# Legal Professionals (Mid-Senior Level)

> Hire Resolve.com · United Arab Emirates (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2025-12-23

**Salary:** unknown currency 300,000–450,000

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Finance & Legal

## Description

**Hire Resolve is assisting legal organisations in hiring experienced legal professionals** for multiple mid–senior level opportunities across a range of practice areas and in-house functions within the UAE. This is a multi-role hiring campaign designed to attract candidates across private practice and corporate environments, with progression pathways toward senior specialist and leadership roles such as **Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Legal, Legal Manager, Compliance Lead, Contracts Manager, or Legal Operations Manager**.

### Key Responsibilities

-   Provide commercially focused legal advice to internal stakeholders and/or clients across operational and strategic matters
-   Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and legal documents (e.g., commercial agreements, construction/engineering contracts, supply agreements, NDAs, leases, service agreements)
-   Support matters across corporate/commercial, employment, disputes, regulatory, compliance, real estate, procurement, or governance (aligned to experience)
-   Assist with legal risk assessments and recommend pragmatic mitigations aligned to business objectives
-   Manage external counsel and advisors, including budgets, timelines, and matter strategy
-   Support dispute management, including pre-action correspondence, document preparation, settlement discussions, and claim support (as applicable)
-   Contribute to compliance frameworks, internal policies, and controls, including monitoring regulatory updates and implementing practical guidance
-   Ensure appropriate confidentiality, document retention, and information handling across legal workstreams
-   Collaborate with HR, Finance, Procurement, Sales, Operations, and Project teams to improve legal processes and decision-making
-   Maintain accurate matter records, reporting, and contract documentation using relevant systems
-   Coach junior team members and promote consistent quality and professional standards

## Requirements

-   **Qualifications (role-dependent):**

-   Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or equivalent legal degree; postgraduate qualifications are advantageous for certain roles
-   For counsel/advocate roles: relevant professional qualification and licensing/eligibility to practise in the UAE or in recognised jurisdictions (depending on role scope)
-   For contracts, compliance, or legal operations roles: strong relevant experience may be considered in lieu of local practising rights

-   **Experience:** Typically **6–12+ years** of progressive legal experience (in-house and/or private practice), suited to mid–senior level responsibilities
-   Demonstrated capability in one or more areas such as commercial contracts, corporate governance, construction/projects, employment advisory, compliance, regulatory, disputes, or real estate
-   Strong drafting, negotiation, stakeholder management, and risk-based judgement
-   Familiarity with legal tools and systems (where relevant), including **document management, contract lifecycle management (CLM), matter management, and Microsoft 365**
-   **Language:** Professional fluency in **English** is required; **Arabic** is advantageous for certain positions depending on stakeholder and document requirements
-   Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain discretion, and operate effectively in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments

## Benefits

-   Private Health Insurance
-   Pension Plan
-   Paid Time Off
-   Training & Development

## Apply

[Apply at Hire Resolve.com](https://apply.workable.com/hire-resolve-the-top-recruitment-agency/j/1BA8E2A7E2/apply)

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