About the Role
At the company’s Legal, Contracts and Compliance organization, we are seeking a seasoned business lawyer with a broad background in international operations, transactions, governance, cross-border assignments, and compliance. This role will serve as General Counsel, the company Emirates Limited (REL), reporting to the Senior Director and Associate General Counsel for Strategy & International. As a key member of the company’s International legal team, the General Counsel will support REL and the achievement of the company’s business objectives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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What You Will Do
- Provide strategic, thorough, and well-reasoned legal advice at the speed of the business, serving as a trusted business partner to REL and the company business leaders and functional colleagues across the enterprise.
- Lead in negotiating and drafting high-value, bespoke agreements, including customer agreements, teaming agreements, complex framework agreements, statements of work, purchase order terms and conditions, and subcontract agreements.
- Provide close and thorough support for new business pursuit activities, from engagement in pursuit strategy discussions to preparation of contract term analysis memoranda and new business reviews and approvals.
- Partner with frontline business leaders to support and lead cross-functional/cross-discipline teams in the structuring and implementation of a range of strategic initiatives and transactions.
- Manage and/or support outside counsel engagements on a range of legal matters, including complex transactional, regulatory, litigation, and compliance matters.
- Cultivate and sustain strong relationships with stakeholders and partners across the company and the company.
- Demonstrate a high degree of fluency on various specialized business and legal matters of critical importance to the company and the company, including intellectual property, global trade, ethics, anti-corruption, supply chain/procurement processes, and data privacy law.
- Coordinate and/or provide regulatory compliance training and guidance to business teams operating on the front lines of the business.
- Exercise the highest ethical standards and champion a commitment to organizational integrity.
- Travel periodically, including to the company sites outside of the UAE.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Law degree (JD, LL.B or LL.M) from a reputable university.
- Typically requires a minimum of 14 years’ active experience practicing law in a common law jurisdiction when a law degree is held, or a minimum of 12 years when an advanced law degree is held.
- Prior relevant experience in supporting complex business transactional and regulatory matters, including experience analyzing, negotiating, drafting, and advising on a wide range of legal, commercial and/or operational issues.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Experience in the defense industry, national security, and/or technology sector.
- Experience as in-house counsel at a multinational.
- Experience with a top-tier law firm working on corporate transactional matters.
- Excellent commercial acumen and an ability to quickly understand, converse, and engage on a wide range of commercial and operational issues.
- Excellent interpersonal and executive-level communication and writing skills.
- Excellent and proven leadership skills, sound judgment, and meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to engage enthusiastically and collaboratively with stakeholders and contributors from multiple levels of the organization.
- Ability to foster positive working relationships with peers, internal clients, and external customers.
- Ability to learn quickly, influence senior leadership, work independently, lead cross-functionally, and drive processes.
- Ability to prioritize and manage a high-volume workload.
- Proactive with strong intrinsic motivation and a high degree of ownership.
- Well-organized, with excellent project management skills.
The company adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
