Legal Officer

Prepares and edits contracts, contract acceptance forms attached to acceptable vendor contracts, and amendments from established formats and ensures that all required approvals are in place; ascertains the Contractor's type of business organization to determine the proper signature authority; approves low risk contracts, identifies key issues for legal review

• Drafting and reviewing, all types of Retail business contracts, supply agreements, leases, MOUs, NDAs, and legal notices relating to contractual relations, or as per the line manger request.
• Conducts research and keeps current on all rules and regulations by accessing statutes, legislative materials manuals, and websites.
• Submitting legal advice to all organization’s departments and sections.
• Assessing the risk in various legal agreements and minimizing the risk exposure.
• Collaborates in developing the existing templates and contracts.
• Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.
• Assist in the development of guidelines, policies, procedures.
• Archiving and keeping certain types of contracts as per legal department policy and monitor the maintenance of the registers and other records required to be maintained by the Company.
• Provide all such other administrative and other secretarial duties as directed by the Head of Legal.
• Review and advice management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Prepare and format legal and management reports.
• Maintain and update databases and tracking systems of legal departments.
• Create and organize information and generate reference tools for easy use by the office.
• Daily record keeping with electronic and hard copy filing of documents as per legal department policy that can be easily accessed by others.
• Perform accurate legal research and analysis and conduct research on best practices in the company’s relevant business process areas.
• Legal administrative processing of all documentation in coordination with the Legal Department and other business units in the Company. Act as the main link between the business (clients) and the legal department.
• Safekeeping: Ensure proper custodianship of all original signed documents.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the department for management meetings
• manage the back-up system to organize data storage for the firm.

Provides administrative support to the department and receiving all phone calls and forwarding calls to the proper person, managing mail delivery, and schedule meetings

• Aware of KSA laws and Rules, customs & traditions
• Admitted licensed lawyer (preferred)
• Minimum of one (1) year working experience in corporate/Law firm Saudi Arabic.
• Native Arabic language
• Medium to advance English Language speaking, writing, reading, listening
• Comfortable dealing with numbers
• Ability to work solely and as a team-work member.
• Computer skills and System enhancement
• Communication Skills
• Developing and Motivating Others
• A working knowledge of Company law claim values and jurisdictional issues for Maryland
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Robust skills in Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to meet project objectives within designated constraints
• Demonstrate good drafting and negotiation skills both in Arabic.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work efficiently under pressure and consistently meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and work with business representatives at all levels of seniority.