Legal Counsel, Hospitality and Leisure

Taylor Root; Ras Al Khaimah; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent legal role in a unique leisure project in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, is now available for an ambitious lawyer. The position involves diverse responsibilities, including drafting commercial agreements, providing strategic legal guidance, and managing external legal counsel. Ideal candidates should possess a common law qualification with significant experience in commercial contracts, preferably from an in-house background.

Qualifications

• PQE guideline of around 4-10 years.
• In-house experience preferred.
• Generalist skill set across commercial contracts.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and reviewing commercial agreements.
• Giving strategic legal advice across various business units.
• Managing external counsel.

Skills

Negotiation

Drafting

Commercial contracts

Education

Common law qualification

Job description

Legal Counsel, Hospitality and Leisure

We’re running a search for a totally unique leisure project in the UAE that is bound to get lawyers with a good commercial contracts background interested.

So why this role in particular?

• This is a high profile and ambitious venture, and you’ll be one of the first lawyers handling it.
• The work will be extremely varied, challenging and rewarding. You’ll look back in years to come and say, ‘I worked on that!’.

What you’ll be doing:

• Drafting and reviewing a wide range of mainly commercial agreements across tech, retail, licencing and beyond.
• Giving strategic legal advice to the internal business units across corporate governance, regulatory, commercial, employment and general risk.
• Picking up whatever legal work comes through the door and figuring it out.
• Supporting operational matters across the project.
• External counsel management.

Who you’ll likely need to be in order to succeed:

Whilst there is a degree of flexibility, there are some core guidelines that make the backbone of the client expectations:

• Common law qualified, with a PQE guideline of around 4-10 years.
• In-house experience is strongly preferred, although law firm secondments will suffice.
• Generalist skill set across a wide variety of commercial contracts.
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills.
• Current UAE residence will be preferred but very suitable overseas applicants will also be considered. Note that the role will be based in Ras Al Khaimah.

Job number: JN-062025-284792

Please note that the job advertised here represents just a selection of all the in-house roles we have running across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region from our hub office in Dubai.

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