Legal Director, Professional Services, Riyadh

Taylor Root; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced corporate lawyer for a Director-level position. The ideal candidate will need to be a KSA national with fluent Arabic, possessing over 10 years of relevant legal experience. This role will involve managing contracts, compliance, and corporate governance, contributing to the country's economic growth. A great opportunity in a multinational environment awaits.

Qualifications

• Essential to have fluent, business level Arabic and be a KSA national.
• Director level position requires 10+ years of post-qualified experience.
• Experience in compliance and regulatory areas is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Oversee corporate and commercial legal matters as needed.
• Manage contracts: drafting, negotiating, and executing.
• Handle compliance, risk management, and corporate governance.

Skills

Fluent business level Arabic

General corporate and commercial law knowledge

Compliance and risk management

Experience in employment law

Regulatory experience

Job description

Overview

It's common knowledge that Saudi's economy is growing and diversifying at the moment, but what if you could join a company at the heart of supporting that ambition?

Our client is a global leader in professional services, supporting Saudi government services across a wide variety of projects covering employment, training, healthcare and social governance.

This is an extremely good opportunity for an ambitious lawyer who wants to join a multinational standard environment, with deep KSA expertise, and be well rewarded for your efforts.

So why this role in particular?

• Building opportunity currently without a dedicated on the ground lawyer, this will be their first hire in KSA.
• Multi-national thinking - join a global corporate.
• Added value - this role truly supports KSA economic growth.

Responsibilities

• Essentially a corporate and commercial role, but as is normal in-house, anything can come up.
• Taking control of contracts and contract management, in drafting, negotiating and executing.
• Handling compliance and risk management issues, as well as corporate governance and disputes.

Qualifications

• It's essential that you have fluent, business level Arabic, and you need to be a KSA national.
• As a Director level position, you'll likely need at least 10+ years of post-qualified experience as a lawyer.
• The legal skill set is general corporate and commercial, additional experience across compliance, employment and regulatory is helpful.

Job number: 022025-282049

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