Legal Counsel, Middle East and Africa

Job description / Role

Legal Recruit ME is working with a leading global company to recruit a Legal Counsel for an exciting role to be based in Dubai.

The Role
* Provide general legal counsel to the Company’s businesses across the region – advise on and identify legal issues, gather the relevant facts and background, apply the law and formulate and communicate recommendations, bringing additional internal or external legal resources to bear as necessary.
* Ensuring the timely provision of legal support to all business units and enabling functions.
* Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders – be an extended member of the Middle East management team, actively advising the team and participating in management meetings.
* Commercial – provide legal support where needed to commercial teams, including by reviewing commercial contracts, distribution agreements, terms and conditions, and other corporate documents.
* Corporate Communications – advise on, and conduct legal review of, corporate communications and responses to media requests including social media.
* Corporate Governance – Ensure compliance with best practices in corporate governance across the region; ensure that proper corporate records are maintained, including resolutions, and minutes of meetings of the shareholders and board of directors of the various entities in the region; oversee preparation and filing of any documents required to be filed with the relevant Corporate Registry.
* Human Resources – Provide legal support to local human resources function, including with respect to termination/voluntary separation, violations of the Code of Conduct, etc. Work with HR specialists and Global Ethics & Compliance as required.