Job description

The Senior Legal Counsel at Alstom in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is responsible for providing strategic legal support across large-scale and complex infrastructure and rail transportation projects including high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, turnkey systems, signalling, infrastructure, services, and digital mobility solutions. The role involves leading legal aspects of public tenders, government procurement processes, and competitive bids across the Middle East, ensuring compliance with procurement laws and tender regulations. The position requires providing legal advice on risk allocation, contractual structuring, and commercial strategies across complex international infrastructure projects. The Senior Legal Counsel takes ownership of PPP (Public-Private Partnership) projects from bid stage through financial closing, structuring, reviewing, drafting, and negotiating high-value contracts including Design and Build (D&B) contracts and consortium agreements. The role involves advising on risk assessment and mitigation strategies from bid preparation through contract signature, leading negotiations with clients and partners, supporting claims strategies in coordination with Contract Management teams, and managing disputes in collaboration with external legal counsel. The role also includes handling corporate law matters, promoting Alstom’s Code of Ethics, ensuring adherence to ethical standards, and delivering training on Legal, Ethics & Compliance and competition law. The position requires working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across international projects, supporting compliance, governance, and risk mitigation within complex infrastructure environments. The Senior Legal Counsel contributes to strategic legal decision-making across public tenders, procurement processes, PPP frameworks, contractual negotiation, dispute management, and corporate legal matters while supporting large-scale rail infrastructure initiatives.