5 Healthcare Law jobs in Egypt
Legal Counsel
Giza
General Motors
Posted 4 days ago
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**Job Description**
**Work Arrangement:** This role is categorized as onsite. this means the successful candidate to report to the GM office full time.
**The Role:**
In this role you will provide timely, innovative and commercially focused legal counsel to GM business operations in Egypt and Africa. The role will advise Management teams on significant matters and projects, day to day operations, including contractual, sales and marketing, distribution, customer protection, data privacy, etc. matters. You will be responsible for the appropriate identification, evaluation, consideration and balancing of risks and opportunities in decision-making. You will also drive the protection and advancement of company objectives in line with the Company's legal, ethical, safety, policy and risk considerations.
This is a regional role where you will report to the Lead Counsel, GM Africa and Middle East and be required to partner with multiple stakeholders.
**What You'll Do:**
+ The purpose of this role is to provide legal services, advice and expertise to GM operations in Egypt and Africa. The role will provide its customers with timely, commercially focused advice which complies with GM's legal, ethical, policy and risk management considerations.
+ Provide legal advice in various areas: employment, contractual relationships, corporate, commercial, sales and marketing, distribution, manufacturing.
+ Handling litigations, including with support of external counsel, where appropriate.
+ Assist with BOD and Shareholders meetings activities, acting as Board Secretary.
+ Provide legal expertise for all corporate secretarial and related regulatory compliance and reporting.
+ Develop and deliver training on key areas, e.g. anticorruption, contracts, export compliance, marketing/advertising.
+ Maintain and build sound understanding and knowledge of the client group's operations and businesses.
+ Provide advice in the development of legal processes and documents. Identify continuous improvement opportunities within the Legal function.
+ Forecast, track and control all legal spends.
+ Where appropriate, manage outside counsel.
**Additional Job Description**
**Your Skills & Abilities (** **Required Qualification** **)**
+ 7-15 years of experience in multi-national company or law firm (preferably).
+ Education: Bachelor of Laws
+ Experience in the automotive and/or manufacturing industry is preferrable.
+ Good grasp of industry best practice.
+ Detailed and comprehensive knowledge of Egyptian Laws.
+ Sound understanding of key relevant legal principles and current legislation in Egypt and the region.
+ Project management
+ Developing ability to readily understand, at high level, technology and issues associated with various aspects of GM operations including its design, development and manufacturing processes.
**About GM**
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
**Why Join Us**
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
**Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities**
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire ( .
**Accommodations**
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email ( ) us or call us at . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:
**Our Company ( Culture**
**How we hire ( diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.
Explore our global locations ( policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at .In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
**Work Arrangement:** This role is categorized as onsite. this means the successful candidate to report to the GM office full time.
**The Role:**
In this role you will provide timely, innovative and commercially focused legal counsel to GM business operations in Egypt and Africa. The role will advise Management teams on significant matters and projects, day to day operations, including contractual, sales and marketing, distribution, customer protection, data privacy, etc. matters. You will be responsible for the appropriate identification, evaluation, consideration and balancing of risks and opportunities in decision-making. You will also drive the protection and advancement of company objectives in line with the Company's legal, ethical, safety, policy and risk considerations.
This is a regional role where you will report to the Lead Counsel, GM Africa and Middle East and be required to partner with multiple stakeholders.
**What You'll Do:**
+ The purpose of this role is to provide legal services, advice and expertise to GM operations in Egypt and Africa. The role will provide its customers with timely, commercially focused advice which complies with GM's legal, ethical, policy and risk management considerations.
+ Provide legal advice in various areas: employment, contractual relationships, corporate, commercial, sales and marketing, distribution, manufacturing.
+ Handling litigations, including with support of external counsel, where appropriate.
+ Assist with BOD and Shareholders meetings activities, acting as Board Secretary.
+ Provide legal expertise for all corporate secretarial and related regulatory compliance and reporting.
