Legal Counsel Dubai

The Legal Counsel will be reporting to the Head of DNV Group Legal Region Middle East & Asia Pacific in Singapore and will be part of a highly skilled and motivated team responsible for the provision of high quality legal services and advice to the DNV Group in the Middle East & Asia Pacific Region. In this new role you will mainly be focusing on DNVs Inspection Business but you will also be working with the entire DNV organization advising all business areas (Energy Systems, Maritime, Digital Solutions, Accelerator, Supply Chain, Product Assurance, and Business Assurance) as well as providing legal advice to our shared service functions. As a member of Group Legal, you will also work closely with other lawyers in the region as well as the ones that are based in Head Office or other regions.

As Legal Counsel in Dubai you will provide legal support and will be in direct contact with DNV managers and employees at all levels and frequently have the opportunity to participate actively and support the business in its day-to-day challenges.

He or she will be required to analyse and identify legal risks and implications on a wide variety of issues such as:

• Contractual matters including drafting and negotiations
• Corporate law
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Claims handling and litigation
• Procurement
• Regulatory issues

Some of the responsibilities are:

• To act in accordance with and promote DNV Groups purpose, vision, and values actively promoting and advising on business procedures and policies
• To routinely draft, negotiate, and conclude a variety of commercial agreements including but not limited to service contracts, subcontract agreements, MOUs, collaboration agreements, joint industry participation agreements, procurement agreements across all business areas
• To liaise with clients' legal advisors / representatives to negotiate and finalize mutually acceptable legal terms
• Support and assist with litigation and other dispute proceedings involving DNV and to support a positive conclusion of such
• Advise DNV on statutory laws, regulations, and judicial developments affecting the Company within the Middle East & Asia Pacific region
• M&A work including provision of support in corporate and strategic restructuring of the company including divestments of business units and corporate entities
• Work with and effectively manage external counsel instructed to undertake matters on behalf of DNV
• Develop, prepare, and provide legal training to internal stakeholders
• Driving improvement of internal processes and governance
• Able to challenge, influence, and communicate effectively with key directors, senior managers, and customers in a constructive, pragmatic, and positive manner building positive working relationships including providing required responses to business needs and compliance with legal obligations required by regulatory bodies

• Flexible work arrangements for better work-life balance
• Generous Paid Leaves (Annual, Sick, Compassionate, Local Public, Marriage, Maternity, Paternity, Medical leave, Household Moving, Hajj Leave, Exam leave, Unpaid leave)
• Pension and Insurance Policies (Medical Insurance, Group Life Insurance, Pension Policy)
• Additional Benefits (Long Service Awards, Mobile Phone Reimbursement, Car Allowances, Relocation Allowances, Housing Allowances, UAE National Allowance, Health / Fitness Club Subsidy, Professional Membership Fees, School Fee Contribution)

*Benefits may vary based on position tenure/contract/grade level*

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

• Practical legal training and professional legal experience from either a top-ranked law firm and/or well-regarded in-house legal department in a reputable commercial multinational organization.
• Qualified lawyer with 3 to 5 years proven track record in commercial and corporate legal affairs.
• Excellent academic credentials from a respected law school.
• Professional written & spoken English; secondary language skills, especially Arabic, would be an advantage.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• A structured yet pragmatic approach to work.

Persons specifications:

• Is a strong communicator and possesses a commercially savvy approach to legal matters
• Able to handle tasks and cases independently and effectively engage and consult with internal stakeholders
• Has experience from the UAE or other countries in the GCC
• Is ideally currently located in the UAE or in the GCC and intends to work and stay in Dubai for the foreseeable future
• Is delivery-focused and able to work in a highly pressurized, deadline-driven environment whilst maintaining focus on quality and attention to detail
• Is genuinely interested in our clients and possesses a driving need to facilitate their own and thereby your success
• Is a self-motivated and creative self-starter
• Has a commercial, international, and commonsense approach to legal challenges
• Has an appetite to use and develop wider legal skills/knowledge including taking advantage of available AI tools
• Asks critical questions but is a to-the-point person
• Takes personal responsibility and ownership for own decisions/actions
• Has flexibility to travel within the GCC, India, and other countries in the Region as well as overseas as needed; and
• Is an open and straightforward individual with a good sense of humor

The successful candidate will play a key role in the identification and management of legal risk issues across our business in the MEA APAC region.

Closely working as a business partner of respective regional leaders in our MEA APAC business, the position will report to the Head of DNV Group Legal Region MEA APAC based in Singapore.