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About the Role
Modon is seeking a Paralegal to support its Legal Department in Abu Dhabi. The role involves preparing legal documents, maintaining corporate registers, managing renewals, and assisting with subsidiary establishment.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Preparation of letters, NOCs and simple contracts in both English and Arabic
- Creating and maintaining company registers including POAs, trade licenses, AoAs and trademarks
- Creating and maintaining logs for contracts and legal tasks
- Monitoring and managing renewals of various legal contracts, corporate documents, POAs
- Maintaining close links with the Abu Dhabi Public Notary offices; submitting documentation for approval, dealing with amendments and managing the notarization process
- Assisting with the establishment of new subsidiaries within the Group and the licensing process
- Manage and monitor invoices received from external legal/service providers, and audit for compliance with agreed fee caps and budgets
- Maintain the legal precedent database and communicate with the wider business on precedent availability and use of legal resources
- Assist with legal translations, or arrange for external legal translations where necessary
- Assist the General Counsel with management of the Legal Department, including arranging regular team meetings, taking minutes and follow up of agreed actions
- Provide all lawyers with secretarial and administrative support, particularly in cross checking, formatting and amending complex legal documentation
- Assist the General Counsel with maintaining the Board records and preparation and circulation of Board meeting minutes
Requirements
- Paralegal qualification or law degree
- Minimum five years of experience in a law firm or in house legal department
- Demonstrable experience and/or qualification in Microsoft Office
- Excellent verbal and written English and Arabic skills
- Experience preparing initial drafts for pleadings, motions, briefs, and summaries of cases
- Experience reviewing and drafting corporate contracts, AOAs, resolutions, and NDAs
- Experience with corporate governance, M&A support and regulatory compliance filings
- Previous experience supporting Asset Management, Property Management, Facilities Management, real estate, construction, or infrastructure organizations
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Roles, Responsibilities, Duties
- Preparation of letters, NOCs and simple contracts in both English and Arabic
- Creating and maintaining company registers including but not limited to POAs, trade licenses, AoAs and trademarks
- Creating and maintaining logs for contracts and legal tasks
- Monitoring and managing renewals of various legal contracts, corporate documents, POAs
- Maintaining close links with the Abu Dhabi Public Notary offices; submitting documentation for approval, dealing with amendments and managing the notarization process
- Assisting with the establishment of new subsidiaries within the Group and the licensing process
- Manage and monitor invoices received from external legal/service providers, and audit for compliance with agreed fee caps and budgets
- Maintain the legal precedent database and communicate with the wider business on precedent availability and use of legal resources
- Assist with legal translations, or arrange for external legal translations where necessary
- Assist the General Counsel with management of the Legal Department, including arranging regular team meetings, taking minutes and follow up of agreed actions
- Provide all lawyers with secretarial and administrative support, particularly in cross checking, formatting and amending complex legal documentation
- Assist the General Counsel with maintaining the Board records and preparation and circulation of Board meeting minutes
Qualifications
- Paralegal qualification/law degree, or a general office management qualification with sound legal experience
- Demonstrable experience and/or qualification in Microsoft Office
- A minimum of five (and preferably more) years’ experience in a reputable law firm or in house legal department
Experience and Competencies
- Experience in preparing initial drafts for pleadings, motions, briefs, and summaries of cases
- Experience in reviewing and drafting corporate contracts, AOAs, resolutions, and NDAs
- Tracking, indexing, and organizing case files, corporate documents, and key files for major deals
- Experience in serving as primary point of contact for clients, external counsels, court registrars, etc.
- Hands on experience submitting legal documents electronically to federal or local municipality/court portals is preferable
- Experience with corporate governance, M&A support and regulatory compliance filings is preferable
- Previous experience supporting Asset Management, Property Management, Facilities Management, real estate, construction, or infrastructure organizations is highly preferred
Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written English and Arabic skills including presentation and communication
- The ability to remain calm and focused under pressure
- A willingness to get the job done, sometimes requiring late finishes or early starts
- A friendly disposition and ability to communicate with people of all different cultural backgrounds
- Extremely high ethical standards and an appreciation of the confidential nature of much of the Legal Department’s work
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