+ Develop and deliver training on key areas, e.g. anticorruption, contracts, export compliance, marketing/advertising.
+ Maintain and build sound understanding and knowledge of the client group's operations and businesses.
+ Provide advice in the development of legal processes and documents. Identify continuous improvement opportunities within the Legal function.
+ Forecast, track and control all legal spends.
+ Where appropriate, manage outside counsel.
**Additional Job Description**
**Your Skills & Abilities (** **Required Qualification** **)**
+ 7-15 years of experience in multi-national company or law firm (preferably).
+ Education: Bachelor of Laws
+ Experience in the automotive and/or manufacturing industry is preferrable.
+ Good grasp of industry best practice.
+ Detailed and comprehensive knowledge of Egyptian Laws.
+ Sound understanding of key relevant legal principles and current legislation in Egypt and the region.
+ Project management
+ Developing ability to readily understand, at high level, technology and issues associated with various aspects of GM operations including its design, development and manufacturing processes.
**About GM**
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
**Why Join Us**
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
**Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities**
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire ( .
**Accommodations**
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email ( ) us or call us at . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:
**Our Company ( Culture**
**How we hire ( diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.
Explore our global locations ( policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at .In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
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Legal Counsel
Heineken
Posted today
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At ABC, we brew the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world. A big part of that means brewing better people with the heart of our company in our four values:
- **Passion for consumers and customers**:
- **Care for people and planet**:
- **Enjoyment of life**:
- **Courage to dream and pioneer**
**Job Purpose**
Legal Counsel role is key role in ABC with responsibility for providing legal advice to various departments.
**Responsibilities**
- Negotiate, review and draft all types of agreements for the group companies & hold required internal & external meetings with stakeholders
- Ensuring the update of the templates with any new requirements to be added, according to company policy.
- Conduct legal researches and provide legal opinions to all ABC depts.
- Maintaining & updating a shared database for all contracts.
- Ensure that the legal function has the originals of all important, significant and strategic agreements
- Provide legal advice / opinion on transactions including appropriate risk allocations
- Ensure the company operation, daily practice and internal documents are in line with legal requirements and especially competition law.
- Follow up with the external lawyers the outstanding court cases.
- Manage and conduct IP registration and IP portfolio
- Manage the archiving projects and filling
- Follow-up on the litigation reports by the law firm and written pleadings
- Provide legal trainings to ABC business department
- Prepare needed reports on a monthly basis for litigation, IP and licenses
- Assist other lawyers of the function in the preparation of needed documentation
- Making and providing recommendations for several departments across the business, including, contracts, labor issues, data protection, anti-trust and consumer protection.
- Following up and handling outside counsel(s) on litigation; focus on brand protection, product liability, and labor matters.
- Other duties as assigned.
**Education & Experiences**
**Educational Background**:Bachelor’s degree in Law
**Years of Experience**: 2-3 years of relevant experience preferably in FMCGs. Previous experience in Legal Department of an international cooperation or international cooperation or multinational Law firm.
**Qualifications & Other Requirements**
- Excellent command of English and Arabic Languages
- Excellent Microsoft Office knowledge especially Outlook and PowerPoint
- Excellent legal skills and knowledge of Egyptian Laws
- Keep up to date on relevant changes in laws
**Personal Skills**
- Critical and Challenging
- Analytical Skills
- Confident in communicating at all levels of seniority
- High Persuasion and Negotiation skills
- Pro-active & Teamwork oriented
- **Passion for consumers and customers**:
- **Care for people and planet**:
- **Enjoyment of life**:
- **Courage to dream and pioneer**
**Job Purpose**
Legal Counsel role is key role in ABC with responsibility for providing legal advice to various departments.
**Responsibilities**
- Negotiate, review and draft all types of agreements for the group companies & hold required internal & external meetings with stakeholders
- Ensuring the update of the templates with any new requirements to be added, according to company policy.
- Conduct legal researches and provide legal opinions to all ABC depts.
- Maintaining & updating a shared database for all contracts.
