with GBM policies and obtain executive approval for non‑standard terms.
• Manage the GBM contracts repository and educate branch stakeholders on contractual issues.
• Monitor compliance with export regulation rules and coordinate with the appointed Export Regulation Officer.
• Provide general legal department support, including specialist research and document management.
• Convey legal advice and follow‑up information to managers and internal business stakeholders independently or in consultation with attorneys.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Law.
• Strong command of English; Arabic is an advantage.
• IT skills and ability to learn new systems.
• Motivated, trustworthy with high integrity and confidentiality standards.
• Detail‑oriented with good communication and interpersonal skills.