Omantel ICT
Legal Counsel - Litigation and Legal Studies
- Permanent
- Muscat, Oman
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 11/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
27/08/2026
Location
Muscat, Oman
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
11/10/2026
Job description
In this role you will lead and manage litigation matters at Omantel, providing legal advice to the organization and overseeing legal document preparation to protect the company's interests in legal disputes. You will prepare defenses and represent the company in legal proceedings, liaising with external counsel when necessary. You are responsible for reviewing and drafting notices and other legal documents, ensuring that the company's interests are preserved. Your responsibilities include appearing before courts or other adjudicating bodies in significant legal cases to protect the company's interests. You will provide legal advice on potential legal risks and recommend solutions related to company operations, and you are responsible for offering legal opinions on matters impacting company policies and assisting with strategies to mitigate legal risks. In this role you will stay updated with legal and regulatory changes impacting Omantel's business, ensuring compliance across all functions. You will also manage and mentor junior legal staff, providing guidance and ensuring their alignment with company goals.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Prepare defenses and represent the company in legal proceedings, liaising with external counsel when necessary
- Review, draft notices and such other legal documents, ensuring that the company interests are preserved
- Appear before courts or other adjudicating bodies in significant legal cases to protect the company's interests
- Provide legal advice on potential legal risks and recommend solutions related to company operations
- Offer legal opinions on matters impacting company policies and assist with the development of strategies to mitigate legal risks
- Stay updated with legal and regulatory changes impacting Omantel's business, ensuring compliance across all functions
- Manage and mentor junior legal staff, providing guidance and ensuring their alignment with company goals
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Law, reflecting the foundational legal qualification expected for a Legal Counsel role handling litigation matters
- Bring 3 to 6 years of total work experience, indicating this is a mid-level position suited to a lawyer who has moved beyond entry-level legal support work into more independent litigation handling
- Demonstrate practical experience preparing legal defenses and representing an organization, or supporting representation, in legal proceedings
- Show experience drafting and reviewing legal documents such as notices, ensuring accuracy and protection of organizational interests
- Demonstrate the ability to appear before courts or adjudicating bodies, or to closely support such appearances, given the role's responsibility for significant legal cases
- Show familiarity with providing legal risk advice to internal business stakeholders in a manner that is practical and actionable
- Demonstrate the ability to stay current with legal and regulatory developments relevant to the telecommunications sector in Oman
- Show early people-management or mentoring experience, or a readiness to take on this responsibility, since the role includes guiding junior legal staff
- Demonstrate strong written communication skills suited to drafting legal opinions and notices with precision and clarity
- Show sound judgment in liaising with external counsel, balancing internal case knowledge with external legal expertise
- Demonstrate the professionalism and composure needed to represent the company's interests in potentially high-stakes legal settings