Senior Legal Counsel
Senior Legal Counsel
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03-05-2024
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Job Description
Providing legal and transactional advice to all departments on legal matters and both local and crossborder transactions to safeguard the company and minimize risk exposure.
Leading negotiation drafting and/or review of all commercial contracts (e.g. concession contracts cooling service agreements construction services agreements nondisclosure agreements EPC procurement contracts O&M contracts etc).
Leading negotiation drafting and/or review of all debt facility agreements debt and equity instruments (convertible bonds etc) hedging instruments project finance agreements (facility agreements intercreditor security documents direct agreements) etc.
Leading negotiation drafting and/or review of all merger and acquisition related matters and documentation whether through sale of shares sale of assets or statutory merger.
Ensuring compliance with all applicable local and/or global laws rules and regulations.
Managing legal aspects of business development / investment and project related activities including precontract risk assessment contract negotiation MOU drafting and negotiation transaction and project structuring and execution etc. from a legal perspective to cater to the company s business needs and protect its interests at appropriate risk levels.
Identifying and assessing legal and commercial risks and developing action plans upon identified deficiencies or opportunities for improvement.
Assisting on all legal aspects and impacts of any future district cooling regulator s intended regulatory regime.
Closely coordinating with UAE Legal to ensure alignment of our Oman approach legal and compliance strategy and policies with the UAE.
Identifying managing and monitoring activities performed by external legal counsel to ensure delivery of defined cost effective and high quality legal services.
Ensuring that the company s rights vis vis third parties are adequately protected and support in managing litigation or court proceedings where necessary and defend the company against any claim or legal action.
Reviewing updating (or preparing) and following all relevant Department/Unit policies processes standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
Advising the company on the application of the delegation of authority constitutional documents and shareholders agreement and ensuring compliance with the same.
Ensuring the organization adheres to legal frameworks in areas such as discipline & grievance redundancy and employment law.
Ensure compliance to all relevant health safety and environmental management policies procedures and controls across the department to guarantee employee safety legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Law.
- 5 years of relevant postqualification experience in a toptier international law firm
- 1 year of relevant postqualification experience in an inhouse legal role.
- Experience in international crossborder transactions and projects.
- Fluent in Arabic (speaking reading and writing)
- Fluent in English (speaking reading and writing)
- Global business law knowledge
- In depth knowledge of applicable Omani legislation
- Excellent drafting skills
- Ability to review analyse and summarise key documentation applicable to the business
- Ability to condense complex legal matters into a digestible form for commercial teams
- Ability to liaise effectively and coordinate with internal teams external legal counsel and other vendors and service providers (at the international and local level).
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Strong data collection / data analysis skills
- Strong document management skills
- Strong process management skills
- High attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Knowledge of district cooling is desirable but not mandatory
Employment Type
Full Time
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