Legal Affairs Counsel

Job Summary

To monitor all legal activities of the Group to ensure that they are carried out in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and charters of the companies within the Group. The position develops, maintains, and disseminates legal information to all stakeholders (e.g., cases, statutes, and regulations) to provide support to legal team and assures staff knowledge remains up-to-date.

Job Responsibilities 1

• Contribute to the development and execution of the department’s short to mid-term plans to ensure alignment with the division’s strategic priorities and contribute to the development of annual business plans for the assigned areas of responsibility to support the achievement of financial objectives.
• Monitor, control and report key performance indicators related to the department, to track performance and recommend corrective actions.
• Contribute with ideas that support an efficient and effective structure and resource allocation for the department, to ensure smooth.
• Advise on general business law issues and managing the legal issues of all areas of the company, including but not limited to corporate matters, procurement, safety, security, insurance and sustainability issues.
• Represent the department as required in liaison with the superior.
• Cooperate and collaborate with the other members of the legal department abroad.
• Anticipate and manage the (legal) risks connected with or resulting from the business strategy and operations.
• Secure compliance of business operations with relevant laws and regulations.
• Pro-actively create and maintain awareness of business employees for (compliance with) relevant laws and regulations.
• Review all legal matters and conducts legal research and studies.

Job Responsibilities 2

• Provide legal advice on various matters including but not limited to contracts and agreements templates, corporate affairs, advisory to the organization business units, corporate governance, legal compliance, Joint Venture, Major Projects, disputes and employment related topics.
• Prepare draft contracts and agreements required for Company activities and reviews contracts and agreements and submits recommendations.
• Prepare and draft legal documents (Notices, claim, official forms, etc.) and corporate documents (Board resolutions, shareholders’ assembly, minutes of the meetings, etc.
• Advice on preparing and negotiating a range of commercial and corporate agreements/documents for the group’s entities across the world.
• Prepare shareholder agreement, AoA, Partnership deed, joint venture agreement, PPP documents etc.
• Participate with departments in negotiating contracts and agreements with other parties negotiating claims to reach amicable settlements of contractual disputes and reviews different types of tender documents.
• Keep abreast of laws and regulations of the State of Qatar and Laws enacted and effective in GCC countries, and advice the stakeholders on the impacts of new laws and regulations.
• Secure legal compliance of Company’s operations with relevant laws and regulations.