Senior Legal Analyst

**Position Summary**:
To assist the Legal Counsel in all legal affairs of KAPSARC, including but not limited to corporate governance, meetings of the Board of Trustees and International Advisory Council, legal entity management, employment-related matters, and other transactions like contract administration, intellectual property management, and other day-to-day legal activities, in order to ensure adherence to legal and regulatory provisions and protection of KAPSARC’s rights.
- **Major Accountabilities**:
**Litigation and Regulatory Management**
- Execute all litigation and dispute resolution activities against KAPSARC including the collection and review of all litigation related documents, providing the recommendation to the Legal Counsel whether the case could be settled outside the court or not, and supporting the external counsel as needed, to support the protection of KAPSARC’s interests.
- Draft and review legal documents in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring that they are compliant with internal standards and legal and regulatory requirements.
- Keep abreast of the changes related to KSA laws and regulations, monitor legal publications, and study the new trends related to legal practices that directly affect KAPSARC, in order to report their impact on KAPSARC’s business.
- Report legal breaches and follow up with concerned stakeholders to ensure legal-related matters are resolved in alignment with KAPSARC´s interests and obligations (e.g., conflict of interest, etc.).

**Contracts and Legal Risk Management**
- Review contracts and provide suggestions from a legal perspective to KAPSARC’s internal stakeholders, in order to ensure that contracts are compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
- Identify and communicate up-to-date regulatory requirements for inclusion in the company related contracts, in order to ensure that KAPSARC’s stakeholders are aware about applicable laws and regulations.
- Participate in legal and business due diligence process for asset purchases and other opportunities, in order to protect KAPSARC’s rights.
- Analyse and identify potential KAPSARC´s legal threats, risks, and issues, in order to support the Legal Counsel in managing legal risks, minimizing their occurrence, and protecting KAPSARC’s interests and image.

**Legal Policies and Procedures**
- Implement legal monitoring systems to ensure adequate legal support is provided in all areas of corporate governance from compliance, code of conduct, whistleblowing, record retention, transactional and other matters, in addition to reporting any actions that might interfere with the operations of KAPSARC.

**Policies, Systems, Processes and Procedures**
- Adhere to all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

**Reporting**
- Analyze the information and prepare reports and dashboards in a timely and accurate manner to meet the requirements, policies, and quality standards.

**Related Assignments**
- Perform any other duties which the organization may require to be carried out.

Provide the needed assistance and guidance to the younger staff.
- **Recommended Qualifications and Years of Experience**:

- Bachelor´s degree in Law, Corporate Law, with 2-5 years of relevant experience

Experience in legal advisory, drafting and contracting, negotiation and litigations, legal laws, regulations, corporate governance, legislations as well as alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, Intellectual property law, policies and procedures.