Job Objective: 

Provide proactive, expert and strategic legal advice to the Company including supporting Company’s Director in the day to day activities, working closely with the Authority’s Legal Affairs. Observe and enhance internal governance policies and manage the impact of external factors on the Authority. Ensure compliance at all times with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. 

Key Responsibilities:

** Managerial Role:
Identify, highlight and manage risk mitigations and exposures to the company.
Oversee Company’s policies to ensure compliance with applicable legislation and industry best practice.
Manage all legal aspects of the Company , commercial, compliance, corporate, contractual and construction arrangements.
Manage relationships with external counsel and legal consultants.
Manage, and communicate daily with the Legal Affairs Department on matters related to the legal aspects of the day-to-day operations of the Company.
Ensure that the business of the Company and the conduct of staff comply with the policies, practices and procedures.
Prepare and submit to the Company’s Deputy Director an annual operational budget; manage effectively within this budget, and report accurately on progress made and challenges encountered with the budget.
Gain the trust and respect of key stakeholders.
Lead by example.
Manage the complex material commercial and legal transactions and arrangements; and seek assistance from Authority’s General Counsel where needed.

** Organizational Role:
Provide corporate governance and legal compliance advice and secretarial services to the Company’s Director and the Deputy Director and develop and implement corporate governance policies, procedures and bylaws, working closely with Authority’s General Counsel.
Advise on existing, new and amended legislation that affects or will or may affect the Company.
Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with top management team, Authority’s Legal Affairs Department and all staff acting at all times in a collegiate and inclusive manner and disseminate legal knowledge and communications.
Identify and apply legal best practice to the Company and create and continually improve internal systems with a focus on its future needs and any actual or proposed change in legislation.
Meet all legal objectives in a timely, efficient and professional manner.

** Functional Role:
Highlight to the Company’s Director and the Authority’s General Counsel and mitigate, actual and potential risk and exposure.
Provide “best in class” legal advice to all Company departments and to Authority, always taking any decision and providing legal advice based on and applying the highest professional standards of ethics and integrity.
Instruct, in consultation with Authority’s General Counsel and supervise external counsel and legal consultants in a timely and professional manner.
Carry out all forms of legal due diligence relating to all of the business, corporate, commercial, construction and project activities of the Company.
Carry out any other legal and administrative tasks as requested by the Company’s Director, the Deputy Director or the Authority’s General Counsel.
Keep the Authority’s General Counsel at all times appraised of all material matters on which you are advising.
At all times keep up to date with legislative changes generally in the UAE and in particular those related to the Authority and Company and their respective activities.


Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in law.
Postgraduate Degree, (Master of laws or higher) or post graduate qualification in one aspect of UAE commercial law preferred.
Minimum 7 years’ relevant experience in an in-house role (ideally in the UAE) within a government/public sector organization is preferable.
Corporate governance and commercial experience is also preferable

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