Legal Counsel

Richemont; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global luxury goods company in Dubai seeks a qualified lawyer to provide legal support across the Middle East, India, Africa, and Türkiye regions. The role involves navigating complex legal landscapes, negotiating agreements, and collaborating with internal stakeholders. Candidates should have at least 4 years of post-qualification experience, be fluent in English and Arabic, and possess strong commercial judgment. This position offers a chance to contribute to a prestigious brand while ensuring legal compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4+ years post-qualification experience in an international environment.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Experience in commercial, corporate, and project management.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely legal advice for MEIAT regions.
• Navigate complex legal landscapes.
• Negotiate, review, and draft legal documents.
• Coordinate multi-Maison projects.
• Ensure compliance and regulatory matters are addressed.

Skills

Legal advice across various matters

Negotiation and drafting skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial judgment

Digital savviness

Analytical skills

Education

Qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials

Job description

Overview

Richemont owns some of the world’s leading luxury goods Maisons, with particular strengths in jewellery, fine watches and premium accessories. Each Maison represents a proud tradition of style, quality and craftsmanship and Richemont seeks to preserve the heritage and identity of each of its Maisons. At the same time, we are committed to innovation and designing new products which are in keeping with our Maisons’ values, through a process of continuous creativity.

YOUR MISSION

To provide essential, result-oriented legal support across functions for the Middle East, India, Africa, and Türkiye regions, strengthening our regional legal capabilities and promoting legal and operational excellence in alignment with Richemont's 'One Legal Team' strategy.

HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?

• Provide timely, result-oriented legal advice across a wide variety of matters for the MEIAT regions.
• Navigate complex legal landscapes, encompassing Richemont Operations, Maisons’ manufacturing, distribution, sponsorship, licensing, endorsement, leasing, service agreements, and litigations.
• Negotiate, review, and draft diverse legal and commercial documents with third parties.
• Manage and coordinate multi-Maison and Richemont related projects.
• Support on labour law, compliance, and regulatory matters across all business units.
• Collaborate closely with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including Group Legal teams and external counsel.
• Contribute to legal memos, guidelines, business rules, and regional legal knowledge management.
• Actively engage in and project-manage legal operations topics in alignment with the Chief Legal Counsel's agenda.
• Lead, motivate, train, and guide colleagues as legal operational responsibilities expand.
• Protect the Richemont Group's and its Maisons' reputation, reinforcing the Group’s social license to operate in line with its Foundations.

HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCCESS WITH US?

• You are a qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials and a minimum of 4+ years post-qualification experience in an international environment, ideally combining private practice and in-house roles.
• Your native or fluent command of English and Arabic, combined with broad legal expertise in commercial, corporate, and project management, will be key to navigating complex legal matters.
• You possess sound commercial judgment, are digitally savvy with an interest in AI, and demonstrate outstanding communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, thriving as a collaborative team player committed to the Richemont Group Foundations.

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