Legal Counsel
- Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPosted 1 month ago 26People have clicked 1 open position Experience Needed: Not Specified Education Level: Not Specified Job Details
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Department: LegalEmployment Type: Full TimeLocation: Riyadh - LiferaDescriptionA career at Lifera is more than a job - Lifera's mission is to enable the Saudi National Biotech Strategy, help achieve biopharma resilience in Saudi Arabia, and establish Lifera as a leading global biopharma company. A career at Lifera is an opportunity to change the future, contribute to enabling Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and change lives.Lifera is building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing assets and at-scale multiomics capacity to enable therapeutic discovery. Lifera aims to enable Saudi biopharma resilience through local manufacturing across priority essential and life-saving medicines, enable scientific discovery through multiomics, and ultimately to increase access to medicines and health for all. Career training and upskilling are key to what we offer employees. Lifera plans to train a few hundred individuals in specialized biopharma and genomics areas through 2029.Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in alignment with the HR policies and procedures deployed at Lifera. Requests for reasonable accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process.Lifera offers employees a robust total rewards program which is thoughtfully designed to support our employees across multiple needs. We encourage you to apply and start a conversation with one of our recruiters.For more information, please visit www.lifera.com.saMain Purpose And Key ResponsibilitiesMain Purpose:Governance/board secretary servicesGeneral corporate legal servicesKey Responsibilities: Governance/Board Secretary Services: including but not limited to attending meetings with the General Legal Counsel, distribute meeting agendas and supporting documents, take meeting minutes, prepare resolutions, maintain and file records properly and ensure passed resolutions/recommendations are addressed, monitor deadlines (internal or statutory requirements), support the board for arranging logistics and travel arrangements, liaising with the Public Investment Fund on matters such as: (i) annual Board and Sub-Committee remuneration and allowances; (ii) quarterly reports; (iii) governance frameworks compliance; and (iv) address regular PIF portfolio company requirements. Day-to-day legal services: including but not limited to legal research and analysis, document review and drafting, legal support to senior attorneys, contractual management by maintaining files, documents, monitoring deadlines, court dates and procedural requirements.Skills, Knowledge And ExpertiseBachelor's degree in law2-4 years experience.Excellent drafting skills, legal research ability, knowledge of governance and general standard business acumen, ideally board secretary experience, fluent English and Arabic speaker