- Ensure that the legal function has the originals of all important, significant and strategic agreements
- Provide legal advice / opinion on transactions including appropriate risk allocations
- Ensure the company operation, daily practice and internal documents are in line with legal requirements and especially competition law.
- Follow up with the external lawyers the outstanding court cases.
- Manage and conduct IP registration and IP portfolio
- Manage the archiving projects and filling
- Follow-up on the litigation reports by the law firm and written pleadings
- Provide legal trainings to ABC business department
- Prepare needed reports on a monthly basis for litigation, IP and licenses
- Assist other lawyers of the function in the preparation of needed documentation
- Making and providing recommendations for several departments across the business, including, contracts, labor issues, data protection, anti-trust and consumer protection.
- Following up and handling outside counsel(s) on litigation; focus on brand protection, product liability, and labor matters.
- Other duties as assigned.
**Education & Experiences**
**Educational Background**:Bachelor’s degree in Law
**Years of Experience**: 2-3 years of relevant experience preferably in FMCGs. Previous experience in Legal Department of an international cooperation or international cooperation or multinational Law firm.
**Qualifications & Other Requirements**
- Excellent command of English and Arabic Languages
- Excellent Microsoft Office knowledge especially Outlook and PowerPoint
- Excellent legal skills and knowledge of Egyptian Laws
- Keep up to date on relevant changes in laws
**Personal Skills**
- Critical and Challenging
- Analytical Skills
- Confident in communicating at all levels of seniority
- High Persuasion and Negotiation skills
- Pro-active & Teamwork oriented
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1
MESA Senior Legal Counsel
GE HealthCare
Posted 12 days ago
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**Job Description Summary**
Lawyers supporting the commercial side of the business including contract development and agreement management, external customer sales of products and services, government contracting. Interprets strategic internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may influence work.
**Job Description**
**Roles and Responsibilities**
+ Lawyers providing legal leadership and oversight to business operations. Includes, but is not limited to, strategic support of business growth goals, supporting strategic/complex transactions, government contracts/public tenders, standard/flow commercial transactions, healthcare regulatory advice and counsel, and management of investigations, litigation and customer disputes.
+ The role provides strategic support for legal in the Middle East countries and Saudi Arabia. The role reports to the Executive General Counsel in EAGM Zone and supports the Leadership Team in Middle East and Saudi Arabia (MESA).
+ Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within their discipline. May require strong commercial awareness, and is expected to influence the development of strategy within own area, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
+ May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
+ Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. Work is subject to functional policy objectives. Regularly advises management in the function and/or in the business. Has a supportive role in decision making about important subjects. High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
+ Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
**Required Qualifications**
+ This role requires significant experience in the Legal & Business Counsel.
+ Has experience in the legal support for the Middle East and Saudi Arabia for at least 10 years.
+ Arabic speaking
**Desired Characteristics**
+ Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
+ Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
+ Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
**Inclusion and Diversity**
GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
**Behaviors**
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity.
**Total Rewards**
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you'd expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you'll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.
#LI-FG1
#LI-Hybrid
**Additional Information**
**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No
Lawyers supporting the commercial side of the business including contract development and agreement management, external customer sales of products and services, government contracting. Interprets strategic internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may influence work.
**Job Description**
**Roles and Responsibilities**
+ Lawyers providing legal leadership and oversight to business operations. Includes, but is not limited to, strategic support of business growth goals, supporting strategic/complex transactions, government contracts/public tenders, standard/flow commercial transactions, healthcare regulatory advice and counsel, and management of investigations, litigation and customer disputes.
+ The role provides strategic support for legal in the Middle East countries and Saudi Arabia. The role reports to the Executive General Counsel in EAGM Zone and supports the Leadership Team in Middle East and Saudi Arabia (MESA).
+ Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within their discipline. May require strong commercial awareness, and is expected to influence the development of strategy within own area, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
+ May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
+ Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. Work is subject to functional policy objectives. Regularly advises management in the function and/or in the business. Has a supportive role in decision making about important subjects. High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
+ Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
**Required Qualifications**
+ This role requires significant experience in the Legal & Business Counsel.
