Legal Advisor

Play a key role in advising on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, and joint ventures across the Group's ports, logistics, maritime and industrial clusters.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support on M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, and joint ventures
• Draft, review and negotiate transactions documents, including NDAs, SPAs, SHAs, investment agreements and ancillary documents
• Lead legal due diligence and advise on transaction structuring, risk allocation, regulatory considerations and closing mechanics
• Manage and coordinate external legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions
• Advise on post-completion integration, corporate governance, and ongoing shareholder matters

Work closely with senior internal stakeholders, including Strategy &Growth, Finance and executive management

People Management Responsibilities:

Support to identify skill gaps and training requirements for the teams to ensure consistent high performance.

Strategic Responsibilities:

Participate in the formulation of the overall Legal strategy and ensure the alignment with group objectives.

Act as a strategic advisor to the leadership team on legal best practices and trends.

Lead the strategic planning, development, execution, and evaluation of all legal initiatives.

Lead cross-functional team to streamline processes and implement best practices to drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

Educational and Technical Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent LLM/PHD from a recognized University

Language Skills:

Years of Experience:

A minimum 12-15 Years of Experience in same or similar role

Nature of Experience:

Post-qualification experience with a strong focus on M&A transactions

Experience gained at a top tier or international law firm and/or in-house within a large multinational or government-related entity preferably within the Middle East region

Proven experience advising complex cross-border M&A transactions

Strong commercial judgement, drafting, negotiation and project management skills

Pro-active, and able to operate independently and effectively in a fast-paced environment