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Oia Properties

We are looking for a highly skilled and proactive Legal &amp; Compliance Specialist to oversee the full spectrum of legal and regulatory affairs, both corporate and real estate-related. This role requires deep knowledge of UAE legislation, including real estate law, labour law, corporate governance, and compliance frameworks.The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring legal integrity across all business activities, including employee relations, lawsuits, developer contracts, and partnerships in the real estate industry.Key Responsibilities&middot; Draft, review, and manage employment contracts, NDAs, and internal HR policies in line with UAE Labour Law.&middot; Provide legal guidance on employee disputes, terminations, and disciplinary actions.&middot; Represent the company or liaise with external counsel in labour disputes, litigation, and arbitration cases.&middot; Ensure compliance with new and existing UAE legislation, advising senior management of implications and legal risks.&middot; Maintain and update corporate legal records, company licenses, and government filings.&middot; Draft, review, and negotiate rental contracts, sales agreements, SPAs, MoUs, and developer contracts.&middot; Manage legal aspects of property transactions including due diligence, title checks, ownership transfers, and registration with authorities.&middot; Handle legal documentation for joint ventures, property acquisitions, and investment partnerships.&middot; Work closely with developers, brokers, tenants, and legal representatives to ensure lawful agreements.&middot; Oversee all contractual obligations across departments, ensuring legal enforceability and risk mitigation.&middot; Maintain a central contract management system for all agreements (real estate, HR, vendors, service providers).&middot; Ensure all dealings with stakeholders comply with UAE laws and industry best practices.&middot; Implement and monitor a compliance framework aligned with UAE regulatory standards, including AML/CTF, data protection, and anti-bribery policies.&middot; Conduct internal legal audits and risk assessments across departments.&middot; Provide periodic compliance reports and legal risk assessments to senior leadership.&middot; Educate internal teams on legal obligations, company policies, and regulatory changes.&middot; Develop and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to legal, HR, and compliance matters.&middot; Act as primary point of contact for legal notices, disputes, and government communications.&middot; Qualifications &amp; Experience&middot; Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Law (LLB); Master&rsquo;s Degree (LLM) or local UAE legal certification is preferred.&middot; 5&ndash;8 years of legal and compliance experience, ideally in the UAE real estate or corporate sector.&middot; Proven experience handling UAE Labour Law, civil law, real estate contracts, and commercial litigation.&middot; Strong background in contract negotiation, compliance, and risk management.&middot; Fluency in English is essential; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.Key Skills &amp; CompetenciesDeep knowledge of UAE legal system, labour regulations, and real estate laws.Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, and legal writing skills.Confident in handling litigation and interacting with external counsel or authorities.High integrity and sound judgment in handling sensitive or confidential matters.Strong interpersonal skills for stakeholder management and internal collaboration.Job Type: Full-timeJob Type: Full-time

Legal & Compliance Specialist

Abu Dhabi projects and infrastructure centre

Job Title: Legal Affairs Expert&nbsp;The Chief Specialist – Legal Affairs plays a key role in supporting and assisting the Legal Advisor by providing specialized legal expertise across various legal functions. This role is critical in ensuring that the organization’s operations and decisions remain fully compliant with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.&nbsp;As a senior legal resource, the Chief Specialist is responsible for managing assigned legal matters with a high level of professionalism and attention to detail. This includes conducting legal research, reviewing and drafting legal documents, and supporting the implementation of legal strategies in alignment with organizational objectives.&nbsp;The role involves close collaboration with the Legal Advisor and other departments to ensure that all legal risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated appropriately. The Chief Specialist provides expert input on legal implications related to contracts, regulatory compliance, governance, and institutional policies.&nbsp;In addition to their advisory responsibilities, the Chief Specialist plays a key role in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of legal developments relevant to the organization’s operations, ensuring that all actions are taken within the appropriate legal frameworks. By delivering precise, timely, and reliable legal support, the Chief Specialist contributes to sound decision-making and the overall legal integrity of the organization.

