Overview
Sr. Counsel, Legal Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Lenovo
Sr. Legal Counsel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The role reports directly to Lenovo’s EMEA General Counsel.
Responsibilities
As a generalist, you will handle a wide range of legal matters arising from Lenovo’s rapidly expanding operations in Saudi Arabia. This includes contract drafting and negotiation, supporting direct sales, marketing and advertising activities, handling issues arising from our channel business, ensuring compliance with competition laws, ensuring compliance with local laws (including Sharia law) and regulations, ensuring ethical conduct of all of Lenovo’s employees (which involves proactively training employees, advising employees and, in some cases, investigating conduct), handling and advising on employment law issues, and handling commercial disputes and litigation.
You have demonstrated the ability to:
- Develop and implement legal processes to help support business teams minimize legal risks for Lenovo
- Communicate effectively, both within Saudi Arabia and to colleagues globally from diverse backgrounds, in a manner that is clear and proactive, about legal and business matters, providing good risk/benefit analysis and guidance to internal stakeholders
- Collaborate with fellow internal legal counsels within EMEA, including subject matter experts across various specialist areas of law, technology experts, marketing and sales leaders, product developers, Lenovo’s manufacturing team, as well as with Lenovo’s customers and suppliers
Qualifications
As an ideal candidate you have the following skillsets and characteristics:
- 12+ years of legal experience within a law firm or as in-house counsel in the areas of law mentioned above
- Law degree from a local or internationally recognized University
- Arabic and English (native speaker level) both in writing (particularly in legal drafting) and speaking
- Proven track record in building strong, trust-based relationships with internal clients
- Ability to interface with customers and members of large organizations and across multiple functions
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle competing demands of business clients
- Client service and results-oriented
- Able to balance risk with desired business outcomes and provide proactive and constructive business-supportive legal advice
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
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Title: Sr. Counsel, Legal
Company: Lenovo
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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