Corporate Lawyer (Saudi Arabia)

• Provide legal advice and support to the company in various corporate matters, ensuring compliance with local laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including but not limited to contracts and joint ventures.
• Conduct legal research and analysis on complex legal issues, providing accurate and timely advice to internal stakeholders
• Manage and oversee legal documentation, ensuring proper record-keeping and documentation of corporate transactions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including finance, HR, and operations, to provide legal support and guidance on various business initiatives.
• Assist with guiding the business on legal matters and address queries on transactions including on jurisdiction clauses, indemnity clauses and wider concerns regards to potential disputes
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and be the legal voice for the organization to highlight business risks and recommend alternate options to mitigate them

• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority, etc.), creating relations of trust
• work closely with the company's in-house litigation team and with external legal counsels
• Deal with regulatory enquiries

• Stay up-to-date with changes in laws and regulations that may impact the company's operations, and proactively advise management on potential legal risks and implications
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
• Maintain and continuously upgrade internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues
• Draft and review agreements, contracts and other legal documents
• Assist the business on handling client complaints / disputes to avoid litigation

• Master's degree in Corporate Law or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years of private practice experience or equivalent experience in a legal department of a large corporate, and in good standing in current role

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
• Proficiency in Arabic and English (Reading and writing)
• Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
• Outstanding communication & influencing skills
• Ability to comprehend influences of the external environment of a corporation and business context, and apply judgment accordingly
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Sound judgement and ability to analyze and synthesize situations and information

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