Legal Affairs Expert

Qureos

<div>Job Title: Legal Affairs Expert
The Chief Specialist &ndash; Legal Affairs plays a key role in supporting and assisting the Legal Advisor by providing specialized legal expertise across various legal functions. This role is critical in ensuring that the organization&rsquo;s operations and decisions remain fully compliant with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.
As a senior legal resource, the Chief Specialist is responsible for managing assigned legal matters with a high level of professionalism and attention to detail. This includes conducting legal research, reviewing and drafting legal documents, and supporting the implementation of legal strategies in alignment with organizational objectives.
The role involves close collaboration with the Legal Advisor and other departments to ensure that all legal risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated appropriately. The Chief Specialist provides expert input on legal implications related to contracts, regulatory compliance, governance, and institutional policies.
In addition to their advisory responsibilities, the Chief Specialist plays a key role in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of legal developments relevant to the organization&rsquo;s operations, ensuring that all actions are taken within the appropriate legal frameworks. By delivering precise, timely, and reliable legal support, the Chief Specialist contributes to sound decision-making and the overall legal integrity of the organization.</div>

Legal Affairs Expert - Abu Dhabi projects and infrastructure centre

ADNOC Group

<div>
 
 
 JOB PURPOSE
 
 
 
 
 The jobholder is responsible to provide with an expert and specialized legal advice on the assigned legal matters in line with the legal department function statement and mandate to support Borouge&rsquo;s business, operations, assets, revenues, and people.
 
 
 As a provide with expert services on entire gamut of legal affairs and matters of the company, legal opinions, advises, interpretations, complex risk mitigations and due diligences on contracts, agreements, deeds, and other legal drafting&rsquo;s and documents for all functions, recommending on settlement of claims, interface with external counsel in respect of litigation that the company is involved in, and advice on alternative dispute resolution.
 
 
 
