Senior Legal Counsel

Client of MBR Partners; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 280,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of MBR Partners is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to own the company’s commercial contracting activities in the UAE. The role focuses on drafting, reviewing and negotiating MSAs, SaaS agreements, SOWs, licensing and professional services with sales, procurement and senior stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have strong in-house commercial/technology contracts experience, exposure to GCC/MENA markets, and excellent drafting and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Strong in-house commercial/technology contracts experience.
• Experience negotiating complex B2B technology and commercial agreements.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate complex technology and commercial agreements (MSAs, SaaS, SOWs, licensing, professional services).
• Work with sales, procurement and senior business stakeholders.
• Provide commercial judgement and guidance across GCC/MENA regions.

Skills

Technology contracts

Commercial contracts

Contract negotiation

Independent stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel - UAE Our client is a global technology company of 1 5k employees providing cloud-based software solutions to the telecommunications industry with customers across international markets As the business continues to expand across the GCC and Middle East they are looking to establish a stronger legal presence in the UAE They are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to take ownership of the company s commercial contracting activities in the region The role will focus heavily on drafting reviewing and negotiating complex technology and commercial agreements working closely with sales procurement and senior business stakeholders This will include MSAs SaaS software agreements SOWs licensing professional services and other customer and partner contracts

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong in-house commercial/technology contracts experience
• Experience working within telecoms, BSS/OSS, software, SaaS or technology
• Proven experience negotiating complex B2B customer contracts
• Exposure to GCC/MENA markets
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to work independently with senior stakeholders
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills