Core Responsibilities
- Supports the implementation of organizational operating policies, processes, and procedures and maintains adequate controls to ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements in order to minimize the legal risk of the organization.
- Assists the reporting manager in analyzing and presenting reports pertaining to legal matters to provide senior management with a comprehensive overview and analysis of legal department activity, performance, and results.
- Drafts and reviews the various legal documents, including but not limited to those in the areas of real estate development, general contracts, projects, and construction contracts. Also prepares, negotiates, and reviews a wide range of commercial contracts and service agreements.
- Provides support to the reporting manager in all legal matters and provides oral and written advice to the business and regulatory functions on legal issues in a timely manner while ensuring consistency of approach and style.
- Performs risk assessment for various contracts; reviews and negotiates simple and hybrid contracts related to the organization's operations from a legal point of view to ensure they are within the risk appetite of the organization.
- Supports the development of business and commercial activities and also provides legal advice to all functions, projects, and programs in order to mitigate the legal risk to the organization.
- Drafts communications with external bodies, including the Ministry of Health, DHA, Dubai Municipality, REREA, and others, as required, and maintains healthy business relations to obtain maximum advantage for the benefit of the organization.
- Keeps abreast of various changes in the laws and regulations within the region or outside, monitors legal publications, and studies the new trends related to legal practices and their impact on the current scenarios.
- Develops and maintains relationships with regulatory authorities and ensures that new laws are enacted and implemented to ensure the organization is operating within a legal framework.
Competencies:
- General Competencies: Planning and Organizing, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Result Orientation, Initiative, Knowledge Sharing, and Communication
- Foundation Competencies: Integrity, Flexibility and Adaptability, Teamwork, Self-Reliance; Attention to Details
- Leadership Competencies: People Management and Development, Business Acumen, Creativity and Innovation
- Technical Competencies: Contractual Knowledge: Real Estate, General Commercial, Legal Advisory, Legal Service Delivery, Legal Drafting, and Legal Writing Skills