Legal Counsel

Dubai
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

Company Overview:Join Jetex, an award-winning global leader in executive aviation with a unique ecosystem of 47 locations around the world whose success always springs from the engagement and talent of teams who create flexible, best-in-class trip support solutions. The company provides exceptional private terminals (FBOs), aircraft fueling, ground handling and global trip planning. It caters to both owners and operators of business jets for corporate, commercial, and personal air travel. With professions that span our entire value chain from trip planning to indulging passengers with exceptional hospitality Jetex offers a vast range of career opportunities around the world. Committed to being an employer of choice, Jetex encourages employees to pursue their aspirations thanks to concrete development and learning opportunities, including personalized career itineraries, contribution to entrepreneurial projects and other initiatives.Department Overview:The Legal and Compliance function is responsible for identifying legal and compliance risks that Jetex faces and providing counsel on mitigation and/ or addressal strategies. The department ensures that the company is compliant in all jurisdictions that it operates in, provides advice on issues related to corporate governance procedures and reviews contracts.Job Purpose:Legal Council provides support to GC in all matters that form GC s scope of work. They assist in drafting non-standard contracts of any level of complexity; handle negotiations with the clients; coordinate work of external debt collecting agencies, consultants, law firms; responsible for digitalization in the department and change management.Key Responsibilities:Contract Management:

Review legal provisions of standard contracts when forwarded by other team members
Review and draft non-standard contracts, including developing new complex agreements from scratch
Solve queries from internal and external stakeholders on matters relating to contractual compliance, regulations, compliance etc.
Maintain and update a data base of contract templates and clauses

Digitalization and change management:

State up-to-date with the market development in terms of legal and compliance software; AI
Propose and lead digitalization efforts, working closely with IT Department

Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Governance:

Assist with regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters
Conduct due diligence on customers, suppliers and business partners and maintain DD documents archives
Update and develop new compliance trainings; conduct ad hoc compliance session as a proactive or reactive (post-incident) measure
Develop and implement compliance reporting system across all departments

Legal Disputes and Cases:

Handle debt collecting agencies and maintain a tracker of recovered funds, working closely with Credit Control Department Provide
Provide regular reports to GC on the debt collection efforts
Liaise with IR (International Registry) to explore the option of aircraft lien registration before any FOS agreement is executed
Suggest other credit control measures proactively (corporate parent guarantees; bank guarantees; liens over other assents; etc.)
Prepare cases for litigations / arbitrations (draft and furnish Letters Before Actions; draft Settlement Agreements; work with external law firms to deliver evidence and information gathered internally and ensure the case is well prepared for the court)
Maintain a tracker of litigation/arbitration cases and a tracker of legal costs; report to GC regularly on both

Other duties:

Stay up-to-date with changes in laws and regulations that may impact the organization
Proactively do the gap analysis across organization and suggest improvement aimed to efficient contract management and robust compliance
Adhere to the documented procedures of the organization or department and retain documented evidence related to the performance of their role.
The employee is expected to exercise their duty of care, and must be aware of their health and safety responsibilities, accountability and authority; and shall comply with the policies and procedures outlined by the organization.

Job RequirementsQualification

Common law degree (LLB or equivalent, as a minimum)

Experience

3 to 5 years of PQE
In-house legal experience (aviation sector preferred)

Skillset

Fluency in business English (spoken and written)
Comfortable liaising with executive management, regulatory bodies, and external counsels
Strong capacity for independent work; ability to supervise a small legal team (up to 3)
Previous law firm experience is a distinct advantage
Arabic language skills are a plus, but not required

Personal skills

Operates with a high degree of integrity and sound judgment
Passionate about legal innovation, process improvement, and digital transformation
Proactive and solutions-oriented, with the confidence to identify legal gaps and lead change
Takes full ownership of responsibilities and delivers under minimal supervision
Thrives in an international environment

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