CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, CORPORATE COMMERCIAL, DUBAI
- Recruiter
- Taylor Root
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Salary
- £120000 - £160000 per annum
- Posted
- 27 Jul 2014
- Closes
- 24 Aug 2014
- Ref
- MA/879843
- Contact
- Mark Anderson
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Corporate, Real Estate
- PQE
- 7+ Years
- Experience Level
- Partner, Senior Level
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, CORPORATE COMMERCIAL, DUBAI
CLIENT: We have just been instructed to work exclusively with a newly established investments and real estate company. They are seeking their first Chief Legal Officer to establish, run, and grow a legal department for them.
ROLE: You will report to top management and form part of a senior management team. Your day to day task will be to advise the company on a wide range of activity across M&A and investments, commercial contracts, disputes, compliance, regulatory, liability, risk and corporate secretarial matters.
CANDIDATE: The ideal candidate will fulfil the following criteria:
- 10-15+ years of overall experience
- Currently or previously involved in high level corporate and commercial work, with a slant towards real estate and investments
- Any exposure to the USA market will be an advantage as this is a target investment and development market, as well as the wider MENA region
- Essential that you are based in the GCC right now or bring with you very significant previous MENA experience. You must have previous experience of the UAE market, candidates with no previous experience on the ground in the UAE cannot be considered.
- Preference for Arabic language skills but non-Arabic speakers may be considered.
REF: MA/879843
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