Job description

The Legal Counsel (GCC Focus) role is based in Dubai and supports the organisation’s legal operations across multiple GCC jurisdictions, working closely with the Legal Director to implement legal strategy and manage a broad portfolio of legal matters. The role spans Employment and HR advisory, disputes and litigation management, commercial contracting, and regulatory advisory across the UAE, KSA, and wider GCC. Responsibilities include drafting and maintaining standardized employment contracts across GCC markets, advising HR teams on terminations, disciplinary actions, and employee disputes, and ensuring company policies remain compliant with evolving labour laws. The role supports the design and enforceability of regional incentive schemes and compensation structures, implements dispute, litigation, and regulatory inquiry strategies, and acts as the primary liaison with external counsel across GCC jurisdictions. The Legal Counsel conducts internal investigations, fact-finding, and evidence collection, manages complaints and claims to mitigate business and reputational risk, and drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide range of commercial agreements including vendor contracts, partnership agreements, technology licensing, and service agreements. The role also involves developing standardized contract templates, supporting high-value and strategic negotiations, monitoring regulatory developments in real estate, mortgage, and financial sectors, and providing day-to-day cross-border legal advisory support to business units in a fast-paced FinTech and PropTech environment.