Senior Legal Counsel Litigations

Responsibilities:

1. Provide legal support across all relevant areas, with a focus on insurance matters
2. Monitor court and legal claims brought against GIG Gulf
3. Provide continual updates on the status of each case to the respective Business areas
4. Receive new cases against GIG Gulf, forward said cases to external lawyers for appointment
5. Record and file all cases held within GIG Gulf in the Litigation Tool
6. Assure monitoring of the spend and review of the assignment of the cases to external Lawyers according to legal budget
7. Assure periodical review of the performance of the law firms appointed
8. Support the claims teams (PL and EB) on pre-litigation on medium large losses
9. Support on writing POA, letters and any other legal documents
10. Support on licenses’ renewal and interaction with the relevant authorities in the UAE (DED, UAECB, RTA, etc.)
11. Support on matters related to Traffic Department and Police

Operational & Technical Responsibilities:

1. Master the local and international regulation (i.e. DFC / ADGM)
2. Knowledge on General Insurance, Health Insurance and Claims management
3. Understanding of salvage and auction processes, recovery, and total losses
4. Complaints management
5. Master English and Arabic
6. Ability to interact in autonomy with Directors and Exco members