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At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
Job Description
Legal Counsel
The role is based in Dubai UAE, Amman Jordan or Riyadh KSA, reporting to the Head Contract Management (MEA). The candidate (he/she) is required to have a minimum of 10-year experience working for a law firm or an in-house position dealing with the construction industry, the utility industry, engineering or manufacturing.
The candidate will support the MEA region business unit in respect of legal and contract management matters relating to engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) projects, major procurements with clients, partners, sub-contractors and suppliers globally, including certain corporate secretarial matters.
The selected candidate will be working closely with the UAE/KSA/MEA management team, internal clients, engineers and technical teams and commercial management teams on all issues relevant to the Company for legal and contract management. As the Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for ensuring that all commercial proposals/transactions are carried out in compliance with the Company’s policies and governance rules.
Responsibilities:
- Support and provide advice to Linxon in all legal, commercial & contract management matters, primarily in contract and procurement matters.
- Provide legal advice in relation to corporate UAE/KSA and Middle East legal matters
- Provide overflow legal and corporate secretariat support where necessary
- Analyze contracts in light of corporate guidelines and policies and the interest of project stakeholders.
- Willing to learn how claims and disputes are handled in construction and EPC projects and take ownership thereafter.
- Support country integrity officer in integrity matters, and integrity training of Linxon employees
- Provide legal advice and opinions on risks and related commercial issues
- Participate in the negotiation process of various contracts with clients, joint ventures,
sub-contractors and suppliers
- Interpret laws, decrees, and any other document of a legal nature, ensuring that the interests of the company is adequately protected
- Participate in the application and follow up of the company s’ policies, procedures, and internal rules
- Draft contractual correspondences in consultation with PM;
- Participate in project reviews, propose, and support mitigation actions as required
- Monitor subcontractor obligations to ensure contractual milestones are being met, exercise contractual remedies,
- Ensure local tax, bonding, insurance & customs issues are identified and addressed.
- Handle contract close-out obligations, including warranty commencement, closure of financial instruments, closure of subcontracts
- Maintain contract management tools, filings, and systems.
Requirements:
- Member in good standing of a bar association in UAE/KSA, preferable but not mandatory.
- Excellent proficiency in English, Arabic is not mandatory but preferred along with any other languages; with excellent drafting skills and attention to detail.
- Sound commercial and business law background with a minimum of 7-year experience related to engineering, construction, manufacturing, utilities or other heavy industry.
- Willing to travel occasionally to project sites in the MEA region
- Ability to provide timely and sound expert legal, commercial and contract management advice, and work as part of a small close-knit team, in a demanding, fast-paced, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment.
- A strategic communicator, self-motivated, with a commercial, practical, methodical, detail-oriented, flexible, and dynamic approach.
- Degree in Law.
- Experience or courses in pricing, contract law, contract drafting, administration and negotiation of change orders, effective correspondence, planning and scheduling.
- Thorough knowledge of prime contract administration office and field procedures and documents relating to a construction project.
- Working knowledge of engineering/construction industry contracting practices, applicable government and commercial regulations and practices, procedures, and work practices.
Worker Type
Employee
Job Type
Regular
At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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