Legal Compliance Officer

Confidential; Dubai; Vor Ort; AED 240.000 - 408.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Confidential is seeking a Legal & Compliance Officer to handle both legal and compliance duties, including document management, KYC, and anti-bribery training.

The role covers governance advisory, UAE law monitoring, license renewals, and coordination with business units to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory alignment across the organisation.

Qualifikationen

• LLB degree from a common law jurisdiction.
• Fluent in English and Arabic (spoken and written).
• 2–3 years in a similar legal/compliance role.
• Experience in compliance, due diligence, and corporate law.

Aufgaben

• Prepare and manage corporate legal documents (Shareholders Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Intercompany Agreements, Articles/Memorandums of Associations, Power of Attorneys, Board and Annual General Minutes).
• Lead legal document management via the existing legal server and maintain corporate registers.
• Support the PRO with renewal of licenses, UBO requirements and any free zone or government authority requirements.
• Provide general legal advice to mitigate group corporate risk and provide commercially sensible solutions.
• Maintain current knowledge of UAE laws and other jurisdictions in which the business operates and advise on amendments.
• Proactively manage renewals/ expiries of any documents.
• Provide commercially sensible and pragmatic solutions for the business.
• Create and implement KYC/Due Diligence procedures across the business.
• Train staff on Anti Bribery/Corruption Laws.
• Maintain current knowledge of sanctions lists and AB/Corruption laws in the UAE and other jurisdictions.
• Review and recommend amendments to existing business policies and procedures in line with legal developments.
• General advisory on corporate governance matters to the business including policy creation and implementation.

Kenntnisse

English & Arabic

Due diligence

Corporate law

Governance advisory

Anti-bribery training

Ausbildung

LLB (Common Law)

Tools

Legal document management system

Jobbeschreibung

The Legal & Compliance Officer is responsible for performing both legal and compliance duties.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for preparing and managing corporate legal documents including without limitation; Shareholders Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Intercompany Agreements, Articles/Memorandums of Associations, Power of Attorneys, Board and Annual General Minutes.
• Provide a leading standard of legal document management utilizing the existing legal server; including the maintenance of corporate registers, revisions to LE Structure etc.
• Support the PRO with renewal of licenses, UBO requirements and any free zone or government authority requirements.
• General legal support and consultation to the business with all internal/external legal matters to mitigate group corporate risk provide commercially sensible and pragmatic solutions and mitigate disputes.
• Maintain current knowledge of UAE Laws and other jurisdictions in which the business operates under and advise the business accordingly of any amendments, new regulations etc.
• Proactively manage renewals/expiries of any documents.
• Ability to provide commercially sensible and pragmatic solutions for the business.
• Responsible for the creation and implementation of KYC/Due Diligence to further enhance the procedures and application across the business.
• Responsible for conducting training across the business on Anti Bribery/Corruption Laws.
• Maintain current knowledge of the Sanctions Lists and Anti Bribery/Corruption Laws in both the UAE and jurisdictions in which the business operates under.
• Review and recommend to management the requirement for new or amendments to the existing business policies and procedures in accordance with any legal developments.
• General advisory on corporate governance matters to the business including the creation and implementation of any policies.

Qualifications

• Qualification & Education: LLB from Common Law Jurisdiction.
• Fluency in both English and Arabic verbal and written.
• Experience: Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role, preferably within a law firm/in house legal position.
• Experience in similar role; compliance/due diligence/corporate law is required.