Assistant General Counsel - Legal Affairs (Fin & Com)

flydubai; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

flydubai is seeking an in-house lawyer to manage negotiations across its finance and commercial portfolio. You will draft and negotiate aircraft financing documents and related arrangements, as well as select commercial contracts, while advising on risk and strategy.

The role requires experience in aviation finance, strong English drafting, and the ability to work with senior management across cross-functional teams in the UAE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Law or Legal Studies with 3+ years of experience.
• Qualified to practice law, preferably in a common law jurisdiction.
• Fluent in English with strong drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Negotiates and documents medium to high value transactions, incl. aircraft financing and related documents.
• Negotiate maintenance, fuel and commodity agreements, and other contracts.
• Advise on terms, liabilities and risks of proposed transactions.
• Collaborate with senior management and internal clients to set priorities.
• Develop legal strategy with Senior Management and provide training as needed.
• Supervise junior team members and support their professional development.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Aviation finance

MS Office

English drafting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Law / Legal Studies

Admitted to practice

Tools

MS Office

Job description

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ROLE

To manage negotiations on various legal and key strategic matters across flydubai’s operations, particularly in the finance and commercial portfolio, overseeing primary responsibilities for negotiating and drafting a diverse range of aircraft financing and related arrangements, as along with select commercial contracts, while also providing legal advice, mitigating risks, and collaborating with senior management to set priorities for the finance and commercial portfolio.

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ROLE

To manage negotiations on various legal and key strategic matters across flydubai’s operations, particularly in the finance and commercial portfolio, overseeing primary responsibilities for negotiating and drafting a diverse range of aircraft financing and related arrangements, as along with select commercial contracts, while also providing legal advice, mitigating risks, and collaborating with senior management to set priorities for the finance and commercial portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Negotiates and documents medium to high value transactions including, inter alia, financing, and related documents for aircraft acquisition or refinancing as well as loan and similar financing arrangements.
• Negotiates maintenance and related agreements as well as fuel and other commodity agreements.
• Supports the broader commercial team in a variety of contract negotiations.
• Advises on terms, liabilities and risks of proposed transactions and formulates creative and practical legal solutions to meet the commercial realities.
• Evaluates and proposes the company’s stance on pertinent legal issues and risks.
• Prioritizes matters and collaborate with team members to accommodate commercial requirements.
• Establishes strong relationships with external counsel as well as internal clients of diverse backgrounds, understanding their business requirements.
• Identifies, advises, implements, and develops general and specialist legal strategy together with the Senior Management.
• Identifies organizational needs and initiate and complete projects to address the same.
• Facilitates, develops, and conducts legal training seminars for internal clients to help raise awareness with respect to legal matters.
• Supervises junior team members and assists in their professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (3+ years)
• Law / Legal Studies
• Admitted to practice (preferably in a common law jurisdiction)
• Qualification certificate. Practicing certificate or equivalent
• Fluent in English
• Years with qualifications: 4 - 6 years
• Experience in asset financing, banking or commercial contracts.
• Experience in aviation (including aviation finance) is preferred
• Previous in-house legal experience beneficial but not essential.
• Experience in the GCC beneficial but not essential.
• Strong commercial nderstanding and ability to work cross functionally in different legal areas as and when required
• Excellent PC skills and proficient in use of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent English language drafting skills.

COMPETENCIES

• Customer Focus
• Teamwork
• Effective Communication
• Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve
• Resilience & Flexibility (Can do attitude)
• Decision Making
• Strategic Thinking
• Business Acumen

Isr Requirements

Reads and complies with the ISR policies of the Company and diligently reports any weakness or incidents to the respective Line Manager or the Information Security team. Completes all required ISR awareness sessions and follows associated guidelines in the day-to-day business operations.