Legal & Compliance Officer

Fouress Synergy LLC; Sharjah; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Fouress Synergy LLC in the UAE seeks a Legal & Compliance Officer to act as the internal authority across the group for legal and regulatory matters in Korea, USA, UAE, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The role requires hands-on drafting, interpretation, and advisory capabilities, managing corporate governance, licensing, and cross-border compliance with management briefing responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Professional expertise in law and compliance.
• Ability to research, interpret, and advise on multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Strong aptitude for governance, licensing, and labour matters.
• Excellent written English and discretion with confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Serve as internal legal and compliance authority across the group.
• Research and interpret laws of Korea, USA, UAE, Singapore and Hong Kong; advise management.
• Draft, review, and negotiate labour, supplier, client, agency and NDA agreements.
• Lead corporate governance, entity management and group-wide incorporation efforts.
• Manage licensing, regulatory submissions, AML/KYC, and risk assessments.

Skills

Legal research

Contract drafting

Cross-jurisdiction advisory

Education

Law degree (LLB/LLM) or equivalent

Job description

To give the group a single, trustedinternal source of legal and compliance judgment — keeping every entity acrossSouth Korea, the USA, the UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong lawfully compliant, contractually protected, and properly incorporated, and equipping management tomake decisions on sound legal advice.

Scope: Group-wide — all entities across SouthKorea, USA, UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong (and future markets)

Experience level: 4–6 years, with demonstrated legalexpertise and aptitude

Travel: International travel required,including for new company incorporations

Reports to: Managing Director / Board

Requirements

We are hiring a Legal & ComplianceOfficer, based in the UAE, to be the internal legal and compliance authorityfor the group across all of these jurisdictions.

This is a substantive, hands-on legalrole for someone with genuine legal expertise and strong legal aptitude. Youwill research, interpret, and advise management and department heads oncompliance, contracts, corporate governance, licensing, labour matters, andcompany incorporation — turning complex, multi-jurisdiction legal questionsinto clear, practical guidance the business can act on. You Will own the legaland compliance operations end-to-end and be the first point of authorityinternally.

The role suits a legally trained,research-driven professional who is comfortable working across very differentlegal systems at once, forming reasoned views, and advising decision-makerswith confidence.

Key responsibilities

Legal research, interpretation &advisory (core)

• Serve as the internal first pointof authority on legal and compliance questions across the group.
• Research and interpret the applicable laws andregulations of South Korea, the USA, the UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong,and advise management and department heads on compliance,contracts, licensing, labour, and incorporation matters.
• Translate multi-jurisdictionlegal complexity into clear, actionable guidance and written advisorynotes for the business.
• Track legal and regulatorychanges across all markets and proactively brief management on impact andrequired action.

Contracts — labour, supplier &client agreements

• Draft, review, and verify labour,supplier, client, agency, logistics, and NDA/non-compete agreements.
• Advise on governing law,jurisdiction, liability, IP, indemnity, and confidentiality terms, andnegotiate as required.
• Maintain the group contractregister with obligation, renewal, and expiry tracking.

Corporate governance, incorporation& entity management

• Own corporate governance andstatutory records for all group entities.
• Advise on and manage companyincorporation and the full entity lifecycle (formation, amendments, renewals,restructuring, closure), coordinating with registries, free-zoneauthorities, and local agents.
• Lead incorporation of the group'sentities in new countries as it expands — researching each newjurisdiction's incorporation, ownership, licensing, and compliancerequirements, advising management on the right structure and entry route,and driving the setup through to completion (including recent/activeexpansion such as South Korea).
• Travel internationally to supportand advise on new company incorporations and entity setup.

Licensing & statutory compliance

• Own the group-wide calendar oftrade-licence renewals, statutory filings, and regulatory submissions;ensure nothing lapses.
• Manage cross-border obligationsrelevant to a trading firm — UBO, economic substance, AML/KYC, and tradecompliance (sanctions, export controls, trade finance).
• Research, assess, and advisemanagement on legal cases, disputes, and risk exposure acrossjurisdictions.
• Prepare and manage mattersend-to-end: pre-litigation correspondence, evidence, strategy input, andthe dispute register.
• Coordinate and instruct externalcounsel where required.
• Build and maintain the group riskand compliance registers; run periodic assessments and remediation.
• Design and monitor compliancepolicies, internal controls, and training.
• Act as liaison with externalcounsel, auditors, banks, and regulators.

R esponsible authority for identifying and confirmingexternal-counsel review; The Officer owns the research, interpretation,drafting, and advice to qualify and engage external counsel licensed in therelevant jurisdiction before the company acts on them :

• Final enforceability opinions — the definitive confirmationthat a contract or structure is enforceable under the law of a specificcountry (Korea / USA / Singapore / UAE / Hong Kong).
• Live litigation — formal court filings,litigation strategy of record, and binding settlement decisions.

Requirements

• Legal expertise and strong legalaptitude — a law degree (LLB/LLM) or equivalent legal training, ordemonstrable equivalent legal experience.
• 4–6 years in a legal, compliance,governance, or company-secretarial role, ideally within a trading,commodities, logistics, or multinational group.
• Proven ability to research,interpret, and advise on legal and regulatory matters across more thanone jurisdiction.
• Hands-on contract drafting,review, and negotiation experience.
• Experience with, or a stronggrasp of, company incorporation in new/foreign jurisdictions —researching local requirements and setting up entities end-to-end.
• Working knowledge of UAEcorporate, licensing, and labour frameworks (mainland and free zone).
• Willingness and ability to travelinternationally , including for incorporations.
• Excellent written English, soundjudgment, and discretion with confidential information.

Preferred

• Qualified or part-qualifiedCompany Secretary (ICSI), or equivalent GRC certification (e.g. ICA,CAMS).
• Experience across the USA, Korea,Singapore, Hong Kong, and the GCC, and in coordinating external counsel.
• An Indian professional backgroundwith GCC experience is well suited to this role.
• Familiarity with AML/KYC,sanctions/export controls, ESR, and UBO regimes.
• A high-ownershipinternal legal & compliance role with group-wide visibility, directmanagement access, and international travel.