Legal Counsel

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavor to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

As a Legal Counsel you will be providing legal advice and support to Legal Manager and business executives on various matters related to their business, such as contracts, compliance, governance, risk management, litigation, and transactions for the assigned specific division, region, or Business.

1. Prepare and/or review drafts of agreements and other legal documents (such as resolutions and incorporation documents).
2. Prepare any documents required for legal and financial compliance.
3. Prepare, draft and/or review corporate governance documents.
4. Prepare and finalize incorporations of legal entities in various jurisdictions.
5. Prepare, review and update tables related to the corporate governance of the joint venture and the Group and provide analysis as requested by the Management.
6. Conduct legal and factual research and data analysis as directed.
7. Provide legal analysis of contractual and regulatory issues.
8. Convey legal advice and follow-up information to Manager, in consultation with attorneys or external lawyers, regarding the legal implications, risks, and liabilities of proposed and actual policies, practices, and contractual situations.
9. Negotiate specific contractual issues and agreements with external entities as appropriate.
10. Participate in meetings and conferences pertaining to general corporate matters and resolution of contracting issues.

What you'll need to succeed

1. Bachelor's degree in law and a juris doctor degree.
2. License or certification to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction.
3. A minimum of 3 years of external or in-house legal experience managing corporate and commercial legal matters.
4. A working knowledge of Joint Ventures or Distributors.
5. Proficiency in English written and spoken is a must, French and/or Arabic would be a plus.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

Department: LEGAL
Role: Legal Advisor