DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, WORLD CLASS PROJECT, KSA
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- Saudi Arabia
- Closing date
- 28 Jan 2021
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Construction, Corporate, Energy
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, WORLD CLASS PROJECT, KSA
CLIENT: Our client is one of the world's leading providers of industrial services. The Middle East is a very high growth area for them and one of their most valued territories for new and existing business. They now have the need for a new position of Deputy General Counsel, with a specific focus on looking after their most important joint venture. You will be based in Dhahran.
ROLE: You will be working closely with, and under the guidance of the General Counsel, but with specific responsibility for the JV project. Principle objectives will see you:
- Overseeing litigation, compliance and day to day business issues (privacy, data security, IP, employment).
- Risk assessment and management.
- Outside counsel and budget management.
- Team and self-development towards career growth.
CANDIDATE: As listed company, they have the highest degree of integrity, ethics and compliance and these qualities are paramount to the appointment, as well as:
- Strong ability to pick up a wide variety of work.
- Excellent leadership and management skills, dealing with very senior management and JV partners.
- First class business skills - this is not a 'back office' legal role.
- A suggested PQE level is at least 5+ years but probably no more than 15.
- A broad commercial / corporate skill set but a willingness and ability to pick up anything.
- Strong international law firm / multi-national business background.
- Western qualified and must have current or previous Middle East exposure.
REF: MA/1172142
Please note that the jobs advertised here may represent just a selection of all the in-house roles we have running across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region from our hub office in Dubai. To have a full overview of all the international roles available right now, please visit our constantly updated website at www.taylorroot.com
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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