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Regional Head of Legal – Middle East & Africa

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

A leading multinational organization is seeking an experienced Regional Head of Legal to lead its legal function across the Middle East & Africa (MEA). This is a strategic leadership role responsible for providing legal direction, ensuring regulatory compliance, mitigating legal risk, and safeguarding the organization's interests across multiple jurisdictions.

Reporting to the General Counsel, the successful candidate will partner closely with senior business leaders to provide commercially focused legal advice while leading legal operations, governance, compliance, litigation management, intellectual property protection, and regional legal strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Strategy & Governance

Develop and implement the regional legal strategy aligned with business objectives.
Establish and maintain legal policies, standards and governance frameworks.
Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and corporate policies across the region.
Identify legal and regulatory risks and implement effective mitigation strategies.
Provide strategic legal advice to executive leadership on key business initiatives.

Commercial & Corporate Legal

Draft, review, negotiate and manage a broad range of commercial contracts and strategic agreements.
Advise on complex commercial transactions, corporate matters, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
Provide practical legal guidance to business units on contractual, regulatory and operational matters.
Support business expansion, market entry initiatives and corporate restructuring where required.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Oversee litigation, arbitration and other dispute resolution matters.
Manage external legal counsel and monitor litigation strategy and budgets.
Protect the organization's legal interests through proactive dispute management.

Compliance & Risk Management

Develop and implement legal compliance programmes and internal policies.
Ensure adherence to corporate governance principles and ethical business practices.
Support anti-bribery, anti-corruption and regulatory compliance initiatives.
Conduct legal risk assessments and provide recommendations to minimize organizational exposure.

Intellectual Property

Oversee the registration, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Manage trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property matters across the region.

Leadership

Lead, mentor and develop the regional legal team.
Build a high-performing legal function through coaching, succession planning and capability development.
Foster collaboration across Legal, Compliance, HR, Finance, Procurement and Business teams.

Job Details

Posted Date:	2026-07-16
Job Location:	United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Company Industry:	Accounting
Monthly Salary:	US $15,000

Preferred Candidate

Career Level:

Management

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