Legal Counsel

Confidentiel; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 446,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidentiel in Abu Dhabi is seeking a qualified Legal Counsel to provide comprehensive legal and corporate secretarial support for the group of companies. This role involves advising on contracts, regulatory compliance, and risk management across international projects.

You will handle negotiation and drafting of various agreements, oversee regulatory interactions with UAE authorities, and support business development initiatives while coordinating with internal teams and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of post-qualification experience in a top-tier international law firm (UK/US preferred).
• Experience in international cross-border transactions and projects.
• Ability to liaise effectively with internal project teams, vendors and service providers.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal and transactional advice to all departments and group members on legal matters to safeguard the group and minimize risk exposure.
• Assisting negotiation, drafting and/or review of all commercial contracts (e.g. concession contracts, cooling service agreements, construction services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, EPC, procurement contracts, O&M contracts, etc).
• Assisting negotiation, drafting and/or review of all debt facility agreements, debt and equity instruments (convertible bonds etc), hedging instruments.
• Assisting with ensuring compliance with all applicable local and/or global laws, rules and regulations.
• Assist with legal aspects of business development / investment and project related activities to cater to the company’s business needs and protect its interests at appropriate risk levels.
• Assist with identifying and assessing legal and commercial risks, and developing action plans upon identified deficiencies or opportunities for improvement.
• Assisting on all legal aspects and impacts of the Company regulators’ (Abu Dhabi and Dubai) intended regulatory regime.
• Assist with all legal, contractual and regulatory interactions with all government departments, entities and regulators.
• Assisting the Senior Legal Counsel on all aspects of the SCA and DFM’s requirements on the company and the responsibility for maintaining all company policies and procedures required by SCA and the DFM.
• Ensuring that the Company Group’s rights vis‑to‑third parties are adequately protected, and support in the managing litigation or court proceedings where necessary, and defend the company Group against any claim or legal action.

Skills

Cross-border transactions

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Law

Job description

JOB OBJECTIVE:

To assist in the legal affairs , including legal and company secretarial support for 25+ This is a group companies, liaison with Government departments and entities and to make recommendations to, advise and assist other departments and senior executives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Providing legal and transactional advice to all departments and group members on legal matters to safeguard the group and minimize risk exposure.
• Assisting negotiation, drafting and/or review of all commercial contracts (e.g. concession contracts, cooling service agreements, construction services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, EPC, procurement contracts, O&M contracts, etc).
• Assisting negotiation, drafting and/or review of all debt facility agreements, debt and equity instruments (convertible bonds etc), hedging instruments.
• Assisting with ensuring compliance with all applicable local and/or global laws, rules and regulations.
• Assist with legal aspects of business development / investment and project related activities to cater to the company’s business needs and protect its interests at appropriate risk levels.
• Assist with identifying and assessing legal and commercial risks, and developing action plans upon identified deficiencies or opportunities for improvement.
• Assisting on all legal aspects and impacts of the Company regulators’ (Abu Dhabi and Dubai) intended regulatory regime.
• Assist with all legal, contractual and regulatory interactions with all government departments, entities and regulators.
• Assisting the Senior Legal Counsel on all aspects of the SCA and DFM’s requirements on the company and the responsibility for maintaining all company policies and procedures required by SCA and the DFM.
• Ensuring that the Company Group’s rights vis‑to‑third parties are adequately protected, and support in the managing litigation or court proceedings where necessary, and defend the company Group against any claim or legal action.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

A. Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Law

Minimum Experience:

• 3 - 5 years of relevant post qualification experience in a top-tier international law firm (preferably UK or US).
• Experience in international cross-border transactions and projects.
• Ability to liaise effectively, and coordinate with, internal project teams and vendors and service providers (at the international and local level).