 
 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 Legal Advisory Support
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Provide legal support on all major business transactions, contracts, business agreements, divestitures, joint ventures, and all other legal-related documents.
 </li>
 <li>
 Provide legal support to all internal parties within the company on all legal and related matters for their respective regions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advise and consult on legal matters to ensure that legal requirements are fully incorporated into the Company&rsquo;s practices.
 </li>
 <li>
 Conduct and communicate awareness messages and sessions with regards to legal matters to ensure alignment and understanding by different stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Accountable for reviewing formal business communications to ensure meeting legal requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Establish and communicate legal guidelines that shall contribute to meet the required level of legal compliance by company staff, along with training sessions and materials across respective stakeholders and Borouge employees.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop guidelines to meet the contractual requirements to enable the development and updates of contracts to document intercompany arrangements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Prepare and perform other ad hoc matters and reports as assigned by the General Counsel, Owners, CEO and management.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Litigation
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Counsel on other legal matters within the responsibility and expertise of the Legal Department to enable the company to comply with statutory legal obligations and mitigate the risk to the company.
 </li>
 <li>
 Manage external lawyers to represent the company in the court to ensure safeguarding the company interests.
 </li>
 <li>
 Support General Counsel on the drafting of complex commercial contracts, and any other adhoc tasks as assigned
 </li>
 <li>
 Support litigation, disputes, corporate investigations and the internal audit team, as needed
 </li>
 <li>
 Consult with management on high level impact situations to minimize or eliminate any potential risk.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Commercial &amp; Contractual Matters
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Act, advise and review contractual agreements and templates as required by process owners within acceptable time limits
 </li>
 <li>
 Draft, review, and participate in the negotiation commercial contracts (service agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.)
 </li>
 <li>
 Revise, and draft legal related terms into corporate forms to ensure meeting domestic regulations.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advise on commercial and contractual matters as required by the process owners to ensure capturing any legal consideration.
 </li>
 <li>
 Lead the legal aspects of a broad range of commercial matters balancing several goals with the objective to minimize risk and maximize benefits to the company.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advise and review contracts, including contracts with customers and suppliers e.g. sales &amp; purchase agreement, service agreements, license agreements confidentiality agreements, tolling agreements; general services agreements etc.
 </li>
 <li>
 Interpret the Articles of Association, join-venture agreement, board/owners decision and other instructional documents to ensure compliance to corporate governance documents, including AoA and JV Agreements as assigned by the General Counsel
 </li>
 <li>
 Align with shareholders&rsquo; legal departments.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Corporate Functions Support
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Review the compliance of legislative aspects and regulations in all employee interface policies and procedures.
 </li>
 <li>
 Review and recommend, amendment to policies and procedures to eliminate any deviation from mandatory legal requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in investigation committees and sessions to integrate the legal aspects as part of the committee decisions subject to the applicable policies and procedures.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure that intercompany arrangements are properly documented and archived
 </li>
 <li>
 Provide preventive legal advice on all topics such as curative legal advice, to minimize disputes and litigation, which is costly to the Company.
 </li>
 <li>
 Involved in the preparation, review and negotiation of company contractual transactions to limit potential risk exposure, providing legal representation for the company, ensuring that all matters of business comply with company policies and ethical standards.
 </li>
 <li>
 Provision of comprehensive legal services to the contract and procurement function.
 </li>
 <li>
 Risk transactions on international deals that require negotiation of issues that involve International Law.
 </li>
 <li>
 Studies and scans contractor's claims likely to have an effect on the Company operations. This involves analyzing claims and making legal recommendations and ensuring all relevant points are brought to the attention of the Commercial Division.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participates in negotiation of settlements of disputes arising out of claims or contracts as required, prepares submission in arbitration cases and co-ordinates with the Company advocate when representing the Company in court actions both locally and abroad.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advising on corporate governance and giving recommendations on the adoption of corporate governance policies.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advising management on legal and regulatory changes that impact the business of the company.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE &amp; SKILLS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Minimum Qualification
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 University degree in Law, Master&rsquo;s Degree is preferred.
 </li>
 <li>
 Fluency in English Language; written and oral
 </li>
 <li>
 Specialist expertise in a wide area of law and commercial practices, including,
 </li>
 <li>
 Contract and Commercial Law of the UAE and wider middle eastern region
 </li>
 <li>
 Labour law
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 Minimum Experience &amp; Knowledge &amp; Skills
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Minimum of 8 years gained with a law firm or as in-house lawyer of a MNC
 </li>
 <li>
 Minimum of 6 years of work experience in UAE
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in EPC contracting and contracting for large projects desired
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in managing people desired
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to influence key decision maker within and outside the Company
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to prioritize tasks and focus on high risk areas
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to work independently in the drafting, reviewing and negotiating of transactional documents on a broad range of routine to complex transactions
 </li>
 <li>
 Problem solving skills: Identify, analyse and provide solutions to complex problems, taking into account company policies and processes, legal requirements, risks and the company&rsquo;s objectives.
 </li>
 <li>
 Good judgment: being able to understand and assess different views and priorities, and provide acceptable solutions;
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to conduct complex legal research;
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and Arabic;
 </li>
 <li>
 Microsoft Office Applications
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Professional Certifications
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Bar Admission is mandatory
