Legal Counsel
About this role
Role Summary
The Legal Counsel will support the LRMA Legal Department by handling legal matters related to the company's regional operations and key Middle Eastern clients. The role focuses on ensuring compliance, mitigating legal risks, and providing timely, accurate legal guidance to internal teams.
Key Responsibilities
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Contract Management: Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial contracts and legal documents for international operations.
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Regulatory Compliance: Monitor changes in laws and regulations; advise stakeholders on compliance requirements.
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Legal Research: Conduct in-depth research on corporate, commercial, and international business laws.
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Risk Mitigation: Identify potential legal risks in business processes and propose effective strategies to reduce exposure.
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Client Support: Provide legal advice to business units managing key clients, ensuring alignment with local and international legal standards.
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Documentation & Reporting: Maintain organized and accurate records of all legal files, correspondence, and transactions.
Required Qualifications
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Education: LLB required; strong preference for candidates with an International or External LLB.
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Experience: 3-5 years experience in a corporate legal department or reputable law firm, preferably with exposure to commercial or international law.
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Expertise: Strong foundation in Corporate Governance, Contract Law, and Commercial Regulations.
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Time Zone Alignment: Must be able to work according to UAE/Saudi Arabia time zones.
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Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Professional Skills: High level of integrity, professionalism, and strong attention to detail.
Company at a glance
For nearly 40 years, Abacus has been offering cutting-edge business solutions helping organisations to transform their visions into realities through a combination of latest business methodologies and technological tools. The business value offered by Abacus has a deep scale, is industry focused and technology driven with a world class delivery capability. We help to transform the businesses of clients who want to be leaders in their industry.
Abacus is founded on one simple belief, that change is the only constant in our world and that as enterprises and individuals, we must all respond to change with vision, courage and integrity. We are passionate about being partners to our clients, as advisers, consultants, technology specialists, systems integrators and outsourcers. For the people at Abacus, fulfillment is seeing our clients transform into truly great organisations.
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