22 Legal jobs in Egypt

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**Job Title:** Legal Counsel
**Location:** Cairo, Egypt
**Employment Type:** Full Time
**The job**
The Legal Counsel will primarily be responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a range of commercial contracts to support AVEVA's business largely in an assigned territory, as well as providing professional and timely advice to various internal stakeholders such as sales, procurement, operations, finance and HR.
Reporting to VP Legal Sales, EMEA and working with an experienced and well-established legal team in EMEA, the Legal Counsel will be a trusted advisor who is customer service oriented, has an eagerness to tackle a wide range of legal and business issues and the ability to balance legal risks with business objectives and successfully get deals closed in a timely manner and, all with a positive attitude. The Legal Counsel will also provide counsel regarding compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies.
This is a hybrid working role based out of the AVEVA office in Cairo, Egypt. There will be some opportunities to travel in the region on an as-required basis for projects and customer-facing negotiations.
**Key responsibilities**
+ Be an integral part of the continued growth of AVEVA's commercial deal pursuits as well as general legal issues that arise in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region by providing pragmatic legal advice
+ Advise, review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts with public sector and private customers, partners and suppliers as necessary, including but not limited to software services agreements, maintenance agreements, consultancy agreements, global contractual framework agreements, procurement, subcontractor, and strategic alliance agreements, as well as other in-bound commercial agreements, always operating within an agreed approval matrix and legal policy framework
+ Establish good working relationships throughout the Legal department and across all relevant business units
+ Maintain current knowledge of, and support compliance with, applicable laws and regulations as well as group legal policies
+ Assist in reviewing and assessing current processes, practices and structures for efficient legal compliance, and lead or support projects and initiatives to improve and/or streamline legal processes and documentation
+ Manage and coordinate with internal subject matter experts, external counsel, and relevant authorities as needed
+ Prepare contract summaries, legal trackers, and dispute resolution trackers to aid in the management decision-making process
+ Assist in developing, maintaining and updating legal systems and records
+ Assist several sub-functions within the Legal department on corporate, regulatory and other legal matters at a local level, such as M&A activities, corporate housekeeping, employment, facilities, trade compliance and litigation related matters, as required
+ Lead or assist with various projects and tasks as may be assigned
**Essential requirements**
+ Authorised and licensed to practice law in Egypt
+ At least 4 years' PQE in a reputable commercial law firm or in-house environment, preferably with relevant experience in software licensing
+ Fluent in English (written and verbal) with great technological skills
+ Warm and personable with excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate well with diverse, cross functional teams
+ Worked proactively and closely with business stakeholders to identify and analyse critical commercial and legal issues
+ Pays strong attention to detail and possesses excellent contract negotiation and drafting skills
+ Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, motivated self-starter
+ Ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment
**Legal at AVEVA**
Our global team of lawyers, compliance experts and contract managers play a central role in protecting AVEVA's interests and ensuring the company operates with the highest levels of integrity.
We provide guidance on regulatory compliance, risk management, contracts, and legal frameworks - all at the fascinating and fast-moving intersection of technology and the industrial sector. If you're flexible and enjoy tackling complex challenges, you'll be right at home in the AVEVA Legal team.
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**Job Guidelines**:
The scope of work includes essentially:

- Drafting and reviewing a wide range of commercial agreements;
- Advising on corporate and commercial issues;
- Corporate work: Drafting and reviewing resolutions, reviewing and amending the Commercial Registration of the local entities when needed, drafting Powers Of Attorney etc;
- Supporting on and maintaining corporate governance and risk management processes (compliance with GDPR, Ethics and other compliance procedures);
- Provide a legal support and advisory to business and functions inside the entity;
- Conducting legal research and provide ad-hoc legal advice;
- Liaising with external lawyers when needed;
- Assisting and educating the business units with ad-hoc legal topics.

**Job Requirements**
- 8 to 12 years of experience with a solid previous experience in a law firm and/or multinational.
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Master's degree in law is a plus
- Strong commercial skill set and business partnering skills.
- A solid experience in drafting contracts and preparing corporate documentation.
- An experience in Egyptian labor law is a big plus.
- Proficiency in English and Arabic both written and spoken.
- Ability to work under pressure and work independently. Good analytical ability and excellent drafting skills.
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**aROLE DESCRIPTION**

**_Disclaimer: This role description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the role identified and shall not be construed as an exhaustive description of all the work requirements inherent in the job._**

**_Title:

- **

**_Job Category:_**

Senior Legal Counsel - Egypt
- Legal_

**_Seniority Level:_**

**_Role Archetype:_**
- Senior management_
- Team Leader_

**_Division/Department:_**

**_Career Level:_**
- West Region Shopping Malls - Legal_
- Senior Manager_

**_Reporting to:_**

**_Supervising (if applicable):_**
- Managing Director -West Region_
- Paralegal Staff
- Junior Lawyer

**_Location:_**

**_Date of last revision:_**
- Egypt_

**Role Purpose**:
The position is mainly responsible to lead the Legal function in Egypt in alignment with the Senior Legal Counsel, West Region Shopping Malls to provide integrated and efficient legal services and support.

