Vice President Legal

Job purpose

• Providing legal advice, opinions and services on all matters concerning HR, Procurement, Regulatory, Leasing, Administration, Compliance, Risk, and any other matters that require legal support.
• Proposing resolutions for business, Investment, leasing and technical issues by identifying and recommending adequate course(s) of actions.
• Preparing and reviewing the needed contracts of AIC’s activities protecting its interests to the maximum possible extent.

Core Responsibilities:

• To contribute to the design and development of all policies and procedures of the legal department at AIC.
• To supervise, monitor and provide legal advice on HR matters, forms & labor contracts and participate in HR’s committees, processes and procedures that require
• legal involvement.
• To monitor and provide legal advice on Procurement matters, forms & contracts and participate in Procurement’s committees, processes and procedures that
• require legal involvement.
• To supervise, monitor and provide legal advice on administrative matters and participate in administrative processes and procedures that require legal
• involvement.
• To monitor AIC’s constitutive documents and propose any required amendments thereon in alignment with management.
• To understand all regulations relevant to AIC's activities in order to ensure proper compliance thereon.
• To supervise, monitor and provide legal advisory services on all aspects of legal affairs to protect AIC’s interests and support its internal functions.
• To provide advice upon request on any local or international legislation that might impact AIC and its interests and assist relevant stakeholders in understanding
• such legislation.
• To review and advice on the Leasing, Investment, Administrative, Financial and Procurement Bylaws and propose any required modification to ensure protecting
• the interests of AIC & ARMS as well as ensure compliance with the relevant regulations, policies, processes.
• To advice on all memorandums, reports and recommendations presented to AIC’s executive management in regard of Awqaf assets.
• To supervise, monitor and provide legal support, advice, guidance on contractual & investment matters for AICs projects and initiatives.
• To prepare the required reports and presentations related to Legal Advisory Unit and submit them to the management as per AIC's guidelines and standards.
• To review and advise on AIC’s legal framework as may be required.
• To initiate legal studies for AIC’s projects in coordination with competent stakeholders.
• To hold and attend meetings and negotiations internally and externally as may be required.
• To comply with the policies and procedures of AIC at departmental and organizational levels.
• To manage and supervise the performance of external law firms assigned for legal advisory services along with the cost and payments incurred therein.
• To complete the risk reports in a timely manner in accordance with the relevant policy and process.
• To monitor and review the leasing contracts for Awqaf assets that are managed by AIC & ARMS and makes sure that their various terms and provisions are in line
• with AIC’s directions, policies and priorities, in a way that guarantees preserving the organizations rights at all levels.
• To ensure proper safekeeping and system uploading of all legal opinions, advice and templates; and
• Any other tasks assigned by Director of Legal and/or ED of Legal & GRC.

Job Specific Skills:

• Sound judgement and ability to analyze situations and information
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
• Adaptability

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in law, preferably holding an LLM
• 6 to 8 years of experience especially in the Legal field.
• Proficiency in both Arabic and English is required.