Corporate Lawyer (Saudi Arabia)

Job Brief:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Corporate Lawyer to join our dynamic team at Agility focused on KSA market . As a Corporate Lawyer, you will play a pivotal role in providing legal guidance and support across our operations in the MEA region. Your expertise in corporate law, coupled with your bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English, will be essential in ensuring compliance with local laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.

Your Responsibilities:

Legal Advise:

• Provide legal advice and support to the company in various corporate matters, ensuring compliance with local laws, regulations, and corporate governance requirements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements, including but not limited to contracts and joint ventures.
• Conduct legal research and analysis on complex legal issues, providing accurate and timely advice to internal stakeholders
• Manage and oversee legal documentation, ensuring proper record-keeping and documentation of corporate transactions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including finance, HR, and operations, to provide legal support and guidance on various business initiatives.
• Assist with guiding the business on legal matters and address queries on transactions including on jurisdiction clauses, indemnity clauses and wider concerns regards to potential disputes
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and be the legal voice for the organization to highlight business risks and recommend alternate options to mitigate them

Representation:

• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority, etc.), creating relations of trust
• work closely with the company’s in-house litigation team and with external legal counsels
• Deal with regulatory enquiries

Governance:

• Stay up-to-date with changes in laws and regulations that may impact the company's operations, and proactively advise management on potential legal risks and implications
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
• Maintain and continuously upgrade internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues
• Draft and review agreements, contracts and other legal documents
• Assist the business on handling client complaints / disputes to avoid litigation

Your Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Corporate Law or equivalent
• Minimum 8 years of private practice experience or equivalent experience in a legal department of a large corporate, and in good standing in current role

Your Proficiencies:

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
• Proficiency in Arabic and English (Reading and writing)
• Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
• Outstanding communication & influencing skills
• Ability to comprehend influences of the external environment of a corporation and business context, and apply judgment accordingly
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Sound judgement and ability to analyze and synthesize situations and information