9 Senior Legal Counsel jobs in Bahrain

Job Overview
Alzayani Investments is seeking a meticulous and highly skilled Legal Specialist to join our team in Manama, Bahrain. The ideal candidate will be a proactive legal professional responsible for providing comprehensive legal support across our varied business units, ensuring compliance and mitigating risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal department with direct assistance on legal activities, and help with the case proceedings, including legal documents preparation, serving legal documents, enforcement department’s procedures.
• Perform, follow up and complete legal transactions before the Government or any legal authority including Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Tourism and trade, Land Registration Bureau, Traffic Directorate, Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and Private and Public Notary and Ministry Of Health any others that are related or needed for any delegated task.
• Follow up and take required actions in order to maintain the Companies, Divisions and Owners Companies CRs renewed and up to date with no Violations.
• Draft and review Agreements, NDA’s, MOU’s and any other legal documents.
• Assist with research for cases, gathering necessary documents for trials, and in conduction legal opinions and studies.
• Organize and maintain the library, and all legal files kept at the legal department.
• Conduct through review of all Agreements, NDAs, IDA’s, AMC’s.
• Drafting and Translation of all required Partners and Board related documents such as Resolutions, POA’s or any other related to performing the duties.
• Follows up major Courts cases with Police Stations, General Prosecution, Ministry of Industry & Commerce, Ministry of Labor & LMRA.
• Maintains all the case files with brief summary on each of the files, listing the case numbers, dates, hearing, Court decisions for ready reference.
• To perform all other related jobs as assigned by the Directors & Manager, Legal Affairs.
  

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) or an equivalent qualification.
• Proven experience in a corporate legal department or a reputable law firm, preferably with exposure to diverse industries.
• In-depth knowledge of Bahraini corporate and commercial law.
• Exceptional drafting, negotiation, and communication skills in English; proficiency in Arabic is highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with outstanding attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills with the capacity to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
• A high degree of professionalism, integrity, and the ability to handle confidential information with discretion.