Senior Contracts & Compliance Counsel (Logistics)

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company is seeking a seasoned Legal Counsel to review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts in logistics. You will ensure legal compliance, assess risks, and provide timely guidance to leadership on liabilities, indemnities and dispute matters.

The role requires 5–7 years PQE, strong contract law expertise, and excellent negotiation and drafting skills to support procurement, operations and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in a recognized jurisdiction.
• 5–7 years post-qualification experience in logistics, supply chain, or commercial contracting.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, liability frameworks and risk management.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts including warehousing, freight forwarding, transportation service, vendor contracts, NDAs and SLAs.
• Ensure contracts comply with legal requirements, industry standards and internal policies.
• Identify legal risks and propose practical business-focused solutions.
• Provide timely legal advice to operations, commercial, procurement and senior leadership on interpretation, liabilities, indemnities and disputes.
• Advise on regulatory compliance affecting logistics operations, including transportation, customs, safety, data protection and cross-border trade.
• Conduct risk assessments and create mitigation strategies for contract exposures.
• Collaborate with business units to reflect accurate service scopes and responsibilities in contracts.
• Support commercial teams during negotiations to secure favorable, compliant terms.
• Coordinate with external counsel when specialized expertise is needed.
• Contribute to development of contract templates, guidelines and governance.
• Monitor changes in laws and regulations relevant to logistics and commercial contracting.

Skills

Commercial contract law

Liability frameworks

Risk management

Negotiation

Drafting

Communication

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Business acumen

Education

Law license

5–7 years PQE in logistics

Job description

Confidential Company is seeking a seasoned Legal Counsel to review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts in logistics. You will ensure legal compliance, assess risks, and provide timely guidance to leadership on liabilities, indemnities and dispute matters.

The role requires 5–7 years PQE, strong contract law expertise, and excellent negotiation and drafting skills to support procurement, operations and cross-functional teams.