Legal Counsel

Tiger Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Recruitment is seeking an experienced UAE real estate lawyer in Dubai to provide comprehensive legal counsel across development and commercial matters. You will draft and negotiate SPAs, development and JV agreements, and complex contracts while supporting land acquisitions and project structuring.

The role requires strong UAE corporate and commercial law knowledge, DLD/RERA experience, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong UAE real estate experience is essential.
• Knowledge of UAE corporate and commercial law, DLD/RERA regulations and off-plan real estate.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial and/or real estate agreements.
• Excellent written and spoken English; Arabic/Russian an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice across UAE real estate development and commercial matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate SPAs, development agreements, JV agreements, shareholder agreements and commercial contracts.
• Support land acquisitions, project structuring, legal due diligence and development transactions.
• Review and negotiate construction, consultancy, procurement and FIDIC-based contracts.
• Advise on property sales, off-plan transactions, purchaser defaults, cancellations and handover matters.
• Provide guidance on DLD, RERA, escrow and other UAE real estate regulations.
• Support corporate governance, UAE entities and project SPVs.
• Manage pre-litigation matters, claims and disputes with external counsel.
• Identify legal and contractual risks and provide practical, commercially minded solutions.
• Develop legal templates, precedents and processes and support contract governance.

Skills

Legal counsel

Contract drafting

Commercial law

English proficiency

Arabic/Russian language advantageous

Education

LLB or equivalent Law degree

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice across UAE real estate development and commercial matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate SPAs, development agreements, JV agreements, shareholder agreements and commercial contracts.
• Support land acquisitions, project structuring, legal due diligence and development transactions.
• Review and negotiate construction, consultancy, procurement and FIDIC-based contracts.
• Advise on property sales, off-plan transactions, purchaser defaults, cancellations, settlements and handover matters.
• Provide guidance on DLD, RERA, escrow, off-plan sales and other UAE/Dubai real estate regulations.
• Support corporate governance, UAE entities and project SPVs.
• Manage pre-litigation matters, claims and disputes, including liaison with external counsel.
• Identify legal and contractual risks and provide practical, commercially minded solutions.
• Develop legal templates, precedents and processes and support contract governance.

Requirements

• LLB or equivalent Law degree from a recognised university.
• 5+ years' relevant legal experience.
• Strong UAE legal experience is preferred.
• Hands-on experience within UAE real estate is essential, ideally gained within a developer, real estate business or law firm.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial and/or real estate agreements.
• Knowledge of UAE corporate and commercial law, DLD/RERA regulations and off-plan real estate.
• Exposure to construction contracts and FIDIC is an advantage.
• Experience with disputes, claims and external counsel management is desirable.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Russian and/or Arabic language skills are advantageous.

Ref: TH210160