Associate Legal Counsel

Job description

Description

Are you passionate about playing a vital role in helping to build the Company's business while protecting its assets? Do you love challenges and would like the experience to become a corporate attorney and provide advice on a breadth of legal topics to the business?
You will assure its compliance with the myriad of laws and regulations that affect a multinational corporation.

What will I do?

As an attorney with Procter & Gamble, your responsibilities would typically include front line responsibilities for the legal affairs of one of the business units, or in one of its legal specialty areas such as labor and employment law. Depending on assignment, it is likely to mean being responsible for negotiating contract issues, negotiating with governmental and non-governmental agencies, managing litigation, working on an acquisition or divestiture, and coordinating with other key functions in the Company on highly-publicized issues. In short, P&G lawyers work in a meaningful, hands-on environment that requires a sound base of knowledge and outstanding analytical skills.

What we offer you:

·  ResponsibilitiesfromDay1– You will start of working on real project from the beginning. Over time, as you expand your impact on the business, your responsibility and ownership will quickly grow.

·  Recognizedstateoftheartlegalskills– We will constantly help you improve your knowledge and management abilities.
·  Continuouscoaching&mentorship– We are passionate about our work. We will make sure you receive both formal training and as regular- mentorship from your manager and others.
·  Dynamicandsupportiveworkenvironment– We live our Purpose, Values, and Principles daily. We value every individual and encourage initiatives promoting agility and work/life balance.

Your Role

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Drafting, reviewing and advising on various types of contracts in various areas of law, including employment contracts, distribution contracts, alliance agreements, supply agreements, media contracts…

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Liaising with outside counsel on litigation.

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Handling and advising on corporate matters.

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Preparing and drafting correspondence to internal and external organizations

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Perform other related duties, tasks and responsibilities as required from time to time

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Conduct legal due diligence in support of Company policies

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Advise business clients on the legal issues and risks, complex deal structures, approval processes, company policies and procedures

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Advising on claims proposed for products and advertising

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Respond promptly to legal requests from Sales, Customer Business Development, Marketing and other clients, summarizing and communicating effectively legal concepts that business people can use

Qualifications

what we are looking for

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Applicants should have one to three years of relevant legal experience (PQE), whether in a law practice, as in-house counsel

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practical and creative problem-solving skills, and ability
to leverage sound base of knowledge to work in a challenging, hands-on
environment.

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Well-rounded with leadership skills, vision and energy

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Ability to work independently but collaboratively with
other attorneys and internal business partners..

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Flexible in handling a wide variety of responsibilities
and competing priorities with accuracy and attention to detail, with strong
ability and initiative, self-drive and pro-activeness to set priorities and
meet deadlines.

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Excellent command of the English and Arabic language with
excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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Excellent legal and internet research skills.

About Us

We offer meaningful challenges from day one and effective and constant training. Thus, we bring to bear the strengths of our employees and develop them to become phenomenal leaders. In addition, diversity is very important for us: we seek the most diverse talent so that we always know how to innovate to exceed the expectations of our 5 billion consumers in the world. Therefore, working with us is the best opportunity to do what you love, with constant challenges and to be recognized for its results. More than that, it's the ideal opportunity to help us touch and improve billions of lives in our world.
For over 180 years, we have built some of the world’s most successful brands, including Ariel®, Tide®, Pantene®, Pampers®, and Gillette®. We believe in serving the consumer and ensuring our organization, talent and brand building reflects the diversity and needs of the approximate 5 billion people around the world we serve through our brands. We value leadership as well as deep understanding and offer fulfilling career opportunities that make us an unbeatable force in our industry.

Just so you know:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. You can work with us without regard to color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, age, marital status or any other legally protected factor.

Job locations:
Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Job Type: Full-time Req No: IME00000665