Legal Adviser

Leap29; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 319,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Leap29 seeks an experienced Saudi banking lawyer to join the in-house legal team in Riyadh. The role targets 5–8 years of relevant experience and requires solid knowledge of international and local law, with preference for candidates educated in the US/UK or Saudi LLM.

The salary ranges from USD 85,000 to USD 120,000 per year. Deliverables include providing legal input on operations, ensuring robust documentation, and building ties with international firms to transfer best practices.

Qualifications

• Understands international and local law.
• Provides legal input for operations, transactions and agreements.
• Ensures legal documentation supports transactions.
• Develops ties with international firms for best practices.
• Liaises with external legal counsel and advisors.
• Provides management information to the Head of Legal periodically.

Responsibilities

• Develop a thorough and current understanding of international and local law.
• Provide legal input and advice for all operations, transactions and agreements in their specified field of operation/locations.
• Ensure the legal documentation is in place to support all transactions.
• Develop close collaborative ties with international firms to ensure transfer of state of the art technology and best legal practice to the business.
• Liaise with external legal counsel and advisors as required.
• Provide management information to the Head of Legal on a periodic and ad hoc basis.

Skills

International law

Local law

Legal input/advisory

External counsel liaison

Documentation rigor

Education

Saudi law degree

LLM (US/UK or Saudi)

Job description

Legal Advisor - Experience Saudi Lawyer - In house

One of Saudi Arabia's Largest Financial Entities / Banks

Between 5 to 8 years professional experience

Leap29 have been given an assignment to seek an experience Saudi Banking Lawyer for a position in Riyadh. The role in question is within the legal department of one of the largest Commercial Banks in the KSA.

Banking Lawyers will have been educated in Saudi Arabia. They will required to have gained further educated in a recognized university. Ideally this will have come from the US or the UK but Saudi LLM holder will also be considered.

This is a Mid-Level position and ideally all Banking lawyers will have had several years' exposure to high profile banking matters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As such candidates will have between 5 to 8 years professional experience within the banking & finance field.

Position requirements are:

• Develop a thorough and current understanding of international and local law
• Provide legal input and advice for all operations, transactions and agreements in their specified field of operation/locations
• Ensure the legal documentation is in place to support all transactions
• Develop close collaborative ties with international firms to ensure transfer of state of the art technology and best legal practice to the business.
• Liaise with external legal counsel and advisors as required.
• Provide management information to the Head of Legal on a periodic and ad hoc basis.

The salary for such a position is ranging from $85,000 to $120,000

Position requirements are:

• Develop a thorough and current understanding of international and local law
• Provide legal input and advice for all operations, transactions and agreements in their specified field of operation/locations
• Ensure the legal documentation is in place to support all transactions
• Develop close collaborative ties with international firms to ensure transfer of state of the art technology and best legal practice to the business.
• Liaise with external legal counsel and advisors as required.
• Provide management information to the Head of Legal on a periodic and ad hoc basis.

About The Company

Leap29 is a substantial and proven Global Recruitment Intermediary, since our launch on 29th February 2000 we have consistently grown in line with our core values: Passion, Integrity, Respect and Hard Work.

Leap29 provide Global Search Solutions for the recruitment and mobilisation of expatriate and repatriate candidates in the following sectors: Construction & Engineering, Renewable Energy & Environmental, Oil & Gas and Professional Services (legal & healthcare).

Our multilingual specialist recruitment intermediaries are high achievers drawn from industry and education, they are then trained in our unique recruitment method QUIF. These technical and regionally focused ‘experts’ will provide you with a specialist, secure and safe route to quality new employees and freelance professionals.