Legal Counsel

1 week ago

Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia Informa Markets Full time
Company Description

What We Do
We've here for awe-inspiring events. We're here to build communities around common goals and multi-industry expertise. We're here for digital experiences that will change how you see the world.

And we're here for the future:
for new generations, new ideas, and limitless possibilities.

Tahaluf is rewriting the events playbook. Its purpose is transformative, its DNA digital, and its ambition unprecedented - capturing the pioneering spirit of Vision 2030.

Job Description:

The Role


The Legal Counsel will be responsible providing high-quality and effective day-to-day legal support to Tahaluf, ensuring governance and operational activities remain compliant with all applicable laws, regulations and policies.

A trusted partner to the Tahaluf leadership team, you will advise on the key legal risks facing the business and work to develop practical, commercially-minded solutions to these.


Key Responsibilities

  • Providing expert legal counsel and guidance on a diverse range of legal issues
  • Collaborating with management to develop and implement a legal strategy for Tahaluf that compliments business objectives and ensures compliance with KSA law and internal company policies
  • Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and other legal documents (including event venue contracts, customer terms and conditions, supply agreements spanning the supply chain, marketing agreements, data processing agreements, licensing agreements, confidentiality agreements, procurement RFPs with associated terms and collaboration agreements)
  • Conducting legal research and analysis to support stakeholder decisionmaking and the identification and mitigation of potential risks/liabilities
  • Managing litigation matters, including disputes and legal claims
  • Engagement with colleagues from all areas of the business (both customerfacing and support) and external stakeholders, including representing Tahaluf in front of governmental authorities, regulatory bodies and industry associations
  • Working with Group Compliance, Data Privacy and others functions on compliance, privacy and other governance/internal audit matters, covering issues such as antibribery and corruption, health and safety and trade sanctions
  • Working with Company Secretarial to ensure the Tahaluf company constitutional documents remain uptodate and in compliance with KSA legislation
  • Liaising with external legal counsel to obtain specialist legal advice and support as required

Qualifications:

Minimum Education Level

  • Qualified lawyer
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent

Background Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

  • At least 5 years postqualification experience
  • Arabic and English language skills both essential
  • Motivated, selfstarter mindset and approach
  • Prior experience of building effective working relationships with clients in a business essential
  • Prior inhouse experience and/or experience within the events industry desirable but not essential
Additional Information

Core Benefits:

Medical Insurance for individual and family

Annual leave - 25 days

Manager and above, School fees contribution, 40,000 SAR per child per year, up to a max of three children

Wellbeing Benefits

Light Sundays - no meetings / self-development focus

Working anywhere - 1 month every year

Additional Expat Benefits Only:

Paid visa costs - individual and family up to a max of three children

Paid flight to KSA - individual only

Relocation costs to cover a hotel room - up to 60 days (single / family room), & Excess baggage allowance of up to SAR 2500

Cost of an Annual trip home - economy class - individual only

On leaving the company - paid flight home for you and end of service gratuity payment (if applicable)

Additional Benefits where the Saudi National is relocating within KSA Only:
Paid flight to KSA - individual only

Relocation costs to cover a hotel room - up to 60 days (single / family room), & Excess baggage allowance of up to SAR 1500

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