Assistant General Counsel - Legal Affairs (Fin & Com)

Dubai Aviation Corporation; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

flydubai seeks a seasoned legal professional to manage negotiations on complex aircraft financing and related commercial agreements across its finance and commercial portfolio. You will draft documents, assess risks, and advise senior management on strategic matters to support execution of major transactions.

The role requires 4–6 years of post-qualification experience, fluent English, and strong drafting skills, with preference for aviation finance and in-house exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law and admitted to practice.
• 4–6 years of post-qualification experience in asset financing, banking or commercial contracts.
• Aviation finance experience is preferred.
• In-house legal experience is beneficial but not essential.
• Excellent English drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Negotiates and documents medium to high value transactions including aircraft financing and related documents.
• Negotiates maintenance and fuel and other commodity agreements.
• Supports the broader commercial team in contract negotiations.
• Advises on terms, liabilities and risks of proposed transactions and provides practical legal solutions.
• Evaluates and proposes the company’s stance on legal issues and risks.
• Prioritizes matters and collaborates with team members to meet commercial needs.
• Builds strong relationships with external counsel and internal clients.
• Identifies and develops general and specialist legal strategy with senior management.
• Initiates and completes projects addressing organizational needs.
• Develops and conducts legal training seminars for internal clients.
• Supervises junior team members and assists in their development.

Skills

English fluency

Drafting

Contract negotiations

Aviation finance

In-house experience

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law

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.

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.