Legal Counsel
The Role
Teneo is looking for an experienced Legal Counsel based in Dubai to support our global legal team as part of our expanding and evolving operations across its Strategy & Communications, Consulting, Financial Advisory, Risk Advisory and People Advisory businesses, in addition to supporting our corporate functions.
This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with Teneo’s global legal team based in London and the US. This role will report to the Deputy General Counsel based in Washington, DC.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, commercially minded and collaborative lawyer with inhouse legal experience. You will bring intellectual curiosity, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a small, supportive team.
This role is based in Dubai, but the successful applicant must be eligible and willing to obtain and maintain dual employment in Saudi Arabia. Travel will be required to our Riyadh office.
Key Responsibilities
Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, with a diverse range of clients including professional services agreements, data processing agreements, vendor supply agreements, confidentiality agreements
Assist with updating and creating template documents
Collaborate closely with the global legal team to ensure legal practices are aligned and consistent across the organisation
Respond to day-to-day enquiries from internal clients and external counterparties, providing commercially minded advice
Monitor changes in relevant laws and regulations across the region to ensure our ongoing compliance
Document legal know-how and contribute to internal knowledge sharing initiatives.
Understand data protection laws and support on data protection initiatives and governance processes
Support the development improvement of processes and, policies as needed, to meet legal and regulatory requirements, industry standards and best practices
Assist with corporate matters as required, including group reorganisations, incorporation of new group entities, company secretarial work, and related powers of attorney, notarisation and apostille processes
Essential Skills & Experience
Qualified lawyer with around 5 years’ PQE (guideline), including in-house experience in a multinational business
Experience drafting and negotiating contracts in the UAE and/or Middle East region and of working across a variety of commercial contracts including government contracts
Comfortable taking a hands-on approach across the full range of legal tasks in a lean team environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain legal principles to non- legal colleagues at all levels in the business and build effective stakeholder relationships
Organised, with the ability to prioritise competing workloads and tight deadlines
Practical and solutions oriented, with the ability to balance legal risks and business needs
Able to manage a varied workload independently, with support from experienced senior counsel as needed
Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
Preferred skills & Experience
Proficiency in additional languages such as Arabic, French, German, Spanish, or Mandarin is advantageous.
Experience within another consulting or professional service firm
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
Self-starter confident in using their own initiative to work as part of an effective team
What we can offer
New joiners are supported by induction programmes, and continuous development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and personal development support.
Our face-to-face learning is supported by some 100 modules of e-learning available on our internal knowledge management system.
Given our client base you’ll be working on career-defining (and often news-worthy) work that is exciting, rewarding and one where you can make a real impact to high profile projects.
Company Benefits
Competitive salary (depending on experience)
Annual discretionary bonus
Discretionary annual salary review
Private medical insurance for employees and dependents
Participation in the Company’s Group Life Assurance Scheme
25 days’ paid holiday leave, plus national holidays observed in Saudi Arabia
Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
Flexible working with office laptop provided
10 days remote working abroad per year
About Teneo
Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.
Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.
Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.
The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world.