Legal Director (Emiratisation)

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 16,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

Acts as trusted partner to business executives as well as external parties such as regulators, external counsel and public authorities. Responsible for ensuring that the legal service provided by the in-house legal counsels working in his/her team is of high quality, efficient and aligned with the business objectives and strategy of the company.

- Developing and implementing the legal strategy and policies for the company in alignment with the business goals and vision.
- Providing strategic legal advice and guidance to the executive team and other key stakeholders on various commercial matters, such as contracts, transactions, disputes, compliance, and risk management.
- Overseeing and supervising the work of the Team/ in-house counsels, ensuring high-quality and efficient legal support.
- Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with the management, partners and other stakeholders.
- Liaising and negotiating with external parties, such as customers, suppliers, regulators, external counsel, and public authorities, representing and protecting the interests of the company.
- Ensuring the compliance of the company with the relevant laws and regulations.
- Keeping abreast of the latest developments and trends in the industry and the legal profession.
- Oversee all legal matters under his/her responsibility, including contracts, litigation, and regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate with external counsel as needed to address complex legal issues.
- Develop and implement the legal strategy and policies for the company.
- Manage and develop his/her in-house legal team, ensuring high- quality legal support.
- Mentor the in-house legal counsel and other legal staff in his/her team.
- Allocate and monitor the workload and performance of his/her team.

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