Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

NES Fircroft, Dubai

Responsible for all commercial and legal support, assessing risk across all functions and providing thoughtful advice on commercial, corporate and employment related matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a reputation as a reliable source of commercial and legal support, assessing risk across all areas of the business with a focus on commercial, corporate and employment related matters.
• Take an active role in sales opportunities, managing contract negotiations with external clients in line with business pricing and risk standards, attending client meetings, and proactively supporting the conclusion of deals.
• Provide relevant and succinct advice to internal stakeholders on client contract interpretation and associated commercial risks.
• Champion contracts management system Luminance, committing to its full functionality and integration to the business.
• Defend company position in contractual disputes such as breach of contract, non-payment, termination.
• Inform the Commercial & Legal Manager of material matters & obtaining final sign-off and approvals from the Commercial and Legal Director, as appropriate.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience of working in-house, or in private practice if the firm experience is relevant.
• Qualified legal professional with PQE minimum 5 + years.
• Degree required from an accredited law school; or more than 5+ years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively with wide variety of stakeholders verbally and in writing.

With over 90 years’ combined experience, NES Fircroft is proud to be the world’s leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, Automotive and Chemicals sectors worldwide with over 100 offices in 45 countries. We provide tailored staffing solutions, sourced from a global talent pool by a dedicated, discipline specific team of consultants. For more information visit: www.nesfircroft.com

Our success is based upon establishing a culture of excellence throughout the organization and putting customer satisfaction at the center of everything we do.