Deputy General Counsel
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About the Role
A confidential company in Doha seeks a Deputy General Counsel to oversee the Legal Department's daily operations and provide strategic legal advice. The role involves managing contracts, compliance with Qatari law, legal risk assessment, and supervising junior legal personnel.
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Responsibilities
- Oversee the day to day operations of the Legal Department
- Provide advice and counsel on a broad range of legal and strategic issues
- Draft, review, and assist in negotiating contracts
- Guide the legal registration process for new institutions and incorporate new centers/subsidiaries
- Advise on compliance with Qatari Law and other applicable laws
- Gather and analyze research data such as statutes, decisions, and legal articles
- Represent Legal Department in meetings with leadership
- Liaise and advise centers on legal issues to ensure compliance
- Establish and maintain legal standards, policies, and processes
- Perform legal risk assessments and develop risk mitigation plans
- Liaise and coordinate with external legal counsels
- Supervise and guide junior legal personnel
Requirements
- Juris Doctor or Master’s degree in Law, preferably in a Commercial or Business stream
- 8 years of relevant full time work experience
- 5 years at a supervisory level in a non profit or corporate environment
- Significant research, commercial, and contractual experience
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills
- Excellent writing skills and ability to articulate ideas clearly
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
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Job Purpose
- To oversee the day to day operations of the Legal Department and provide advice and counsel on a broad range of legal and strategic issues critical to Company's strategic goals.
Key Result Areas
- Work under General Counsel and as team leader as a primary source of legal information and ensure provision of consistency advice as requested.
- Manage the day to day activity of the Legal Department.
- Draft, review and assist in negotiating contracts to serve the best interests of the Company and ensure enforceability of contracts.
- Guide the legal registration process for new institutions associated with Company and efficiently incorporate new centers/subsidiaries.
- Advise on Company's compliance with Qatari Law and any other applicable law to mitigate any risk of legal action against the Company.
- Gather and analyze research data, such as statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, and documents for reference and citation in the course of executing legal functions.
- Represent Legal Department in meetings with the leadership to provide legal assistance as required.
- Liaise and advise centers on legal issues to ensure compliance with Company's legal framework, signed contracts and agreements.
- Establish and maintain legal standards, policies, and processes across Company and ensure proper implementation, follow up, and resolution of all legal matters as per established standards.
- Perform assessments relating to legal risks that may face the Company's and proactively develop legal risk mitigation plans in consultation with the Company's risk services function.
- Liaise and coordinate with Company's external legal counsels to resolve legal issues and assure the rights and interests of the Company.
- Supervise and guide other junior legal personnel to ensure effective support for the Legal Department.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Juris Doctor or Master’s degree in Law, preferably in a Commercial or Business stream.
- 8 years of relevant full time work experience, 5 of which at a supervisory level, in a non profit or corporate environment, with significant research, commercial, and contractual experience.
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills as well as thorough attention to detail.
- Outstanding interpersonal communication, presentation, teamwork, and negotiation skills.
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications.
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