Provide timely legal support to management and departments on corporate, commercial, contractual, regulatory, compliance, real estate, and employment matters.
Draft, review, amend, negotiate, and maintain contracts, including vendor, service, consultancy, lease, NDA, franchise, employment, shareholder, trust, and intercompany agreements.
Monitor contracts, renewals, obligations, notices, and deadlines and maintain proper contract records.
Assist in ensuring compliance with applicable UAE laws, regulations, labour requirements, data protection, consumer protection, free zone rules, and industry-specific requirements.
Assist with legal disputes, claims, notices, settlements, mediation, and litigation and coordinate with external lawyers and relevant authorities.
Prepare legal notices, responses, case summaries, internal memoranda, and supporting documents and maintain updated records of all legal matters.
Coordinate with MOHRE, Dubai Courts, police, economic departments, notaries, regulators, and other government and judicial authorities as required.
Maintain corporate governance records, including resolutions, minutes, registers, licences, regulatory filings, ownership records, and authorized signatory details.
Assist with company restructuring, ownership changes, new entities, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, due diligence, and related corporate documentation.
Assist in protecting the Company’s intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, domain names, trade secrets, and brand assets, and coordinate action against infringement.
Conduct legal research on UAE laws, regulations, court decisions, and regulatory developments and prepare legal opinions, memoranda, briefing notes, and compliance updates.
Assist in drafting, reviewing, and implementing internal policies relating to employee conduct, onboarding, visas, confidentiality, compliance, and data privacy.
Provide legal support for employment matters, including employment contracts, disciplinary actions, grievances, suspensions, terminations, visa cancellations, settlements, and labour disputes.
Assist with MOHRE and Labour Court matters and coordinate with HR and external legal counsel on employment-related legal requirements.
Assist with UAE data protection and, where applicable, GDPR compliance, including privacy policies, consent forms, data protection undertakings, data requests, and data breach procedures.
Liaise with external legal advisors, law firms, government authorities, and other stakeholders on legal, regulatory, corporate, and compliance matters.
Prepare legal reports, case updates, compliance alerts, risk summaries, and status reports for the Legal Counsel and Management.
Maintain strict confidentiality and secure records of all legal, contractual, corporate, employee, customer, and commercially sensitive information.
Coordinate with HR, Finance, Operations, Procurement, and other departments to obtain information and documentation required for legal and compliance matters.
Provide assistance with **HR and PRO-related activities**, including employee documentation, government submissions, visa and labour-related requirements, and other related administrative matters.
Promptly escalate significant legal risks, disputes, compliance issues, and critical deadlines to the Legal Counsel and Management.
Perform any other legal, HR, PRO, compliance, research, documentation, coordination, administrative, or other duties and responsibilities assigned by the Management from time to time.
Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B.) or an equivalent legal qualification.
2–3 years of relevant experience in a legal department, law firm, corporate environment, or similar role, preferably in the UAE.
Good knowledge of UAE laws and regulations, particularly commercial, employment, corporate, contractual, and regulatory matters.
Practical understanding of UAE labour and employment procedures, MOHRE requirements, visa processes, and PRO-related matters.
Experience in contract drafting, reviewing, legal documentation, legal research, and compliance.
Strong written and verbal English communication skills
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, document management, and legal record-keeping.
Strong analytical, organizational, drafting, and documentation skills, with attention to detail.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive legal, employee, and business information.
Ability to coordinate effectively with management, HR, PRO, government authorities, external lawyers, and other departments.
Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently with minimal supervision.
UAE experience and knowledge of local government procedures will be preferred.
100% willingness to travel for work