Group Legal Affairs Manager

IPF HR Consulting

Bahrain

Ref: GP070-416

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

- Review and provide legal advice, and prepare opinions on legal questions arising in the course of business and ensure adherence to legality in business activity and protect its legal interests.
- Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken.
- Provide and interpret legal information to the Management.
- Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contracts, Agreements & MOUs.
- Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.
- Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures.
- Review ongoing cases and advice management accordingly, arrange monthly report for the same.
- Review progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with the licensed attorney.
- Represent company in mediation, arbitration, and other state and public organizations in the process of considering legal issues.
- Maintain the company’s records before the ministry of industry and commerce, chamber of commerce, and other competent authorities.
- Provide leadership and ensure efficient and effective management of staff and resources in the Legal department.
- Provides methodical management of legal work for the company, to provide legal assistance to Departments in claims, preparation and transmission of the necessary materials to judicial and arbitral bodies.
- Writes and maintains all kinds of Agreements, Contracts & MOUs requested by Partners and Divisions.
- Follows up all the cases filed by or against us & its Partners and agrees with local advocatory offices to draft pleadings and defense memorandums.
- Reviews documents and agreement papers for all major sales deals in coordination with the Divisional GM’s, Group Credit Controller prior to MD approval.
- Follows up all the new laws, judicial and constitutional procedurals related to the Partners and Divisions and keeping them aware and inform on such changes.
- Follows up all current Commercial Registrations & Agency Agreements, registers new Company Commercial registrations in coordination with Legal Dept. staff.
- Coordinate with Credit Control Department for any legal case related to Credit recovery.
- Attend all management meetings
- Handles other related tasks assigned by the Directors/Partners.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Law from a reputed organizational institute.
- Minimum 8 years of related experience from a reputed commercial organization at Executive Level/responsibilities.

About the Company

IPF HR Consulting WLL is a specialist Staffing Solutions Provider focusing on migrating talent from various Continents and help achieve Nationalization in respective GCC Country. We support our clients in their personnel requirement from Board Members, Senior Management & Mid level Managers for Various Industry verticals.

WITH offices in ABU DHABI, BANGALORE, BAHRAIN, DUBAI & LONDON we reach to source candidates from different parts of the global market through its strong network and highly skilled domain expertise.

We have a strong team of 50+ Principals, Senior Consultants, Consultants and Coordinators catering to clients across GCC to source local talent (within the GCC) and for specific talent best suited from Europe and India.

IPF has experience of 7 years in providing various staffing solutions services to its clientele

OUR EXPERIENCE

IPF has worked with the Who-is-who among the companies in various domains. With our geographic spread and vertical specialization, we have supported our clients with skill-sets in all categories. Our speciality verticals include:

Banking & Financial Services Insurance Automobile IT & Telecom Metallurgy FMCG & Retail Engineering & Technical Pharmaceuticals & Health Care

OUR SERVICES

Executive Search (For Board members and C Level Hiring) Contingency Staffing (For Middle & Senior Management) Advertised Selection (For Middle & Junior management) Nationalization (Hiring of local Nationals) Resume Management (For Volume Recruitment) Interim Management (For Top Management) Volume Hiring (Across Levels for new projects or Expansions)

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