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 Legal Advisory Support
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Provide legal support on all major business transactions, contracts, business agreements, divestitures, joint ventures, and all other legal-related documents.
 </li>
 <li>
 Provide legal support to all internal parties within the company on all legal and related matters for their respective regions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advise and consult on legal matters to ensure that legal requirements are fully incorporated into the Company&rsquo;s practices.
 </li>
 <li>
 Conduct and communicate awareness messages and sessions with regards to legal matters to ensure alignment and understanding by different stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Accountable for reviewing formal business communications to ensure meeting legal requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Establish and communicate legal guidelines that shall contribute to meet the required level of legal compliance by company staff, along with training sessions and materials across respective stakeholders and Borouge employees.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop guidelines to meet the contractual requirements to enable the development and updates of contracts to document intercompany arrangements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Prepare and perform other ad hoc matters and reports as assigned by the General Counsel, Owners, CEO and management.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Litigation
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Counsel on other legal matters within the responsibility and expertise of the Legal Department to enable the company to comply with statutory legal obligations and mitigate the risk to the company.
 </li>
 <li>
 Manage external lawyers to represent the company in the court to ensure safeguarding the company interests.
 </li>
 <li>
 Support General Counsel on the drafting of complex commercial contracts, and any other adhoc tasks as assigned
 </li>
 <li>
 Support litigation, disputes, corporate investigations and the internal audit team, as needed
 </li>
 <li>
 Consult with management on high level impact situations to minimize or eliminate any potential risk.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Commercial &amp; Contractual Matters
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Act, advise and review contractual agreements and templates as required by process owners within acceptable time limits
 </li>
 <li>
 Draft, review, and participate in the negotiation commercial contracts (service agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.)
 </li>
 <li>
 Revise, and draft legal related terms into corporate forms to ensure meeting domestic regulations.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advise on commercial and contractual matters as required by the process owners to ensure capturing any legal consideration.
 </li>
 <li>
 Lead the legal aspects of a broad range of commercial matters balancing several goals with the objective to minimize risk and maximize benefits to the company.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advise and review contracts, including contracts with customers and suppliers e.g. sales &amp; purchase agreement, service agreements, license agreements confidentiality agreements, tolling agreements; general services agreements etc.
 </li>
 <li>
 Interpret the Articles of Association, join-venture agreement, board/owners decision and other instructional documents to ensure compliance to corporate governance documents, including AoA and JV Agreements as assigned by the General Counsel
 </li>
 <li>
 Align with shareholders&rsquo; legal departments.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Corporate Functions Support
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Review the compliance of legislative aspects and regulations in all employee interface policies and procedures.
 </li>
 <li>
 Review and recommend, amendment to policies and procedures to eliminate any deviation from mandatory legal requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in investigation committees and sessions to integrate the legal aspects as part of the committee decisions subject to the applicable policies and procedures.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure that intercompany arrangements are properly documented and archived
 </li>
 <li>
 Provide preventive legal advice on all topics such as curative legal advice, to minimize disputes and litigation, which is costly to the Company.
 </li>
 <li>
 Involved in the preparation, review and negotiation of company contractual transactions to limit potential risk exposure, providing legal representation for the company, ensuring that all matters of business comply with company policies and ethical standards.
 </li>
 <li>
 Provision of comprehensive legal services to the contract and procurement function.
 </li>
 <li>
 Risk transactions on international deals that require negotiation of issues that involve International Law.
 </li>
 <li>
 Studies and scans contractor's claims likely to have an effect on the Company operations. This involves analyzing claims and making legal recommendations and ensuring all relevant points are brought to the attention of the Commercial Division.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participates in negotiation of settlements of disputes arising out of claims or contracts as required, prepares submission in arbitration cases and co-ordinates with the Company advocate when representing the Company in court actions both locally and abroad.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advising on corporate governance and giving recommendations on the adoption of corporate governance policies.
 </li>
 <li>
 Advising management on legal and regulatory changes that impact the business of the company.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE &amp; SKILLS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Minimum Qualification
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 University degree in Law, Master&rsquo;s Degree is preferred.
 </li>
 <li>
 Fluency in English Language; written and oral
 </li>
 <li>
 Specialist expertise in a wide area of law and commercial practices, including,
 </li>
 <li>
 Contract and Commercial Law of the UAE and wider middle eastern region
 </li>
 <li>
 Labour law
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 Minimum Experience &amp; Knowledge &amp; Skills
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Minimum of 8 years gained with a law firm or as in-house lawyer of a MNC
 </li>
 <li>
 Minimum of 6 years of work experience in UAE
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in EPC contracting and contracting for large projects desired
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in managing people desired
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to influence key decision maker within and outside the Company
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to prioritize tasks and focus on high risk areas
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to work independently in the drafting, reviewing and negotiating of transactional documents on a broad range of routine to complex transactions
 </li>
 <li>
 Problem solving skills: Identify, analyse and provide solutions to complex problems, taking into account company policies and processes, legal requirements, risks and the company&rsquo;s objectives.
 </li>
 <li>
 Good judgment: being able to understand and assess different views and priorities, and provide acceptable solutions;
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to conduct complex legal research;
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and Arabic;
 </li>
 <li>
 Microsoft Office Applications
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Professional Certifications
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Bar Admission is mandatory
 </li>
 </ul>
</div>