+ Has experience in the legal support for the Middle East and Saudi Arabia for at least 10 years.
+ Arabic speaking
**Desired Characteristics**
+ Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
+ Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
+ Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
**Inclusion and Diversity**
GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
**Behaviors**
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity.
**Total Rewards**
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you'd expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you'll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.
#LI-FG1
#LI-Hybrid
**Additional Information**
**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No
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2
Legal Counsel - Middle East & North Africa
Cairo, Al Qahirah
bp
Posted today
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Job Description
**Job Profile Summary**
We are a global energy business involved in every aspect of the energy system. We have 60,000 employees in 80 countries, working towards delivering light, heat and mobility to millions of people, every day. We are one of the very few companies equipped to solve some of the big complex challenges that matter for the future. We have a real contribution to make to the world's ambition of a low carbon future. Join us, and be part of what we can accomplish together.
BP has a significant E&P presence in Egypt that dates back more than 50 years. Historically, such presence was built around several large concession areas. Gas discoveries in the Mediterranean, WND and END are businesses delivering material volumes of both domestic and export gas. Egypt business include all aspects of the E&P life cycle - from new access and exploration to major project development, to managing mature fields and moving to low carbon.
**Job Advert**
**Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better - and how you can play your part in our world-class team?**
Join our team and advance your career as a
**Legal Counsel**bp North Africa Region
(Egyptian nationalities only)
The Counsel will be based in Cairo and support the Managing Counsel North Africa (based in Egypt) in the provision of legal support to North Africa Region and will be accountable for the delivery of business focused legal services for bp’s North Africa business to maximize business value and to minimize and manage legal risk.
**In this role you will**:
- Provision of advice to senior leadership of the North Africa Region on legal aspects of a broad range of business, governance, and ethical issues which may arise. This includes identifying and highlighting business and legal risks and developing effective and practical strategies for the management of these.
- Effective liaison with BP Legal teams, including involvement of and liaison with BP Legal specialists as necessary.
- Planning, organizing, and leading the provision of legal support both internal and external to complex projects that have strategic value and significant financial impact.
- Working closely with and encouraging an atmosphere of partnership and collaboration with both the North Africa legal team located in Cairo and BP Legal international and specialist teams located outside the region.
- Handling relationships with law firms in Egypt and across areas of responsibility within Algeria and Libya as the case maybe.
**We have the following requirements**:
- At least 10 years’ experience as a lawyer in a commercial (ideally international) law firm or in the legal department of a reputable (ideally international) energy company.
- Experience of civil codes and implementing or supporting projects across different jurisdictions.
- Substantial transactional and negotiations experience in supporting the delivery of sophisticated upstream projects, and in establishing corporate and contractual joint ventures.
- Experience of having worked in or provided legal support to assets/business that are operated by others (“OBO”) and dealing with shareholder related matters.
- A consistent record of commercial awareness with high quality contribution to business strategy and delivery.
- Strong client counselling skills with demonstrable ability to assess and effectively communicate relevant legal and business risks.
- Able to deal with unstructured/undefined issues and deal with ambiguous and commercially uncertain situations.
- Excellent time management and project management skills with the ability to prioritize conflicting demands and lead the delivery of legal services across a broad and varied business base.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to develop effective relationships with and work closely and engage proactively with business colleagues and legal colleagues based locally and in other locations.
- Drive, dedication, a bias for action and a preparedness to collaborate and innovate.
- The ability to work independently and to lead and contribute to represent BP Legal within the Region.
- Ability to draft and negotiate legal agreements in Arabic and English. Qualified to practice law in Egypt
**Entity**
Legal
**Job Family Group**
Legal Group
**Relocation available**
No
**Travel required**
No
**Country**
Egypt
**About BP**
**LEGAL**
Join us and become a trusted advisor delivering legal support to the group focused on material risk, value and growth, protecting ourselves and enabling the realisation of our purpose, strategy, ambition and ims.
