Associate Legal Counsel

Job Summary

The Associate Legal Counsel supports the Legal Counsels to monitor all legal activities of the Group to ensure that they are carried out in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and charters of the companies within the Group. The position develops, maintains, and disseminates legal information to all stakeholders (e.g., cases, statutes, and regulations) to provide support to legal team and assures staff knowledge remains up to date.

Job Responsibilities 1

Prepare shareholder agreement, AoA, Partnership deed, joint venture agreement, PPP documents etc.

Participate with departments in negotiating contracts and agreements with other parties negotiating claims to reach amicable settlements of contractual disputes and reviews different types of tender documents.

Contribute with ideas that support an efficient and effective structure and resource allocation for the department, to ensure smooth.

Keep abreast of laws and regulations of the State of Qatar and Laws enacted and effective in GCC countries, and advice the stakeholders on the impacts of new laws and regulations.

Secure legal compliance of Company’s operations with relevant laws and regulations.

Pro-actively create and maintain legal and compliance awareness for the organization staff with relevant laws, regulations, and organization policies.

Liaise with shareholders, law firms and Governmental bodies in matters concerning the organization.

Prepare periodic progress reports on the department activities.

Conduct investigations upon request related to violations committed by employees and recommend appropriate disciplinary action.

Provide input into the development and implementation of the department’s policies, systems, processes and procedures, identifying potential areas of improvement, to support an efficient and effective operation.

Ensure compliance with all relevant HSEandE and QM policies, procedures and controls across the department to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality service standards and a responsible environmental attitude.

Identify and qualifying properly the risks hidden into any contracts and agreement dealt with

Job Responsibilities 2

Additional Responsibilities 3

Job Knowledge & Skills

Must be able to grasp business transactions, identify and implement the legal treatment

Excellent drafting, negotiating and organizational skills

Ability to analyze complex legal problems quickly and concisely

Experience handling high volume of contract reviews, drafting and negotiation

Experience handling corporate matters

Demonstrable evidence of having worked in a role requiring extensive and continuous interaction with various internal and external stakeholders in delivery of objectives

knowledge of corporate governance, legal and Company secretarial matters

Knowledge of and proven experience in the Middle East

Proven experience in negotiating contract both with private and governmental clients

Ability to deliver high-quality work under deadlines

ERP knowledge preferably SAP functional skills are a requirement to be successful in this role.

Job Experience

Minimum 8 year(s) working experience, 5 year(s) relevant working experience, 2 year (s) GCC is a plus

Competencies

Education