**Role Details - Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:

- Provide comprehensive legal support across SMBU & Corporate in Egypt.
- Work in close coordination with functional/ business heads on all matters relating to SMBU & Corporate, and provide timely advice and support to all relevant executives to achieve business objectives in compliance with the relevant legal requirements of the country.
- Conduct legal research and due diligence on all aspects of SMBU & Corporate business activities across Egypt.
- Handle, as required, representation of SMBU & Corporate in tenant and other third party negotiations.
- Pro-actively implement key strategic legal and other initiatives and projects related to SMBU Egypt. This includes playing a proactive role in implementation and control of the processes.
- Attend to West Region Leadership meetings and advise on legal issues when required.
- Conduct legal workshops and training sessions to Coach & improve the legal awareness of each of SMBU’s Departments in the context of their businesses.
- Pro-actively get involved in new business/transactions/acquisitions alongside the Managing Director and in coordination with the Senior Legal Counsel, Legal, Shopping Malls.
- Manage external legal counsel within the Corporate Legal Framework and provide necessary support, assistance and advice in relation to SMBU & Corporate business.
- Advise on all complex and other legal matters and playing a role of risk mitigation and prevention of disputes with contractors and consultants and other third parties in relation to SMBU & Corporate business.
- Advise on litigation of all types facing MAFP Egypt before judicial and arbitral authorities in every jurisdiction and providing recommendations to the SMBU & Corporate on the appropriate steps to be taken, and implementation thereof.
- Provide legal advice and support to Human Resources and IT Departments of MAFP on a variety of matters in relation to Egypt
- Ensure compliance with the MAFP SMBU’s Code of Conduct, Departmental policies and HC Policies and Procedures at all times.
- Be the advocate and ambassador of aligning and cascading the MAFP values in the assigned area of responsibility and ensure that relevant team adhered to and exhibit the same all the time.
- Build the capability of staff reporting into by providing on time regular feedback including annual review on performance and identify areas of improvement / reinforcement for further development.
- Manage, guide and mentor the team reporting into and take full responsibility in identifying potential talent and timely supporting professional development.
- Lead by example - thrive to create an honest and open work environment where individuals collaborate /support each other as a team and are passionate to achieve a common business objective.

**Job Dimension - (E.g. Revenue & Budget size, Sales Volume etc.)
- TBA_

**Other Context (if applicable)**:

- TBA_

**Functional/Technical Competencies**:

- TBA_

**Personal Characteristics and Required Background**:
Minimum Qualifications/education
- Master’s degree in Law
- Qualification in business studies / real estate management/ development would be an added advantage.

Minimum experience
- Minimum 15+ years of

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**aROLE DESCRIPTION**

**_Disclaimer: This role description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the role identified and shall not be construed as an exhaustive description of all the work requirements inherent in the job._**

**_Title:

- **

**_Job Category:_**

Senior Legal Counsel - Egypt
- Legal_

**_Seniority Level:_**

**_Role Archetype:_**
- Senior management_
- Team Leader_

**_Division/Department:_**

**_Career Level:_**
- West Region Shopping Malls - Legal_
- Senior Manager_

**_Reporting to:_**

**_Supervising (if applicable):_**
- Managing Director -West Region_
- Paralegal Staff
- Junior Lawyer

**_Location:_**

**_Date of last revision:_**
- Egypt_

**Role Purpose**:
The position is mainly responsible to lead the Legal function in Egypt in alignment with the Senior Legal Counsel, West Region Shopping Malls to provide integrated and efficient legal services and support.

