
ENGIE
Senior Corporate Paralegal – Energy Infrastructure & Corporate Legal Operations
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 25/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
10/04/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Job description
The Senior Corporate Paralegal at ENGIE Saudi Holding Company LLC is responsible for supporting corporate and legal operations across GCC-KSA, primarily based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and reporting to the Corporate Counsel and Legal Operations Officer GCC. The role involves acting as the primary liaison with governmental and regulatory authorities including Ministry of Commerce, Saudi Business Centre, Ministry of Investment, and General Authority for Statistics. The position manages corporate lifecycle activities including MISA License, Commercial Registration, Municipality License renewals, and maintenance of registry extracts, trade licenses, and Articles of Association in compliance with KSA Companies Law. The role includes maintaining directorship records, bank signatory changes, document attestation, notarization, legalization, and authentication across the region. The Senior Corporate Paralegal ensures document control, legal data management, and filing systems while supporting legal department administration, legal fee reporting, and ad-hoc legal documentation. The role involves maintaining statutory registers, shareholder records, and ownership monitoring, ensuring compliance with UBO reporting requirements, and updating legislative changes in KSA. The position coordinates board meetings, prepares resolutions, power of attorney documents, presentations, and filings, monitors annual general meetings, and manages execution of legal documents. The role requires liaison with internal stakeholders including Corporate Counsel, Legal Counsels, Paralegals, Ethics Legal Counsel, and external stakeholders including regulators, advisors, auditors, and service providers. The position supports corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and legal operational excellence across ENGIE's energy infrastructure operations in GCC including power generation, water desalination, district cooling, renewable energy, gas value chain, and energy efficiency services.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Act as primary liaison with governmental and regulatory authorities including Ministry of Commerce, Saudi Business Centre, Ministry of Investment, and General Authority for Statistics while managing corporate regulatory requirements and legal compliance
- Manage lifecycle of corporate licenses including MISA License, Commercial Registration, Municipality License renewals, registry extracts, trade licenses, and Articles of Association in compliance with KSA Companies Law
- Maintain statutory registers including shareholders, directors, officers, directorship tables, and ownership records while administering corporate governance updates and regulatory notifications
- Prepare and coordinate board meetings, annual general meetings, presentations, resolutions, power of attorney documentation, and filings with relevant government authorities
- Manage legal document execution including notarization, legalization, authentication, and liaison with signatories across global locations
- Maintain legal data management systems, document control, legal records, legal fee reporting, and knowledge management databases
- Monitor legislative changes in Saudi Arabia and GCC region, ensure compliance with UBO reporting requirements, and provide updates to Legal Team
- Engage with stakeholders including internal legal teams, external regulators, auditors, advisors, corporate service providers, and GRO/PRO teams to ensure operational efficiency and compliance
Experience & skills
- Hold Bachelor's degree with minimum 3 years corporate practice or 5 years senior paralegal experience in Saudi Arabia with GCC exposure preferred
- Demonstrate corporate law firm experience or corporate practice within energy infrastructure or related industry
- Possess strong corporate legal and paralegal background with experience managing corporate governance and regulatory compliance
- Demonstrate experience handling MISA License, Commercial Registration, Articles of Association, statutory registers, and legal documentation
- Show ability to manage multiple tasks, transactions, and deadlines independently with minimal supervision
- Maintain excellent written and spoken English proficiency with Arabic considered advantageous
- Demonstrate stakeholder management experience working with governmental authorities, external advisors, and cross-functional legal teams
- Exhibit strong organizational skills, document control experience, attention to detail, and ability to work across multicultural environments with flexibility to travel within GCC