Head of Legal & Compliance
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About the Role
Progressive seeks a Head of Legal and Compliance for an oil and gas industrial manufacturing company in Dubai. The role involves commercial legal support, governance, risk management, and team leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Provide commercial and legal support
- Handle governance, company secretarial and compliance matters
- Manage risk, disputes and insurance
- Drive legal operations and continuous improvement
- Lead and build team capability
Requirements
- 8+ years PQE in legal
- Combination of private practice and in house counsel experience in oil, gas, heavy industry, manufacturing, or construction
- Expertise in contract law and drafting contract agreements
- Proactive approach with stakeholder management and relations
- Must be able to train and develop a small team including a Paralegal
- Fluency in English is mandatory
- Legal Degree
- Arabic fluency is preferred but not essential
- Familiar with new technologies for legal and process automation is advantageous
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About the Opportunity
- A well established, international, oil and gas industrial manufacturing player with over 1,000 employees and located in Jebel Ali Freezone, are seeking to appoint an experienced, hands on Head of Legal and Compliance to head up their legal function.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Commercial & Legal Support
- Governance, Company Secretarial & Compliance
- Risk, Disputes & Insurance
- Legal Operations & Continuous Improvement
- Team Leadership & Capability Building
Required Profile
- 8+ years PQE in legal
- Ideally, you will come with a combination of some private practice experience at the start of your career followed by in house counsel experience for a company or companies into oil, gas, heavy industry, manufacturing, construction types of business.
- The in house work experience for a heavy industrial sector player is essential.
- Expertise in contract law and drafting contract agreements.
- Proactive approach with stakeholder management and relations.
- Must be able to train and develop a small team including a Paralegal.
- Familiar with new technologies for legal and process automation is advantageous.
- Fluency in English is mandatory
- Arabic fluency (also) is preferred, but not essential.
- Legal Degree
Salary Package
- AED 35K to 45K per month total + Bonus (annual, performance based and discretionary) + Family status (if applicable): visa, medical insurance, annual flights
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