Senior Legal Affairs Counsel at Power International Holding – Qatar
Job Description
Job Description
The Senior Legal Affairs Counsel is responsible 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
Establish the short and long-term strategy for the division, translate it into business plans with objectives and performance indicators and report on the progress of activities against those plans to measure success to support the achievement of the Group’s strategic objectives.
Build and lead a motivated, engaged and competent manpower throughout the division, by setting priorities and objectives, managing performance, and providing ongoing feedback and coaching to improve performance.
Recommend an optimum organization structure for the division in coordination with GCLO and the Human Resources, to ensure efficient and effective workflow of operational processes and optimal utilization of resources.
Collaborate with Human Resources in the development of the division’s manpower plan to ensure timely and best-of-class delivery of tasks.
Prepare and recommend the division’s budget in alignment to the respective annual business plan and ensure proper cascading into departmental budgets.
Handle public private partnerships (PPP) proceedings.
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.
Skills
Job Responsibilities 2
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.
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 such as board resolutions, shareholders’ assembly, minutes of the meetings, etc.
Supervise and manage the company’s litigation portfolio.
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.
Lead, manage and train the legal affair counsels.
Additional Responsibilities 3
Job Knowledge & Skills
Excellent drafting and organizational skills
Ability to analyze complex legal problems quickly and concisely
Experience handling high volume of contract reviews, drafting and negotiation
Demonstrable evidence of having worked in a role requiring extensive and continuous interaction with various internal and external stakeholders in delivery of objectives
Extensive knowledge of corporate governance, lega
Job Details
- Job Location
- Qatar
- Company Industry
- Law Firm
- Company Type
- Employer (Private Sector)
- Job Role
- Legal
- Employment Type
- Full Time Employee
- Monthly Salary Range
- $1,500 – $2,000
- Number of Vacancies
- 1
Preferred Candidate
- Career Level
- Director/Head
- Degree
- Master’s degree
