Chief Legal Counsel UAE

1. Job Purpose

• To provide legal advice to the Board, & senior management and departments/divisions/branches/units and ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and contractual requirements.

2. Key Accountabilities

• Participate in strategy formulation exercise by providing input from the perspective of Legal Affairs, ensuring that the unit’s goals and objectives that consider the present and future needs are incorporated in the overall strategy.
• Manage the development of the policies and procedures framework that will allow the function to effectively meet its objectives and targets, in line with the overall strategy.
• Participate in investigations committees of violations of policies, rules and regulations, to ensure the compliance of procedures and imposed penalties with the relevant laws and regulations.
• Develop legal framework, including policies, standards, and processes that safeguard the interests and ensure implementation thereof in line with strategic objectives and global leading practices.

3. Education / Qualifications / Certifications

• Bachelor in Law or Master Degree in Law.

Experience

• 12+ year’s experience with at least 8 of which in a senior position within a legal department of a leading institution.
• 6+ years of working experience in the UAE, with appropriate familiarity with the local/regional legal framework, administrative, and judicial procedures, principles, and methods.

Language Proficiency

• Proficient in Arabic and English