Job Description:
Following rapid the growth of their business across the MENA region, Protiviti are seeking a company secretary and legal resource.
Following rapid growth across the MENA region, the Protiviti Middle East Member Firm is seeking a qualified Company Secretary and Legal resource to join our team.
The Company Secretarial role involves:
- Understanding each legal entity and regulatory requirements in each MENA country
- Timely filing of statutory returns, monitoring deadlines
- Giving notice of AGM's and Board meetings; preparing agendas, Board minutes and Resolutions.
- Liaising with service providers, regulators and executives in each Protiviti Middle East entity
- Ensuring appropriate Company registers are maintained and up to date.
- Effective planning and organizing skills to prioritize key areas of responsibility, tasks and projects.
- Negotiation and influencing skills.
- Strong personal communication skills, capable of dealing with a wide range of people.
- The ability to keep calm in a crisis and to cope well with conflicting deadlines.
- Strong team player who is both committed and flexible.
- Meticulous, detail orientated, rigorous in approach with the ability to take own initiative
- Contract Review and Drafting (especially Services / Consulting) ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations
- Review of NDA's and sub-contractor agreements
- Understanding legal and / or liability exposure at Firm level
- Vetting / rejecting any deviations to Firm's General Terms of Business and highlighting reasons thereof to Top Management
- Updating standard terms of business and advising on proposed client changes to these
- Providing day to day legal advice to Business Unit Heads/Directors/Partners
- Assist the legal team to negotiate with other parties in Arabic, as required
- Assist legal team in its ad hoc activities including legal research, finding relevant legislations, case-laws
- Work towards the automation of various legal procedures, being involved in the firms AI/Robotic Processing global strategy.
Qualifications and experience:
- A high-quality manager with at least 8-10 Years PQE
- Experience gained in a reputable Professional Services firm
- Company secretary qualification and law would be an added advantage (Master's Degree would be an added advantage)
- Commercial awareness
- Ability to establish credibility, respect and trust at all levels, including with senior members of the firm, some of whom have a considerable understanding of the law.
- Ability to lead, take responsibility and act autonomously and provide substantiated arguments.
- Strong personal communication skills, capable of dealing with a wide range of people.
- Effective planning and organizing skills to prioritize key areas of responsibility, tasks and projects.
- The ability to keep calm in a crisis and to cope well with conflicting deadlines.
- Negotiation and influencing skills.
- Strong team player who is both committed and flexible.
- Meticulous, detail orientated, rigorous in approach with the ability to take own initiative
Location: Dubai
