Summary
International Maritime Industries (IMI) is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel in Saudi Arabia. The role provides legal advice and support, drafts and negotiates contracts, reviews corporate documents, advises internal departments on local regulations and compliance, and manages external legal advisers. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in law or equivalent and 9–15 years of legal counsel experience; registration with a relevant governing authority is preferred. Excellent written and oral communication in Arabic and English is required.
The posting
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JOB PURPOSE / OBJECTIVE
The role holder is responsible to provide expert legal advice and support and managing autonomously a vast array of legal subjects related to contracts negotiations, corporate compliance regulatory issues and general corporate law
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Responsible for drafting, reviewing, negotiating and following contracts with suppliers, service providers, clients.
• Drafting legal documents, correspondence and other documents.
• Preparing and filing documents with courts and government authorities.
• Keeping track of changes in legal framework and providing timely updates on these changes.
• Management of the external lawyers/consultants.
• Advise internal departments related to local regulations and compliance.
• Assist and/or perform important duties regarding the Company`s corporate acts and documents and the Company`s governance.
• Operational
• Facilitates the preparation, negotiation and execution of contractual agreements.
• Responsible for initiating, developing, reviewing and routing of research-related contracts and documents. Maintains records of contract activity for benchmark purposes and works to improve office efficiencies.
• Coordinates efforts (both internal and external) to help ensure that contractual agreements in place are clear, fair and legally binding.
• Involves in building relationships with trusted vendors and keeping a detailed list of possible contractors that may be needed for any given situation
• review corporate contracts. Identify, review, examine, monitor & coordinate various contracts previously arranged or company-standard contracts
• Review fixed bid contracts with clear and actionable SLA's and deliverables. Identify incorrect, inconsistent and incomplete data entries in the designated contract management system (and on assigned requests) on a continuous basis and make timely modifications to improve the quality of data in compliance with service level.
Requirements
Education
Bachelor’s degree in law or equivalent.
Professional Qualifications
(Certifications & Accreditations)
Preferred registered lawyer with relevant membership from the governing
authority.
Competencies
(Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)
• Corporate and Business Law
• Compliance – Anti-Corruption
• Team working
• Integrity and good ethics
• Tech- Savvy
• Corporate and Business Law
• Compliance – Anti-Corruption
• Negotiation
• Drafting Legal documents
• Knowledge in KSA Legal Systems
• Proficient in Legal Drafting, Legal Research, Litigation, Legal
Communication and Compliance.
• Proficient in MS Office Applications
Experience
At least 9-15 years of working experience as a Legal Counsel (a law
firm/in-house of repute).
Languages
Excellent written and oral communication (English and Arabic)