Vice President - Legal Counsel

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Job Purpose The role will involve advising numerous stakeholders on relevant legal issues, managing a wide array of real estate transactions (disposals, acquisitions and JVs), supporting corporate transactions from a real estate perspective, advising on commercial leasing, day-to-day operational legal issues, mitigating legal risk and supporting the business in achieving its strategic and commercial objectives both within the UAE and internationally. Roles and Responsibilities - Structure, draft and negotiate a broad range of strategic investment and partnership real estate transactions which could include assets such as hotels, schools, malls and office space. - Ensure all transactions are executed efficiently and aligned with Aldar's commercial objectives. - Advise on documentation for leasing transactions across Aldar's diversified investment portfolio and support the business on all legal aspects of tenant management, renewals, and enforcement. - Draft, review and negotiate property management agreements, facilities management contracts, licences, permits, and service agreements. - Support senior legal team members on large-scale or complex strategic projects, acquisitions, divestments, or group-level structuring initiatives. - Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Commercial, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Insurance, Strategy and Asset Management, coordinating all legal inputs and ensuring smooth execution of transactions. - Provide proactive advice in relation to legal risk mitigation. - Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal processes and templates. - Provide ongoing training to the business as required to ensure efficient use of templates and familiarisation with relevant legal updates. - Experience with hotel and/or school management agreements and franchise agreements preferred. - Provide accurate and timely legal advice to end user departments with a commercial slant. - Appoint external law firms, provide clear legal instructions, manage them throughout transaction negotiations and manage associated external legal spend within budget. - Comply with relevant internal governance documentation. - Research and evaluate different risks regarding business decisions and operations. - Deal with and manage multiple stakeholders (internal and external). - Maintain current knowledge of relevant legal updates and laws. - Co-ordinate, follow up and monitor the progress of active matters. - Prioritise work effectively and efficiently and manage end user Maintain accurate records of advice provided and documents negotiated. expectations. RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE - Min of 10+ years of related experience ideally gained in international law firm and/or large in-house environment. - Min of 2+ Years of managerial position preferred. FIELD OF EXPERIENCE - Experience in transactional real estate matters and asset management - In depth knowledge of UAE legal systems and regulatory frameworks (onshore and ADGM preferred) - Excellent drafting skills & attention to detail - Systematic organizational capability - Ability to deal with multiple internal and external stakeholders - Good time management - Excellent negotiation skills - Excellent communication and relationship management skills - Good team player - Problem solver QUALIFICATION - Law Degree, Bachelors or Post Graduate Diploma in Law - Common Law Qualified

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