LEGAL STRATEGY LEAD (FRACTIONAL / CONSULTANT)
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Seeking a senior lawyer for legal strategy, dispute management, and risk control across jurisdictions, ensuring factual consistency and high-level coordination.
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Overview
We are seeking a senior disputes professional to support the coordination of a complex, high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional legal situation involving parallel pre-litigation actions and potential proceedings across several jurisdictions.
This role is intended for a highly experienced operator from a top-tier international law firm environment, capable of maintaining strategic alignment, factual consistency, and disciplined execution across multiple external counsel.
This is a high-impact, decision-focused role — not a full-time position and not an execution role.
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Role Objective
- To maintain central strategic control across all jurisdictions by ensuring that:
- Legal actions are fully aligned and coherent
- Facts are presented consistently across all documents and jurisdictions
- Timing and sequencing are controlled and intentional
- Legal and reputational risks are actively identified and managed
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• Cross-Jurisdictional Strategic Oversight
- Maintain a clear, global view across all legal workstreams (UAE, US, Europe, Asia)
- Review, challenge, and refine strategies proposed by external counsel
- Identify inconsistencies, overlaps, or conflicts between jurisdictions
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- Control of Factual Consistency (Critical Responsibility)
- Ensure strict consistency of facts across all legal notices, correspondence, and filings
- Prevent contradictions that could weaken proceedings in any jurisdiction
- Maintain and protect a single, coherent factual framework across all actions
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- Risk Identification and Mitigation
- Identify legal, procedural, and reputational risks across jurisdictions
- Prevent overreach, misalignment, or unnecessary exposure
- Ensure secondary jurisdictions do not negatively impact primary proceedings
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- Sequencing and Execution Control
- Guide the sequencing and timing of legal notices and potential filings
- Ensure actions are taken in a controlled and strategically coherent manner
- Support decision-making on escalation vs negotiation
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- Senior-Level Coordination
- Act as high-level interface with multiple international law firms
- Ensure alignment across all external counsel without duplications or gaps
- Maintain discipline and clarity in multi-party interactions
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