Senior Legal Counsel - M&A

VEON-HQ; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global digital operator in Dubai is seeking a qualified lawyer with M&A experience to provide legal support on high-profile transactions. You will work with stakeholders, deliver strategic advice, and manage projects to ensure effective execution of M&A strategies. The ideal candidate will be proactive and able to adapt quickly to a fast-paced environment, with a minimum of five years' experience in corporate law. This role offers the opportunity to engage in impactful projects within a dynamic and diverse team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of relevant experience with proven technical competence.
• Fluent in English; other languages beneficial but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for high visibility M&A and strategic projects.
• Provide legal support for M&A transactions and strategic commercial projects.
• Work with various stakeholders for M&A strategy.

Skills

Proactive mindset

Good drafting skills

Project management skills

Complex transaction structuring

Team player

Education

Professionally qualified lawyer

Job description

The Company

VEON is a Nasdaq-listed global digital operator that serves nearly 160m customers with connectivity a total base of 110 million monthly active users with digital services in some of the world’s most exciting frontier markets. Operating across six countries that are home to nearly 520 million people, in other words more than 7% of the world’s population, VEON transforms lives through technology-driven services that empower individuals and drive economic growth.

With VEON’s Digital Operator 1440 vision and strategy, VEON Group companies redefine the engagement that telecom operators have with their customers, providing the best digital experience to customers up to 1440 minutes in a day. We transform not only the daily experience of the final users, but also support the growth of enterprises and industries as a whole by using cutting-edge technologies in AI, big-data and cloud services to serve our business customers .

This is all underpinned by a commitment to sustainability, ensuring VEON’s operations are run safely and ethically while fostering digital entrepreneurship and greater digital skills and literacy in the communities in which VEON operates. VEON’s values-based approach works to strengthen trust by building a responsible and sustainable business that benefits customers, employees, communities, and shareholders.

VEON’s international leadership team is drawn from experienced executives from around the world and has been led by CEO Kaan Terzioğlu since July 2021.

Position Summary

• This dynamic role with direct exposure to the business will be part of a team of lawyers based in VEON’s Dubai Headquarters, providing legal support on all M&A transactions undertaken by the VEON Group. In addition, the role covers support of Group level commercial projects.
• You will be a part of a team involved in strategic and impactful projects. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel M&A, Digital and Special Projects, you will be providing support for a wide variety of functions and/or divisions within VEON, including Group Executives and OpCo Management teams.
• The role involves dealing with M&A, special projects and commercial matters including those involving very complex issues in a variety of jurisdictions, including those in VEON’s emerging market footprint.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for high visibility M&A and strategic projects.
• Independent legal support for M&A. In addition, the role will support strategic and/or high value commercial projects at the Group level.
• Working with various stakeholders in the organization, including Group executives, local company management teams and other functions such as finance, compliance, commercial and technical teams.
• Supporting the company’s M&A strategy requiring quick adaptation to an international and fast-changing environment.
• Provide high quality and pragmatic legal and strategic advice working with external counsel.
• Supporting internal digital initiatives, including the development of existing and new digital businesses within the VEON Group to unlock their full growth and market potential.
• Willingness to familiarize yourself with and take on additional tasks within the Legal team.
• Managing external counsel, providing clear instructions, work scope and budget.

Critical Skills & Experience

• Experience in M&A and corporate law, preferably gained in a top tier international law firm or multinational corporate environment.
• Able to be proactive, autonomous, with a solution-oriented and think out of the box mindset, as well as a team player.
• Good drafting and project management skills.
• Ability to drive complex transaction structuring.
• Able to handle multiple tasks, while meeting deadlines and ability to work under pressure.
• Role is based at VEON’s Headquarters in Dubai.

• Education and experience
• Professionally qualified lawyer.
• Have a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience with proven technical competence.
• Fluent in English. Other languages beneficial but not mandatory.

VEON Values:

• Customer obsessed: We have a passion for our customers – they are at the heart of everything we do. We are able to make difficult decisions when we know it’s in our customers’ best interests. We keep an eye on our competitors but it’s our customers who are always front of mind. We are driven by our customer insight – all our digital innovations are borne out of customer need.

• Entrepreneurial: We have an ownership mentality, demonstrating passion and taking responsibility of the business as if it were our own. We’re agile and dynamic. We like to push boundaries and explore what’s possible – we are not held back by a fear of failure. We take smart risks, but only when it’s in our customers’ best interests. We lead by example – we do what we say we’re going to do.

• Innovative: We never stop. We’re always moving, looking for the next disruptive digital ideas. We’re adventurous and excited about trying something new. We’re quick to bring new digital products and services to market, always driven by a clear customer need. We don’t follow the status quo, we are passionate about creating our own path.

• Collaborative: We bring people together, united by our passion for our customers. We work with – not against – each other and we cherish the time of others. We don’t look to blame, we look for solutions to problems. We partner with others – both internally and externally - in order to achieve more.

• Truthful: We are open, honest and demonstrate integrity in all our dealings – both internally and externally. We’re trustworthy, keeping our promises, admitting our mistakes – whether it’s to customers, peers, leadership or shareholders. We are focused on upholding the highest level of ethics at all times. We set clear expectations and clearly communicate feedback.

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Do you want to be part of a team that serves over 160 million customers across 6 dynamic markets? Do you want to pioneer new experiences for hundreds of millions in emerging economies? Do you feel at home working in a truly diverse and inclusive environment? We are VEON, a global digital operator and we scale new heights never thought possible.

Our DE&I Vision is:

Creating an Inclusive World for All – Inside and Beyond VEON

We aspire to create anInclusiveworld for all by providingEqualvoice and representation, driving growth with diverse and inclusive teams, that create products that serveDiverseneeds of our customers across all dimensions of life from connectivity to digital financial inclusion, education, health and entertainment, and creating value for ourpeople, ourpartners,andcommunities.