Associate Director, Corporate Legal

Our business landscape

We're an award-winning global communications company operating in nine countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Our strategy is to become the region's leading digital infrastructure provider. Ooredoo Group's strategic vision is guided by five key pillars:

• Value-Focused Portfolio: Boosting asset returns by focusing on telco operations, towers, data centres, the sea cable business and fintech.
• Strengthen the Core: Optimally using deployed capital and maintain an appropriate cost structure.
• Evolve the Core: Monetising opportunities to generate new revenue streams via programmes focusing on analytics, digitalisation of operations, and partnerships with digital service providers.
• People: Building an engaged and empowered workforce through integrated learning programs and coaching and mentoring.
• Excellence in Customer Experience: Creating superior customer experiences.

From day one, every employee who joins our team becomes an integral part of our success journey. We offer you the chance to enhance your skills, advance your career, and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Empowering you to catapult your personal and professional growth. If you're looking to challenge your growth potential, Ooredoo is the employer for you.

Job overview

The purpose of the role is to manage and oversee all legal aspects of banking and finance activities of the Group, safeguarding its position and ensuring compliance with any requirements.

Your impact on our goals

Specialization on Contracts:

• Take lead legal role on banking and finance transactions, engaging and managing Group attorneys and outside counsel as appropriate.
• Scope and manage due diligence strategy and process.
• Draft and negotiate banking and finance agreements and other key legal documents including term sheets, memoranda of understanding, and security documents.
• Work with Group and Finance to optimize financial, tax, and transaction structuring.
• Provide recommendations to the Group regarding legal aspects of banking and finance transactions.
• Provide legal support as required outside the banking sector as may be required by the legal team from time to time.

Your profile

Experience

• Should have 10 years of experience in mortgage banking and have significant experience with the mortgage industry as well as other consumer financial products and services.
• Should be specializing in Finance Law.
• Must have commercial finance experience, including experience in lending transactions, secured loans, and banking matters such as:
• Bank Lending
• Property Finance
• Project Finance
• Acquisition Finance
• Assets Finances
• Derivatives
• Capital markets
• Islamic finance
• Strong academics and communication skills are also required.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Law.
• Business degree a plus.
• Bar membership in a Gulf Region state, EU country, or US.
• Fluency in English essential; fluency in Arabic a plus.