Senior Legal Counsel

Provision of commercially focused guidance, advice and assistance to head office and regional management over a broad range of legal matters (including on major transactions carried out by certain regions of DP World). Liaison with, and supervision of, external legal counsel.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide effective, reliable and user-friendly support, advice and assistance to senior managers within DP World on legal matters affecting any aspect of DP World’s business.

• Review, draft and negotiate a broad range of legal documents (including joint venture agreements, management services agreements, concession agreements, and agreements for acquisitions and disposals), ensuring that legal requirements are met within such documents.

• Identify and analyze legal issues arising in transactions and new projects. Make clear and commercially focused recommendations in respect of such issues. Manage the transactions and projects (including their implementation) from a legal perspective.

• Analyze material disputes, and determine and implement strategy to be followed in each case.

• Maintain strong links with external legal counsel. Assist with the selection of appropriate external legal counsel for work that is to be outsourced. Manage external legal spend for projects for which the job holder has day to day responsibility.

• Act as a liaison between commercial colleagues and external legal counsel. Provide external legal counsel with clear and explicit instructions.

• Oversee and review work carried out by external legal counsel.

• Provide effective reporting to the Deputy General Counsel.

• Understand and adhere to DP World’s Code of Conduct Policy.

• Ensure that any future direct reports are trained and evaluated on their knowledge of and adherence to compliance policies and procedures specific to their jobs.

• Applicable should the role have direct reports - responsible for the management and leadership of an engaged team, promoting collaboration and ensuring that each is developed and evaluated against goals and objectives which are aligned, specific, measurable, attainable yet challenging, realistic and time bound.

• Promote and demonstrate positive behaviours in harmony with DP World’s values and culture.

• Ensure that the highest levels of safety are applied to all activities.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Law Degree from an accredited university.

• Qualification to practice law from a recognised legal regulatory body.

• Minimum 5 years post qualification experience in an internationally recognised law firm and/ or multinational company. Preferably experience working in the Middle East region.

• Knowledge of cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, and experience of managing transactions through to completion. Ideally, knowledge and experience of international infrastructure projects.

• Commercial awareness and understanding of business needs (including awareness and sensitivity to differing international legal and cultural business practices, and the flexibility to work within different cultural environments).

• Excellent analytical and organisational skills.

• Ability to effectively negotiate legal issues and transaction documentation with counter parties

• Good communication and inter personal skills.

Remuneration and Employment Benefits The employment benefits package is reflective of the location, for this position the benefits consists of:

• Accommodation Allowance
• Transportation Allowance
• Education Assistance for Dependents
• Annual Air Ticket(s) for self / and dependents
• Private Medical Coverage for self / and dependents
• Working days annual leave
• Annual Performance Related Bonus

DP WORLD IMPERSONATED IN A RECRUITING SCAM Dubai, UAE : DP World, Ltd. (DP World) alerts job applicants and the public about a fraudulent scheme in which DP World has been impersonated.

The scammers fraudulently:

• Impersonate DP World;
• Impersonate DP World employees;
• Conduct “job interviews” via text message, telephone, e-mail, and/or instant message (including Google Hangout) communications for work-from-home positions;
• “Hire” employees to join DP World;
• Provide the “employees” with funds to buy home-office equipment and pay DP World “vendors” via fraudulent checks and money orders; and
• Instruct the “employees” via e-mail, text message, telephone, or instant message to deposit the checks into their personal bank accounts and wire or cash transfer some portion of the funds to “vendors,” which are actually the scammers.

DP World informs job applicants and the public that:

• DP World is not expanding its operations in the United States in the next 3-6 months (as the scammers allege);
• DP World’s operations in the United States are currently limited to Charlotte, North Carolina and are not expanding to any other locations for the foreseeable future;
• DP World does not solicit potential employees via text message or instant messaging;
• DP World does not interview employees by text message, e-mail, or instant messaging (including Google Hangouts);
• DP World does not issue payment to its employees, prospective or otherwise, via paper check or money order;
• DP World does not require employees to buy their own office equipment or personally pay vendors; and
• The scammers have fraudulently used the name of DP World and its employees without authority and for malicious purposes.

One of the red flags that distinguishes a false communication from a legitimate DP World communication is the poor grammatical use of the English language, which is apparent in conversations with the scammers. Another red flag is the method of communication as DP World does not use commercially-available e-mail providers. No legitimate DP World communication would come from a common, publicly-available email service like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or Microsoft Outlook.

Further, false communications can also be identified by the tasks requested by the scammers. DP World does not request that its employees pay vendors personally, whether from their own funds or from funds provided by DP World. Likewise, DP World would never ask an employee to cash a check or money order and then make a deposit into a vendor’s account.

Contacted individuals should not respond to any communication regarding the scam, and under no circumstances should any individual deposit any checks, money orders, or other payments from the scammers into their bank accounts. If such funds are for some reason deposited, no payments should be made from those funds for at least seven (7) days after the funds are deposited to ensure the individual’s bank has accepted the check, money order, or other payment.

DP World encourages potential employees to refer to its website and its “Careers” section if they are seeking employment with DP World.

If you have any concerns about the authenticity of any correspondence or documents that purport to be issued by DP World, you should direct your concerns to DP World at @

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