Deputy General Counsel

Job Description

Employment: Full Time A new exciting role has come up with an international law firm. Our client is looking for a Deputy General Counsel who will be based in their UAE office. For this role, you will be part of and work within the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) team for UKIME. Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:Work collaboratively with other business support services within the firm, including HR, finance, marketing and business acceptance teams.Offer counsel on a variety of legal issues including assisting with responding to day-to-day queries received in the companys inbox.Design, implement, maintain and monitore effective compliance programmes for the UKIME region.Work with the Business Acceptance team to lead improvements and changes to our standard terms of business to improve commercial and regulatory protection for the firm in response to risks across all parts of the UKME Region.Manage the effective compliance of the whole ME offices, reporting directly to the Managing Partners of those offices and designing with the GC effective compliance programmes for those offices.Respond to regulatory audits and assisting the GC with regulatory and internal investigations arising across the ME.Promote a positive compliance and risk culture across all offices in the ME.Assess, design and implement appropriate governance structures across ME.Identify regulatory risks to the business, reporting those to the GC and formulating an effective response to those risks, including operating the firms risk register and department risk log.Monitor the ME regulatory environment and planning and implementing responses to change when needed (both in terms of internal compliance precedent updates and firm wide policy revisions).Provide complex legal advice to the firm, its partners and business support departments, on behalf of the GC.Design, implement and manage projects directly or through the officers and analysts of the Global Risk Department together with the GC. Develop and set up annual compliance and risk strategy for the firm together with the GC.Provide regulatory compliance advice to the business including advice on sanctions, ABC, SRA, DPA and FSMA advice and design, implement and manage related compliance programmes.Represent the firm before and build and maintain close working relationships with its regulators and within the legal risk profession.Manage various projects and deadlines.Research unique legal issues impacting the organization by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions, and codes.Develop practical solutions to complex legal questionsProvide practical and innovative, high quality, legal advice in relation to:ContractsGeneral commercial lawIPCorporate Housekeeping/Company secretarial supportCompany lawEmployment lawData protectionRegulatory/compliance REQUIREMENTS: To be considered for this role, you need to meet the following criteria:10 years PQEThe candidate should have considerable experience in all aspects of this role with strong inter-personal skills and must display strong academics. The candidate must be able to be a key influencer and understand how to implement change and drive risk cultures in an inhouse legal role.Qualified lawyer, with strong post qualified experience. Must be fluent in English preferably with international experience and preferably the ability to speak and write in Arabic.Can do attitude and someone who has a passion for providing innovative and effective solutions to problems.Proactive self-starter who is able to work and make decisions independently whilst being a team playerConfident in handling a broad range of legal matters where both legal expertise and commercial pragmatism will be invaluableEnthusiastic, can do lawyer with passion for their work and willingness to go the extra mileStrong expertise in general commercial contractual workAbility to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writingAbility to deliver quality, commercial solutions under pressureAbility to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlinesAbility to build relationships and influence across all levels within the businessCommitted to personal developmentAptitude for cross-functional workingHave an eye for detailTo view other requirements we have, please visit our website - www.blackpearlconsult.comDisclaimer: Black Pearl will never ask for money or any form to charge our candidates just to process or consider their application for any of our available vacancies. If you happen to receive such request from any members of our staff or other individuals claiming to be part of Black Pearl, please do call our office at +9712 622 55 03 or drop us a message on our website - www.blackpearlconsult.com.

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About Company

Black Pearl is a progressive, dynamic and well structured HR solution provider
that offers permanent recruitment services, HR consultancy, psychometric assessments, coaching and also professional training services for clients from different corporate sectors in the Middle East.

Like a rare and unique black pearl, we consider our partnership with our clients and job seekers as a fine, precious and valuable encounter that needs to be affirmed, developed and supported with a strong commitment to deliver not only the right services but the best in the industry.

Our aim is to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients, strategically offering Black Pearl services that are customized to the unique requirements of our clients and job seekers alike, resulting in effectively achieving goals and all that is required in this ever evolving and competitive market.