Legal Counsel: Litigation

2 days ago


Doha, Qatar 1Recruit Full time

**Legal Counsel: Litigation - Qatar**
- Qatari Holding Group
- Location: Doha, Qatar
- Exceptional Expatriate Salary Package + Benefits
- Reference # 984_

Our client is a leading Qatari Holding Group with diversified global business interests within the Hospitality, Real Estate, Industrial, Investment Management and Financial Services sectors. Our client now seeks to appoint a Legal Counsel - Litigation to lead the corporate legal litigation strategy and minimise risk exposure and safeguard the Group financially and commercially.

**Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer and responsible for the following**:

- Develop and lead corporate legal litigation strategy to promote and protect the company and collaborate with management to devise efficient defence strategies.
- Oversight of litigation cases to ensure company compliance and governance capabilities to key shareholder, possibly acting as Chief Litigator, if required.
- Draft and solidify commercial agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights are protected and commercially succinct.
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization.
- Conduct work with integrity and responsibility and maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation.
- Management of the legal litigation budget and revise accordingly.

**The attributes we seek for this role comprise**:

- Bachelor Law or Juris Doctor Degree is essential with a minimum of 7+ years legal experience as a Legal Counsel in a corporate environment or within a legal firm.
- A minimum of 2 years corporate law and commercial management expertise.
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies.
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
- The strong communicator we seek possesses sound judgement and the ability to analyse situations and information.
- Excellent bilingual language skills (English/Arabic) are essential.
- Experience in working across the Gulf Region is highly regarded.


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