Together we will achieve this by: r>- providing professional legal advice and counsel to the entities we support
- leading and co-ordinating the identification and management of legal risks
- developing a highly skilled, progressive and diverse legal team
- supporting the entities in the delivery of their accountabilities
- living
We are a global energy business involved in every aspect of the energy system. We have 60,000 employees in 80 countries, working towards delivering light, heat and mobility to millions of people, every day. We are one of the very few companies equipped to solve some of the big complex challenges that matter for the future. We have a real contribution to make to the world's ambition of a low carbon future. Join us, and be part of what we can accomplish together.
BP has a significant E&P presence in Egypt that dates back more than 50 years. Historically, such presence was built around several large concession areas. Gas discoveries in the Mediterranean, WND and END are businesses delivering material volumes of both domestic and export gas. Egypt business include all aspects of the E&P life cycle - from new access and exploration to major project development, to managing mature fields and moving to low carbon.
**Job Advert**
**Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better - and how you can play your part in our world-class team?**
Join our team and advance your career as a
**Legal Counsel**bp North Africa Region
(Egyptian nationalities only)
The Counsel will be based in Cairo and support the Managing Counsel North Africa (based in Egypt) in the provision of legal support to North Africa Region and will be accountable for the delivery of business focused legal services for bp’s North Africa business to maximize business value and to minimize and manage legal risk.
**In this role you will**:
- Provision of advice to senior leadership of the North Africa Region on legal aspects of a broad range of business, governance, and ethical issues which may arise. This includes identifying and highlighting business and legal risks and developing effective and practical strategies for the management of these.
- Effective liaison with BP Legal teams, including involvement of and liaison with BP Legal specialists as necessary.
- Planning, organizing, and leading the provision of legal support both internal and external to complex projects that have strategic value and significant financial impact.
- Working closely with and encouraging an atmosphere of partnership and collaboration with both the North Africa legal team located in Cairo and BP Legal international and specialist teams located outside the region.
- Handling relationships with law firms in Egypt and across areas of responsibility within Algeria and Libya as the case maybe.
**We have the following requirements**:
- At least 10 years’ experience as a lawyer in a commercial (ideally international) law firm or in the legal department of a reputable (ideally international) energy company.
- Experience of civil codes and implementing or supporting projects across different jurisdictions.
- Substantial transactional and negotiations experience in supporting the delivery of sophisticated upstream projects, and in establishing corporate and contractual joint ventures.
- Experience of having worked in or provided legal support to assets/business that are operated by others (“OBO”) and dealing with shareholder related matters.
- A consistent record of commercial awareness with high quality contribution to business strategy and delivery.
- Strong client counselling skills with demonstrable ability to assess and effectively communicate relevant legal and business risks.
- Able to deal with unstructured/undefined issues and deal with ambiguous and commercially uncertain situations.
- Excellent time management and project management skills with the ability to prioritize conflicting demands and lead the delivery of legal services across a broad and varied business base.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to develop effective relationships with and work closely and engage proactively with business colleagues and legal colleagues based locally and in other locations.
- Drive, dedication, a bias for action and a preparedness to collaborate and innovate.
- The ability to work independently and to lead and contribute to represent BP Legal within the Region.
- Ability to draft and negotiate legal agreements in Arabic and English. Qualified to practice law in Egypt
**Entity**
Legal
**Job Family Group**
Legal Group
**Relocation available**
No
**Travel required**
No
**Country**
Egypt
**About BP**
**LEGAL**
Join us and become a trusted advisor delivering legal support to the group focused on material risk, value and growth, protecting ourselves and enabling the realisation of our purpose, strategy, ambition and ims.