Senior Legal Counsel

Ultra Max General Contracting

We are looking for Legal Advisor with 2-3 years experience in UAE.Preferably : Arabic- Urgent -Job Types: Full-time, PermanentPay: From AED5,000.00 per month

Legal Advisor

Hays

<div>
 
 
 Your new company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The client is a government entity focused on acquiring equity stakes to support business and project funding based in Abu Dhabi.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Your new role
 
 
 
 
 
 
 You will be responsible for managing legal risk across all functions, the Board, and the portfolio of companies, including their investments, projects, and assets. As a key legal adviser, you will provide strategic guidance across a broad range of legal disciplines, with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&amp;A), joint ventures (JVs), and private equity (PE).
 
 
 
 
 
 Your role will involve handling diverse transactions, including M&amp;A, asset financings, corporate structuring, and corporate finance, drafting early-stage deal documentation, advising on terms, and collaborating closely with the corporate commercial legal team to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and support the success of the company&rsquo;s ventures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Focus on M&amp;A and JV activities within the Group, while recognising that the role extends beyond this to encompass corporate and commercial responsibilities across the entire organisation.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, international best practices, policies, and procedures to protect the organisation and its subsidiaries from significant legal risks.
 </li>
 <li>
 Supervise the provision of legal and regulatory guidance to minimise financial, legal, and reputational risks.
 </li>
 <li>
 Support the Chief of Legal and Senior Legal Counsel by staying updated on new legislation and regulatory changes that may affect the Group, and provide advice on how to ensure compliance with these developments.
 </li>
 <li>
 Assist the Chief of Legal in creating and upholding a legal framework for the organisation and its subsidiaries to ensure the delivery of high-quality legal support.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 What you'll need to succeed
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 At least 4 years of legal experience gained from a reputable law firm and/or in-house experience from a multi-national company
 </li>
 <li>
 Bachelor&rsquo;s and master&rsquo;s degree from a recognised/reputable university in law
 </li>
 <li>
 Active membership from a recognised legal associate or regulatory body from a common law jurisdiction
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent English language written and speaking skills. Additional languages are desirable
 </li>
 <li>
 Middle Eastern experience is essential
 </li>
 <li>
 Demonstrates the ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 What you'll get in return
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Work with a government entity and its portfolio of companies
 </li>
 <li>
 Tax free salary + incentives
 </li>
 </ul>
</div>

Legal Counsel

Metropolitan Capital Real Estate

Job Title: German-Speaking Property Specialist Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Employment Type: Full-timeAbout Metropolitan Capital Real EstateMetropolitan Capital Real Estate is a leading brokerage firm in the UAE, known for its premium property portfolio, multilingual team, and strategic partnerships with top developers. With a strong presence in Abu Dhabi, we serve a diverse international clientele seeking residential, commercial, and investment opportunities.Role OverviewWe are seeking a fluent German-speaking Property Specialist to join our international sales team. The ideal candidate will have experience in real estate sales or leasing, strong communication skills, and the ability to guide German-speaking clients through the full property transaction process.Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Assist German-speaking clients with buying, selling, and leasing properties in Abu Dhabi</li><li>Conduct property viewings, consultations, and negotiations with cultural sensitivity</li><li>Translate and explain contracts, procedures, and legal documents in German when required</li><li>Build and maintain relationships with international investors and expatriate clients</li><li>Stay informed on market trends, developer launches, and regulatory updates</li><li>Collaborate with marketing and legal teams to ensure smooth transactions</li><li>Achieve monthly sales targets and contribute to team performance</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>Fluency in German and English (spoken and written)</li><li>Minimum 2&ndash;3 years of experience in real estate sales or leasing, preferably in the UAE</li><li>Strong understanding of the Abu Dhabi property market</li><li>Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills</li><li>RERA certification or willingness to obtain it</li><li>UAE driving license and access to a vehicle preferred</li><li>Familiarity with CRM systems and property listing platforms</li></ul>What We Offer<ul><li>Competitive commission structure with uncapped earning potential</li><li>Access to exclusive listings and developer partnerships</li><li>Full marketing, legal, and administrative support</li><li>Career development and international exposure</li><li>Modern office facilities in central Abu Dhabi</li></ul>Job Type: Full-time

German-Speaking Property Specialist

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