Legal Counsel - Fugro
نُشرت في :
08-01-2025
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Job Description
Purpose of the role
Act as a strategic business partner providing highlevel legal expertise and guidance to support the companys objectives and drive its growth. This role is critical in navigating complex legal landscapes mitigating risks and ensuring regulatory compliance all while fostering innovation and enabling sound decisionmaking. As a key member of the Legal & Compliance team the Legal Counsel will align legal strategies with business goals enhance corporate governance and safeguards the companys interests contributing to sustainable success and competitive advantage.
Daytoday duties & responsibilities
Legal strategy
- Support the Legal & Compliance team and the Senior Legal Counsel in Saudi Arabia in developing communicating and executing legal compliance regulatory and risk management strategies.
Business partnering
- Maintain a focus across all business lines and service lines in the Saudi Arabian market to ensure a comprehensive view of legal & compliance opportunities best practices and risks.
Disputes resolution investigations & litigations
- Responsible for managing the various disputes and coordinating litigation of Fugro companies in Saudi Arabia;
- Attend court cases as a representative of Fugro company(ies) in Saudi Arabia;
- Followup and monitor of court cases with the local lawyers and update the internal stakeholders accordingly;
- Review pleadings/memorandums;
- Collaborate with the Country Director Country Manager Finance Manager and Legal team members in Saudi Arabia to followup litigation cases and to efficiently resolve lawsuits;
- Define strategy for specific disputes and investigations;
- Managing disputes and investigations.
Contract Law
- Draft (from templates and/or from scratch) review amend revise negotiate and terminate any and all commercial contracts agreements and legal documents of any nature;
- Provide businessoriented legal advice on agreements/contracts directly to the relevant business line/service line or function;
- Collaborate with and facilitate crossteam decisionmaking with the Procurement Team the relevant business line or function and/or any other appropriate internal stakeholder;
- Drive contract lifecycle from drafting to signature through completion of the entire negotiation process till signature;
- Maintain a deep understanding of local laws and regulations and group legal requirements legal risk and liability;
- Interpret contracts and advise business lines/service lines/functions on contractual responsibilities and risk mitigation;
- Drive contract and other Legal processes standardization and automation.
Corporate law & commercial law
- Support Fugro entities in Saudi Arabia on all corporate and commercial matters by providing business legal advice;
Compliance
- Continuously monitor compliance with cumulatively Fugros purpose Fugros Code of Conduct Fugros processes and policies and local laws and regulations and advise management accordingly;
Labor law
- Act as Legal business partner for HR department (legal advice on employment contract termination dismissal disciplinary sanctions labor litigation etc.)
Data protection
- Implement data protection policies and procedures that comply with relevant data protection laws (e.g. PDPL);
- Ensure these policies are communicated effectively across the organisation;
- Monitor and ensure compliance with data protection regulations at local national and international levels;
- Conduct regular audits and assessments to identify compliance gaps and address them promptly;
- Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on data protection principles their responsibilities and the importance of safeguarding data;
- Foster a culture of data protection awareness within the organization.
Interpersonal skills including but not limited to
Analytical problemsolving and research skills required
Businessoriented
Demonstrated success working in a highperforming business resultsdriven environment
Demonstrated ability to think and decide quickly and to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely
Be able to manage multiple priorities and efficiently under pressure and consistently meet tight deadlines
Be able to communicate efficiently and work with business representatives at all levels of seniority
Be able to work independently as well as under the supervision of a manager
High degree of professional ethics and integrity
Organizational skills
Very high discretion with confidential information
Ability to read signals and provide early warnings to relevant stakeholders
Ability to mediate and assist in achieving consensus
You bring (qualifications & experience)
Master Degree in Law (business law/corporate Law/commercial law)
Generalist inhouse legal counsel
Hold a license to practice law in Saudi Arabia
Fluent in English and Arabic
Between 46 years of experience
Broad expertise across various areas of law including corporate commercial contracts compliance corporate governance etc.
Law practice in a law firm or as inhouse legal counsel in a multinational company or a combination of both
Experience working in offshore projects/marine/ EPC/ engineering companies is highly preferred.
Key relationships
- With any and all business lines of Fugro in Saudi Arabia all the functions (HR Procurement Finance etc) the Commercial Team and the Project Management Team.
- External lawyers notary public any relevant authority etc.
Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:
Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.
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