Junior Legal Counsel
Job Details
Full Job Description
• Law degree (essential)
• LLM / Masters degree in business law
(advantageous)
• Professional experience of at least 2-3 years’
within a law firm and/or a multinational company as in-house junior
legal counsel
• Corporate and commercial legal background including
drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts according to standard
and non-standard frameworks
• Fluency in English with sound legal
communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Fluency in Arabic
(both verbal and written)
• Computer literacy – MS Office, MS Word
(advanced), experience and exposure in working with MS SharePoint
(advantageous)
• Experience in the media industry (advantageous)
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Legal Functions:
• Drafting, reviewing and
negotiating contracts (including standard terms and conditions of
sale, ad hoc advertising contracts, media agency contracts, lease
agreements, supply agreements, memorandum of understanding, NDAs
etc.), legal communications and other legal documents within defined
turn-around times
• Handling all legal secretarial matters of the
Middle East subsidiaries of the Group (incorporation process of
subsidiaries, drafting documentation related to corporate housekeeping
(board and shareholders resolutions, powers of attorney etc.) and
interaction with governmental authorities in this respect)
•
Updating of contract repository
• Assist with and implement a
successful contract management system to ensure an efficient
end-to-end contract management cycle
• Provision of legal advice
across the designated Middle East subsidiaries
• Undertaking of
legal research
• Keeping up-to-date with legal and regulatory
requirements affecting the designated Middle East subsidiaries
•
Assisting in tender related matters in close coordination with the
tender department in Paris and the Legal Director for the Middle East
region
• Identify and report on potential or actual non-compliance
across the region
• Monitoring compliance within the business,
developing risk management plans and conducting compliance audits with
the assistance and supervision of the Legal Director Middle East and
the Head of Legal Affairs Middle East and Africa
• Assist with and
implement the roll-out of Data Protection compliance in the Middle
East subsidiaries under the supervision of the Head of Legal Affairs
Middle East and Africa. The incumbent must be able to demonstrate a
practical and solid understanding and implementation of data
protection within an organisation, including conducting and
preparation of trainings for employees and external service providers,
compliance audits across several business units in the designated
businesses, conducting regular gap analysis and assessments,
preparation of data protection frameworks and polices; etc.
•
Supporting the Head of Legal Affairs Middle East and Africa on all
other governance and compliance related projects, initiatives and
topics
Key competencies:
• Ability
to work in a fast and demanding environment
• Strong time
management skills (ability to meet deadlines)
• Must be able to
multitask
• Problem-solving skills and out of the box thinker
•
Open to learning and proactive
• Display high level of accuracy and
attention to detail in his/her work
• Self-motivated individual
with solid interpersonal skills (good team spirit)
• Sound legal
technical ability and knowledge of relevant legislation
•
Dependable and taking responsibility for actions
• Ability to work
in an international/multinational environment
General: The above list of tasks and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the Legal Director, Middle East and/or the Head of Legal Affairs, Middle East and Africa will be entitled to instruct the incumbent to carry out additional responsibilities and duties which fall reasonably within the ambit of the job description
Organizational Position:
reports to Legal Director, Middle East and work closely
with the legal assistant for the Middle East region
Designated Middle East businesses:
The incumbent will perform the above list of tasks and
responsibilities for the following designated Middle East businesses
under the supervision of the Legal Director, Middle East (UAE, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Egypt)
Junior Legal Counsel
JCDecaux
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