Together we will achieve this by: r>- providing professional legal advice and counsel to the entities we support
- leading and co-ordinating the identification and management of legal risks
- developing a highly skilled, progressive and diverse legal team
- supporting the entities in the delivery of their accountabilities
- living
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3
Executive Counsel - Legal Entity Governance Leader
Cairo, Al Qahirah
GE Vernova
Posted 1 day ago
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**Job Description Summary**
**Job Description**
We are seeking an innovative and results driven Executive Counsel to oversee the legal entity governance and management of approximately 1,000 entities and a team of 10+ as part of GE Vernova's global organization. The successful candidate will provide strategic legal guidance and support to ensure compliance, mitigate risks across GE Vernova's legal entities, and help drive the transformation of the legal function through operational excellence, optimization of process efficiencies and utilization of talent.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Lead and manage a multi -jurisdictional team of 10+ governance counsels and specialists
+ Lead and manage the framework for the company's legal entities to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
+ Drive impactful, high value work through LEAN methodology and optimized processes to support Vernova's corporate functions and business segments effectively and efficiently.
+ Design, lead, and execute transformation programs that reimagine legal entity governance, leveraging digital solutions, process automation, and innovative operating models to accelerate efficiency, transparency, and value delivery across the global footprint.
+ Proactively identify and challenge legacy processes, driving adoption of new technologies and methodologies to enable step-change improvements in operational performance.
+ Act as a change champion, engaging stakeholders at all levels to foster a forward-thinking mindset and ensure successful implementation and adoption of transformation initiatives.
+ Lead legal entity aspects of complex M&A transactions, joint ventures, and divestitures, including due diligence, integration, and post-closing entity management.
+ Develop and implement policies and procedures related to entity formation, dissolution, and maintenance.
+ Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including legal, commercial, finance, tax, compliance, and operations, to drive best practices in entity management.
+ Oversee corporate filings, board resolutions, and other entity-related documentation, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
+ Manage relationships with external legal counsel and service providers for specialized needs related to entity governance.
+ Monitor legislative and regulatory changes affecting legal entities and assess their impact on the organization.
+ Provide strategic legal advice to senior management regarding governance structures and risk management.
+ Conduct regular audits and assessments of entity compliance and governance practices.
+ Train and mentor junior legal staff, emphasizing cultural competency and inclusivity in leadership and contribute to the development of the legal department's knowledge base.
+ Utilize specific legal tech solutions, compliance management systems, and data analytics tools to enhance the governance and transformation processes.
+ Develop stakeholder engagement strategies to effectively navigate the complexities of legal entity governance in a global setting.
+ Oversee budget, resource allocation, and external counsel spend for the legal entity governance function.
+ Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory bodies, auditors, and other external stakeholders related to legal entities.
+ Champion a culture of integrity, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement within the legal governance team, including benchmarking against industry best practices.
+ Develop and execute succession planning and talent pipeline development initiatives for the legal governance team.
+ Lead crisis management and incident response activities related to legal entities, including regulatory investigations and post-incident reviews.
**Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor of law/Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one common or civil law jurisdiction.
+ Minimum of 15+ years post qualification experience in corporate law, with a focus on legal entity governance, compliance, and management.
+ Strong understanding of corporate structures, governance principles, and regulatory requirements internationally.
+ Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
+ Proven ability to work effectively with diverse, multi-cultural and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment to manage and deliver results in complex cross-jurisdictional restructuring projects within tight deadlines
+ Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex legal concepts and practical solutions clearly to multi-functional/non-legal stakeholders.
+ Strong leadership skills with a commitment to fostering a collaborative work environment.
+ Strong understanding and drive for the adoption of technology tools, especially legal tech solutions, to achieve value for the organization.
+ Demonstrated experience in crisis management, M&A, and external stakeholder engagement.
+ Experience in budgeting, resource management, and succession planning within a legal function.
+ Proven commitment to data privacy, information security, and ethical conduct.
+ Performance metrics will be measured through KPIs related to compliance, efficiency improvements, and stakeholder satisfaction.
**Why Join Us?**
At GE Vernova, we value teamwork, innovation, and excellence. If you thrive in change management, unify teams, and can fundamentally reshape how people think and work, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team!
