Overview
Vice President – Legal Counsel Jobs in Abu Dhabi, UAE/Dubai at Aldar
Job Purpose
The role will involve advising numerous stakeholders on relevant legal issues, managing a wide array of real estate transactions (disposals, acquisitions and JVs), supporting corporate transactions from a real estate perspective, advising on commercial leasing, day-to-day operational legal issues, mitigating legal risk and supporting the business in achieving its strategic and commercial objectives both within the UAE and internationally.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Structure, draft and negotiate a broad range of strategic investment and partnership real estate transactions which could include assets such as hotels, schools, malls and office space.
- Ensure all transactions are executed efficiently and aligned with Aldar’s commercial objectives.
- Advise on documentation for leasing transactions across Aldar’s diversified investment portfolio and support the business on all legal aspects of tenant management, renewals, and enforcement.
- Draft, review and negotiate property management agreements, facilities management contracts, licences, permits, and service agreements.
- Support senior legal team members on large-scale or complex strategic projects, acquisitions, divestments, or group-level structuring initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Commercial, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Insurance, Strategy and Asset Management, coordinating all legal inputs and ensuring smooth execution of transactions.
- Provide proactive advice in relation to legal risk mitigation.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal processes and templates.
- Provide ongoing training to the business as required to ensure efficient use of templates and familiarisation with relevant legal updates.
- Experience with hotel and/or school management agreements and franchise agreements preferred.
- Provide accurate and timely legal advice to end user departments with a commercial slant.
- Appoint external law firms, provide clear legal instructions, manage them throughout transaction negotiations and manage associated external legal spend within budget.
- Comply with relevant internal governance documentation.
- Research and evaluate different risks regarding business decisions and operations.
- Deal with and manage multiple stakeholders (internal and external).
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant legal updates and laws.
- Co-ordinate, follow up and monitor the progress of active matters.
- Prioritise work effectively and efficiently and manage end user expectations.
- Maintain accurate records of advice provided and documents negotiated.
Related Year of Experience
- Min of 10+ years of related experience ideally gained in international law firm and/or large in-house environment.
- Min of 2+ Years of managerial position preferred.
Field of Experience
- Experience in transactional real estate matters and asset management
- In depth knowledge of UAE legal systems and regulatory frameworks (onshore and ADGM preferred)
- Excellent drafting skills & attention to detail
- Systematic organizational capability
- Ability to deal with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Good time management
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills
- Good team player
- Problem solver
Qualification
- Law Degree, Bachelors or Post Graduate Diploma in Law
- Common Law Qualified
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Title: Vice President – Legal Counsel
Company: Aldar
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE/Dubai
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