**Role Details - Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:

- Provide comprehensive legal support across SMBU & Corporate in Egypt.
- Work in close coordination with functional/ business heads on all matters relating to SMBU & Corporate, and provide timely advice and support to all relevant executives to achieve business objectives in compliance with the relevant legal requirements of the country.
- Conduct legal research and due diligence on all aspects of SMBU & Corporate business activities across Egypt.
- Handle, as required, representation of SMBU & Corporate in tenant and other third party negotiations.
- Pro-actively implement key strategic legal and other initiatives and projects related to SMBU Egypt. This includes playing a proactive role in implementation and control of the processes.
- Attend to West Region Leadership meetings and advise on legal issues when required.
- Conduct legal workshops and training sessions to Coach & improve the legal awareness of each of SMBU’s Departments in the context of their businesses.
- Pro-actively get involved in new business/transactions/acquisitions alongside the Managing Director and in coordination with the Senior Legal Counsel, Legal, Shopping Malls.
- Manage external legal counsel within the Corporate Legal Framework and provide necessary support, assistance and advice in relation to SMBU & Corporate business.
- Advise on all complex and other legal matters and playing a role of risk mitigation and prevention of disputes with contractors and consultants and other third parties in relation to SMBU & Corporate business.
- Advise on litigation of all types facing MAFP Egypt before judicial and arbitral authorities in every jurisdiction and providing recommendations to the SMBU & Corporate on the appropriate steps to be taken, and implementation thereof.
- Provide legal advice and support to Human Resources and IT Departments of MAFP on a variety of matters in relation to Egypt
- Ensure compliance with the MAFP SMBU’s Code of Conduct, Departmental policies and HC Policies and Procedures at all times.
- Be the advocate and ambassador of aligning and cascading the MAFP values in the assigned area of responsibility and ensure that relevant team adhered to and exhibit the same all the time.
- Build the capability of staff reporting into by providing on time regular feedback including annual review on performance and identify areas of improvement / reinforcement for further development.
- Manage, guide and mentor the team reporting into and take full responsibility in identifying potential talent and timely supporting professional development.
- Lead by example - thrive to create an honest and open work environment where individuals collaborate /support each other as a team and are passionate to achieve a common business objective.

**Job Dimension - (E.g. Revenue & Budget size, Sales Volume etc.)**
- TBA_

**Other Context (if applicable)**:

- TBA_

**Functional/Technical Competencies**:

- TBA_

**Personal Characteristics and Required Background**:
Minimum Qualifications/education
- Master’s degree in Law
- Qualification in business studies / real estate management/ development would be an added advantage.

Minimum experience
- Minimum 15+ years

Experience in the translation field; and previously worked in translation offices and companies
- Experience in Legal field of translation
- Have an experience as legal translator and professional in using the translation software like Trados CAT tools.
- Required language pairs: English - Arabic and vice versa

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- Legal Translator: 5 years (required)

License/Certification:

- Education Certificate in a related field (required)

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

Job Description & Specification:
Senior Legal Associate who specializes in drafting contracts and aware of the Egyptian law and the terms and conditions of the international commercial laws. Also would have the background in litigation and dealing with EFSA
- Languages:
- English : Excellent

**Job Details**:

- Country:
- EGYPT- City:
- Cairo- Job Type:
- Full Time- Industry:
- Construction,- Salary From:
- 35000 LE- Salary To:
- 4000 LE- Gender:
- Salary Negotiable:
- No- Experience:
- 7 - 9 Years**Benefits**:

- Self Medical:
- YesApply

Experience in the translation field; and previously worked in translation offices and companies
- Experience in the Legal field of translation
- Have experience as a legal translator and professional in using translation software like Trados CAT tools.
- Required language pairs: English - Arabic and vice versa

**Job Type**: Contract

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- Legal Translator: 5 years (required)

License/Certification:

- Education Certificate as translator (required)

Main Duties:

- Follows all relevant Legal policies, processes, and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
- Implements the day-to-day operations assigned for the department to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.
- Drafts, reviews, and negotiates basic legal contracts for both internal and external parties while ensuring the inclusion of all relevant information and supporting documentation and proved recommendation.
- Interacts and communicates with external parties, encompassing legal advisors and ministries, to follow up on legal issues and cases.
- Assists the Head of Legal in special projects and cases such as the legal process of acquiring other pharmaceutical companies.
- Manages the activities and work of lower levels to ensure that all work within a specific area is carried out in an efficient manner and in compliance with the set policies, processes, and procedures.
- Advises on regulatory and legal matters to internal departments within Hikma to safeguard Hikma’s rights and legal stance.
- Interprets and gives sound advice as requested by superiors to facilitate legal efficiencies within the overall department
- Draft, review and negotiate all types of agreements.
- Administer and manage contracts and ensure proper implementation.
- Advise on corporate and commercial issues.
- Support corporate legal matters in Egypt.
- Corporate work - drafting and reviewing resolutions, reviewing, ratifying, and amending commercial registrations of entities Legal research and analysis.
- Carry out due diligence for acquisitions and new business.

Qualifications:

- B. Sc. of Law degree (English Section is a must - French section is a plus) and license to practice law.
- A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience at a top law firm and/or in-house.
- Fluency in Arabic, English (French is a plus).
- Experience in drafting and negotiating complex agreements.
- Detail-oriented, meticulous, resourceful with excellent follow-through skills, and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong intercultural and communication skills.