Legal Counsel and Board Executive Secretary

4 weeks ago

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Rawaj - Human Capital Management Full time

The Legal Counsel & Board Executive Secretary is a key contributor to the overall success of the organization and requires strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain an environment aligned with the organization’s key values.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.
- Liaise with external regulators and advisers such as lawyers and auditors.
- Responsible for corporate disclosure and compliance with MOCI Company laws, reporting and compliance.
- Taking an active role and provide valuable input to the management decisions related to sharing issues, mergers, and takeovers.
- Monitoring corporate governance and other developments that the board and/or its committees need to know and taking the steps necessary to comply with changing regulatory and other requirements.
- Accountable for the legal advice and opinions provided to other departments, and other legal services as necessary, for the effective conduct of the company's business within the applicable legislative framework.
- Accountable as legal advisor to all areas of the company. This includes matters relating to contracts, statutory interpretation, advice on business/policy issues and regulatory issues. Oversee legal defenses on behalf of the company in contractual matters.
- Provide legal and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.
- Advising the Board on its roles and responsibilities and maintaining key corporate documents and records.
- Managing the process pertaining to the annual general meetings (AGMs) including drafting agendas, convening and service AGMs, take minutes, draft resolutions, and lodge required forms and annual returns with appropriate departments.
- Preparing agendas for board and committee meetings and also, reviewing, preparing, and distributing board materials containing substantial background information to assist with board and committee meeting preparation.
- Ensure policies, regulatory, or statutory changes that might affect the organization are up to date and approved by the committee.
- Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries.
- Facilitate board and committee activities and board communications including but not limited to handling correspondence, collating information, writing reports, and communicating decisions to relevant company stakeholders.
- Managing all board and committee meeting logistics, attend and record minutes of all board and committee meetings, while being mindful of privacy and confidentiality concerns.
- Maintaining records of the materials provided to the board and its committees to substantiate that directors are given appropriate information on which to base decisions.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree in **Law** or equivalent.
- A minimum of **10 years **of** **experience in practicing law, providing input on a wide range of corporate documents and issues
- Strong understanding of corporate governance, legal and regulatory requirements, and risk management.
- Capability of positively influencing executive management, and the Board of Directors as well as influential external stakeholders and operating with the highest level of integrity and business ethics.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Strong administrative skills and an aptitude for using IT software
- Ability to plan and manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
- Familiarity with the local business environment and cultural context in which the company operates.

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