**Additional Information**
**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No
GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
**Job Description**
We are seeking an innovative and results driven Executive Counsel to oversee the legal entity governance and management of approximately 1,000 entities and a team of 10+ as part of GE Vernova's global organization. The successful candidate will provide strategic legal guidance and support to ensure compliance, mitigate risks across GE Vernova's legal entities, and help drive the transformation of the legal function through operational excellence, optimization of process efficiencies and utilization of talent.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Lead and manage a multi -jurisdictional team of 10+ governance counsels and specialists
+ Lead and manage the framework for the company's legal entities to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
+ Drive impactful, high value work through LEAN methodology and optimized processes to support Vernova's corporate functions and business segments effectively and efficiently.
+ Design, lead, and execute transformation programs that reimagine legal entity governance, leveraging digital solutions, process automation, and innovative operating models to accelerate efficiency, transparency, and value delivery across the global footprint.
+ Proactively identify and challenge legacy processes, driving adoption of new technologies and methodologies to enable step-change improvements in operational performance.
+ Act as a change champion, engaging stakeholders at all levels to foster a forward-thinking mindset and ensure successful implementation and adoption of transformation initiatives.
+ Lead legal entity aspects of complex M&A transactions, joint ventures, and divestitures, including due diligence, integration, and post-closing entity management.
+ Develop and implement policies and procedures related to entity formation, dissolution, and maintenance.
+ Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including legal, commercial, finance, tax, compliance, and operations, to drive best practices in entity management.
+ Oversee corporate filings, board resolutions, and other entity-related documentation, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
+ Manage relationships with external legal counsel and service providers for specialized needs related to entity governance.
+ Monitor legislative and regulatory changes affecting legal entities and assess their impact on the organization.
+ Provide strategic legal advice to senior management regarding governance structures and risk management.
+ Conduct regular audits and assessments of entity compliance and governance practices.
+ Train and mentor junior legal staff, emphasizing cultural competency and inclusivity in leadership and contribute to the development of the legal department's knowledge base.
+ Utilize specific legal tech solutions, compliance management systems, and data analytics tools to enhance the governance and transformation processes.
+ Develop stakeholder engagement strategies to effectively navigate the complexities of legal entity governance in a global setting.
+ Oversee budget, resource allocation, and external counsel spend for the legal entity governance function.
+ Serve as the primary point of contact for regulatory bodies, auditors, and other external stakeholders related to legal entities.
+ Champion a culture of integrity, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement within the legal governance team, including benchmarking against industry best practices.
+ Develop and execute succession planning and talent pipeline development initiatives for the legal governance team.
+ Lead crisis management and incident response activities related to legal entities, including regulatory investigations and post-incident reviews.
**Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor of law/Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one common or civil law jurisdiction.
+ Minimum of 15+ years post qualification experience in corporate law, with a focus on legal entity governance, compliance, and management.
+ Strong understanding of corporate structures, governance principles, and regulatory requirements internationally.
+ Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
+ Proven ability to work effectively with diverse, multi-cultural and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment to manage and deliver results in complex cross-jurisdictional restructuring projects within tight deadlines
+ Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex legal concepts and practical solutions clearly to multi-functional/non-legal stakeholders.
+ Strong leadership skills with a commitment to fostering a collaborative work environment.
+ Strong understanding and drive for the adoption of technology tools, especially legal tech solutions, to achieve value for the organization.
+ Demonstrated experience in crisis management, M&A, and external stakeholder engagement.
+ Experience in budgeting, resource management, and succession planning within a legal function.
+ Proven commitment to data privacy, information security, and ethical conduct.
+ Performance metrics will be measured through KPIs related to compliance, efficiency improvements, and stakeholder satisfaction.
**Why Join Us?**
At GE Vernova, we value teamwork, innovation, and excellence. If you thrive in change management, unify teams, and can fundamentally reshape how people think and work, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team!
**Additional Information**
**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No
GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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