88 Head Of Legal jobs in Saudi Arabia

Legal Director/Head of Legal role at Mozn.

About Mozn: Mozn is a rapidly growing technology firm revolutionising the field of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mozn is the trusted AI technology partner for some of the largest government organizations, as well as many large corporations and startups. Mozn is scaling to provide AI-powered products and solutions locally and globally to support the growth of digital innovation.

• Work closely with the Executive team and report to the Group CFO.
• Lead and manage the Legal Department, including mentoring and supervising a team of at least two legal professionals.
• Oversee all legal matters including commercial contracts, employment law, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements including SaaS contracts, licensing, NDAs, and partnership agreements.
• Provide strategic legal counsel to executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi laws and regulations, including labor, commercial, and data protection laws.
• Represent the company in legal proceedings and liaise with external counsel as needed.
• Develop and implement legal policies, procedures, and contract management systems.
• Support corporate structuring, M&A, and investment activities.
• Maintain and update legal documentation and company records.

• Bachelor's degree in law; Master's or legal certification is a plus.
• Minimum 10 years of total legal experience, with at least 5 years in Saudi Arabia.
• Fluency in Arabic and English (spoken and written).
• Proven experience leading a Legal team of 2 or more.
• Strong knowledge of the Saudi legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience in technology, Software or SaaS sectors.
• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS contracts and licensing models is a strong plus.

• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen.
• Excellent negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong ethical standards and integrity.

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Legal
• Industries: Software Development

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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
  • Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
  • Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

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Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
• Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
• Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
• Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
• Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
• Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
• Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
  

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
  
  

• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
  
  

• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
  • Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
  • Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz's contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz's research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. "ability to get things done" avoiding legal "over engineering" while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

This site is intended for a global audience

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Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
• Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
• Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
• Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
• Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
• Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
• Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz's contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz's research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
  

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
  
  

• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. "ability to get things done" avoiding legal "over engineering" while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
  
  

• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Riyadh, ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Job Title :

Corporate - Contract Law Attorney / Corporate - General Attorney in Riyadh, ar Riyad

Job Type : Attorney

Practice Area : Job Tags : Experience Level :

8-10 yrs required

Remote Job :

Job Description :

A reputed firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is looking for a Senior Transactional Lawyer to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled lawyer with 8+ years of experience to join a leading entity in the Kingdom and work with a highly experienced legal team.

The successful candidate will have substantial commercial expertise and should be adept at handling diverse aspects of commercial transactions. As a Senior Transactional Lawyer, you will be responsible for creating transactional and other essential legal documentation while delivering prompt, comprehensive, and top-tier legal support to the business.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, draft, and provide expert legal guidance for various contracts, including Sale and Supply Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, and Confidentiality Agreements
• Create transactional and other essential legal documentation
• Deliver prompt, comprehensive, and top-tier legal support to the business
• Furnish legal support in supply chain matters and beyond
• Provide effective legal advice and guidance on various legal matters

Requirements

• Substantial commercial expertise
• Ability to handle diverse aspects of commercial transactions
• A background of working in Saudi Arabia / the wider Gulf region is not essential but would be highly regarded

Remuneration :

This role offers a competitive salary of c 50- 55,000 SAR per month + benefits + bonus.

If you are an experienced lawyer looking for a new challenge in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Apply now for immediate consideration.

Benefits : Benefits + Bonus

Skills : Negotiating, Drafting, Legal Guidance

Industry : Legal

Posted on : Sep 17, 2023

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Location :

Riyadh, ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Job Title :

Corporate - Contract Law Attorney / Corporate - General Attorney in Riyadh, ar Riyad

Job Type : Attorney

Practice Area : Job Tags : Experience Level :

8-10 yrs required

Remote Job :

Job Description :

A reputed firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is looking for a Senior Transactional Lawyer to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled lawyer with 8+ years of experience to join a leading entity in the Kingdom and work with a highly experienced legal team.

The successful candidate will have substantial commercial expertise and should be adept at handling diverse aspects of commercial transactions. As a Senior Transactional Lawyer, you will be responsible for creating transactional and other essential legal documentation while delivering prompt, comprehensive, and top-tier legal support to the business.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, draft, and provide expert legal guidance for various contracts, including Sale and Supply Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, and Confidentiality Agreements
• Create transactional and other essential legal documentation
• Deliver prompt, comprehensive, and top-tier legal support to the business
• Furnish legal support in supply chain matters and beyond
• Provide effective legal advice and guidance on various legal matters

Requirements

• Substantial commercial expertise
• Ability to handle diverse aspects of commercial transactions
• A background of working in Saudi Arabia / the wider Gulf region is not essential but would be highly regarded

Remuneration :

This role offers a competitive salary of c 50- 55,000 SAR per month + benefits + bonus.

If you are an experienced lawyer looking for a new challenge in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Apply now for immediate consideration.

Benefits : Benefits + Bonus

Skills : Negotiating, Drafting, Legal Guidance

Industry : Legal

Posted on : Sep 17, 2023

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• Contribute to KSA Vision 2030
• Career advancement opportunities

About Our Client

Our client is a fast-growing, high-impact organization focused on delivering a wide range of luxury and infrastructure projects in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030.

Job Description

• Lead and manage the organisation's entire legal function, ensuring effective governance, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Oversee and coordinate with external legal firms through framework agreements.
• Provide legal leadership on complex real estate development projects, including asset management agreements, hotel management agreements (HMAs), and brand licensing.
• Advise on legal structuring, negotiation, and execution of contracts with both government entities and private partners.
• Shape legal approaches in investment and construction projects, ensuring alignment with Saudi regulatory frameworks.
• Operate effectively in a lean legal team, managing priorities with limited internal manpower.
• Support senior leadership in defining legal strategy and decision-making pathways.

The Successful Applicant

• 10-12+ years of legal experience, ideally combining both private practice and in-house roles.
• Must be fluent in Arabic and English.
• Strong legal background in real estate, investments, or hospitality development, with a deep understanding of Saudi legal frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to handle complex legal negotiations and large-scale project agreements.
• Comfortable working in a small, agile legal function with high levels of ownership and autonomy.

What's on Offer

• A dynamic, mission-driven environment with opportunities to grow and shape the legal landscape.
• Opportunity to work alongside senior leadership and contribute to a transformative Vision 2030 project