Jobs in UAE - Senior Legal Counsel at IBM – UAE

Senior Legal Counsel at IBM – UAE

Job Description:

• IBM Legal is currently looking for an experienced attorney with strong academic credentials to join its MEA Legal Team. Reporting to MEA Legal Counsel , the successful candidate will be based in Dubai with a focus on Middle East. The role will involve executive engagement, negotiating, drafting, and analyzing a wide variety of transactions including strategic outsourcing, software, cloud, analytics, sales, business partner, finance, supplier and teaming agreements with both local and multinational customers and suppliers in the region as well as leading and working collaboratively with other members of the MEA Legal team and other Legal team members in and across other jurisdictions.
• Candidates must be self starters, highly motivated, articulate, demonstrate superior communication, negotiation, drafting, people and organizational skills, and be comfortable and confident in dealing directly with all levels of management. Knowledge of IT, networking, services, hardware and software industries is a strong plus. The successful candidate will be able to work independently but collaboratively with a high energy and talented team of professionals.

Job Requirements:

         Education:

• B-Proc or B Degree with LLB – or like legal degree-

Relevant Experience:

•  Minimum 8+ years post admission experience in practice as an attorney or advocate and relevant in-house experience preferably as leader of an in-house department in the ME.

Technical Knowledge/ Skills/ Training required:

– Multinational/international legal knowledge and expertise.
– Knowledge of contractual law, anti-trust, company law, labor law, Intellectual Property and litigation. Ability to negotiate, draft and vet contracts that address complex and difficult issues.
– Ability to manage outside counsel. Ability to speak articulately and persuasively to individuals at senior management level. Impact is significant.
– Ability to determine appropriate action/solutions to complex legal and business issues dealing with clients and customers. Team management experience is a plus.
– Requires law degree. Admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction with relevant practice experience.
– Minimum 8+ years law firm or industry relevant experience required.
– English & Arabic Fluency is essential

– Competencies & Skills:
– Ability to lead and function in a team and work independently
– Ability to accept responsibility/high ethical standards
– Ability to identify and assess risks and make objective decisions in the best interest of the company, taking the relevant legal and business issues into consideration
– Excellent drafting, negotiation and interpersonal skills
– Ability to react positively to a changing environment
– Ability to express clearly both verbally and writing

To Apply:
https://careers.ibm.com/ShowJob/Id/538907/Senior-Legal-Counsel-Middle-East/?lang=en

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