Legal Officer

About the role

As the Legal Officer, you will responsible for diversified legal issues in relation with authorities "AUTH". Also responsible for the provision of legal advisory services and accurate documentation for legal processes and actions.

Key responsibilities

• Assist Legal Advisor, when required, in revising and editing legal matters
• Review and advice on legal risk factors related to Ministry of Commerce and Industry work.
• Effectively handle staff cases with the Court/Police/DEA (Drugs enforcement authority) and Court. Assist Legal Advisor in drafting and amending Articles of Association (AOA) and Memorandum of Association (MOA).
• Liaise and maintain strong relations with official sectors
• Draft and legalization of Power of Attorneys as per the Ministry of Justice requirements.
• Responsible for renewal of Commercial Registration, Trade license and Establishment Registration and Computer Cards.
• Assist line manager in registering new companies Government/Private/Special Purpose/individual/Sole formation/registration locally and regionally.
• Legalization of documents as per the Local law requirements.
• Perform other department duties related to his/her position as directed by the Head of the Department

About you

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 3 years of job-related experience
• Fluent in English and Arabic with strong writing skills
• Knowledge of local laws and regulations
• Computer literate
• Holding valid Qatar Light Vehicle driving license.
• Familiar with local ministries, embassies, police, courts and public prosecution locations.

Application Guidelines

Employees must submit applications through internal vacancies portal (via GEMS) only.

Please see below for all eligibility and requirements for internal applications and please note that any applications not meeting the criteria will not be processed.

• All internal candidates can only have three active applications at any point in time.
• All internal candidates must have completed a minimum 10 months in their current role in order to apply for a new role
• All internal candidates with an active final warning letter will be automatically disqualified from the recruitment process
• If you are a Deck Crew (Qatar Airways & Qatar Executive) candidate, you would require a NOC to apply for this role.