Qatar Foundation
Senior Legal Counsel
- Permanent
- Al Rayyan, Qatar
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 31/10/2025
Job overview
Date posted
16/09/2025
Location
Al Rayyan, Qatar
Salary
QAR 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
31/10/2025
Job description
The Senior Legal Counsel will serve as a primary source of legal expertise, ensuring consistent, accurate advice across the organization. The role involves drafting and reviewing contracts, guiding the legal registration process for new centers/subsidiaries, and ensuring compliance with Qatari, international, and other applicable laws. The position requires deep knowledge of corporate governance, dispute resolution, and commercial law, as well as the ability to manage external legal counsel and provide strategic legal support to boards and committees. Strong drafting, negotiation, and research skills are essential, alongside excellent organizational and communication abilities.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Serve as a primary source of legal information and ensure the consistency of advice provided
- Prepare contracts and agreements and advise on legal matters
- Guide and complete legal registration process for institutions associated with QF
- Advise on compliance with International, Qatari, and other applicable laws
- Gather and analyze statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, and documents
- Follow up on legal agreements and respond to relevant questions
- Liaise with and advise centers on legal issues to ensure compliance
- Manage drafting and filing of legal issues, including coordination with external legal counsels
- Oversee contracted external legal counsels in line with best practices
- Coordinate preparation of summary presentations and documentation for management
- Develop, review, and implement board governance compliance programs and documents
- Support contractual and legal functions as required
- Conduct initial research on contractual and legal matters for meetings
- Prepare reports, summaries, and presentations on legal matters
- Ensure systematic development of decisions related to operations and projects
- Ensure compliance of Boards, Committees, and Governing Bodies with regulations and governance documents
- Perform department Champion role as assigned
- Execute other reasonable tasks assigned by supervisor
Experience & skills
- Bachelorās degree in Law
- 6ā8 years of relevant full-time legal experience
- Experience in industrial or corporate environments with contractual expertise
- Deep understanding of legal principles and regulations
- Strong experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts
- In-depth experience with commercial law, dispute resolution, corporate governance, and corporate law
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation, teamwork, and negotiation skills
- Excellent writing skills for drafting and editing reports and communications
- Proficiency in Arabic is an advantage
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
