Head of Legal

ASSYSTEM; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 262,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering company in Al Khobar seeks a Corporate Legal Counsel to manage corporate documentation, oversee compliance, and negotiate contracts. The ideal candidate must have a Bachelor's Degree in Law and 6 years of legal experience, particularly in corporate law. This position contributes to ensuring safety and compliance across projects.

Qualifications

• 6 years of relevant legal experience in corporate and commercial law.
• Strong understanding of governance policies and regulatory affairs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare corporate documentation and provide support on real estate agreements.
• Negotiate commercial contracts and oversee legal compliance.
• Advise on project-related legal risks and manage disputes.

Skills

Legal expertise

Contract negotiation

Compliance oversight

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB)

Job description

Finding solutions to climate change is the priority of the 21st century, and means switching to low‑carbon energy. At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. To achieve this, our 7,500 Switchers combine their historical engineering expertise and project management with digital technologies.

In our 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Asia) of operation, we are working on the production and distribution of low‑carbon electricity, through the development of nuclear and renewable energies. We are also supporting the modernisation and development of energy grids, managing the set‑up and siting for new transmission and distribution networks, and using hydrogen to decarbonise the transport and industry sectors.

The Assystem Safety & Risk business unit has over 20 years’ experience, delivering bespoke, high‑quality safety, risk, and reliability consultancy services to high‑hazard industries. We help our clients to minimise risk, delivering improved safety and security and fostering a nuclear safety and risk‑aware culture. Assystem Safety & Risk delivers an integrated and cost‑effective service that includes Safety Case, Human & Organisational Factors (HOF), Risk & Reliability (Including Probabilistic Safety Assessment), Security & Resilience, and Process Safety.

We use deterministic and probabilistic techniques to help our clients to assess the risk associated with facilities and activities and confirm that risks are reduced to a level that is As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).

Job Description

Corporate Matters:

• Preparing all the relevant corporate documentation within Assystem Radicon in KSA (annual shareholders meetings, annual account approvals, appointment of the board, POA, etc.)
• Providing support on real estate (lease agreements)
• Developing the organization’s policies on corporate governance or regulatory affairs
• Ensuring compliance with the approval procedures required by Assystem Group
• Advising executives within Assystem Radicon
• Overseeing the issuance and maintenance of required licenses related to Ministry of Investment
• Providing support for M&A transactions, LOI, SPA, shareholders agreements

Bid Reviews:

• Analyzing, preparing, reviewing the legal documents for the bid offers, the requests for proposals with the project team
• Negotiating and writing commercial contracts (among other EPCM contracts, consortium agreements, joint venture, MOU, bank guarantees, parent company guaranties, sub‑contracts, legal scheme of the projects, suppliers’ contracts, license’s agreements, lease agreements, IT contracts, NDA, LOI, etc.)
• Advising executives on relevant legal issues of the business
• Protecting patents, trademarks, and industrial designs
• Handling export control issues

Project Reviews:

• Supporting Project and Contract Managers on all legal, compliance, and insurance matters during project execution
• Working closely with project teams to review contracts, scopes, and agreements for legal implications
• Advising on project‑related risks, mitigation actions, and contractual obligations
• Ensuring all stakeholders have updated contract versions and follow proper approval procedures
• Coordinating with internal departments (quality, HSE, risk, finance, tax, etc.) to ensure proper contract execution
• Identifying and analysing discrepancies, deviations, change orders, and claims, and preparing related notifications to clients, partners, and subcontractors
• Ensuring proper issuance of contract amendments and managing claims or disputes in coordination with the General Counsel
• Providing training to Project and Contract Managers on legal and contractual topics

Claims and Litigations:

• In coordination with the General Counsel Middle East & Turkey, handling all legal aspects at stake, for the relevant notifications received as well as before sending relevant notifications to partners, customers, subcontractors, suppliers, for the issue and modification of drafts of contracts (e.g., amendments of the contracts), for the claims and litigations.

Insurance Matters:

• In coordination with the General Counsel Middle East & Turkey, handling all insurance contracts, policies, matters (linked to business) within Assystem Radicon
• In coordination with the General Counsel Middle East & Turkey, evaluating insurance claims and coordinating with insurer’s brokers and claims

Compliance Program (Anti‑Bribery):

• Overseeing and implementing the Assystem Group anti‑bribery and compliance programs in Assystem Radicon
• Ensuring compliance with the approval procedures required by the Assystem Group
• Providing guidance to executives and management on ethics, business conduct, and compliance matters and promoting an ethical corporate environment through training and leading process/policy enhancements
• Identifying areas of legal compliance risk and collaborating with the General Counsel Middle East & Turkey, functional managers to identify effective controls and processes to mitigate those risks
• Writing regular communications to employees concerning the Assystem Group Code of Conduct for combating corruption and influence peddling and related policies and procedures, which have been adopted by the Assystem Group as well as new developments in law or regulation pertaining to compliance

Delegation of Authority (DOA):

• Ensuring compliance with Assystem Group DOA policies and procedures
• Putting in place Assystem Radicon DOA in compliance with Assystem Group DOA

Bank Guarantees and PCG:

• In coordination with the Financial Department the General Counsel Middle East & Turkey, reviewing bank guarantees
• In coordination with the Financial Department and the General Counsel Middle East & Turkey, reviewing the parent company guarantees to be requested to the parent company
• Ensuring compliance with contractual obligations

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) — required

6 years of relevant legal experience, preferably in corporate and commercial law

Additional Information

• Manage complexity
• Commitment
• Transmission of knowledge
• Solidarity
• Assertiveness
• Enthusiasm
• Endurance
• Agility

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter! Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.