Title: Legal Manager Dubai, UAE Location: Dubai, DU, AE, 00000
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Legal Manager Dubai
What this position is about – Purpose This position will support the Middle East Cluster, primarily the Nakhla Business and Nakhla Brand Group. This position will provide legal support and seek opportunities for competitive advantage related to the Nakhla rejuvenation plan.
This position will also provide legal support to the Nakhla Brand Group in other JTI markets and collaborate closely with Corporate Affairs, IP, Procurement, SRA, and R&D teams on regulatory advocacy, flavour and ingredient discussions, and global contracts. Moreover, this position will support the local legal team on the day-to-day business and with Ploom launch in UAE in 2025.
What will you do – Responsibilities:
Overview: the primary responsibility is to support the Nakhla Business and Nakhla Brand Group. Currently, Nakhla is present in 31 JTI Markets and the business is planning to expand during 2024 and 2025. Due to the complexity of Nakhla Business, the business team needs a main legal point of contact for the day-to-day work, such as the Nakhla rejuvenation plan (packaging discussions, innovation planning and consumer engagement); product legal registration; development and review of distributor and supplier agreements. The position will work closely with Corporate Affairs, SRA and R&D teams on regulatory advocacy, flavor and ingredient discussions in addition to providing legal support for the reintroduction of Nakhla in the US Market and other JTI Markets.
Collaboration: as required with Nakhla Business team, local M&S team, global functions, MENEAT regional and HQ legal team
Commercial Contracts : Review and draft all sorts of contractual agreements, such as supply, distribution, sales & marketing, confidentiality, construction, services and consulting agreements
Standardized processes for Nakhla Brand Group: Support the local legal team to implement and develop standardized processes to facilitate day-to-day business operations, ensure that all the agreements are available in the CLM System, and provide all the necessary support on the Platform usage
Employment-related matters : Advise and work closely with the Nakhla and M&S teams on all matters, when and as required
Contentious Matters : Assist the Legal Team in the Company's litigation matters in collaboration with the appointed external counsels, especially those related to Nakhla business
Budgeting : Work with the Legal Director and the regional team to ensure that all appointed external legal advisors are competent in law appointed for and all legal costs charged are in line with the allocated budget
Ploom Launch : Work closely with the business to ensure a smooth launch of Ploom in UAE by providing all necessary legal research to ensure that the adopted course of action maximizes business opportunity, whilst mitigating any risks associated
Whom are we looking for – Requirements:
LLB Law of university degree (required) LLM from a common law jurisdiction (desirable) Minimum 5 years of experience with a corporation as " House Counsel" or as an Associate with a top-tier law firm Advanced level of both written and oral English, particularly sufficient level for communicating/handling legal matters. Good level of computer skills Tobacco experience is desirable
What are the next steps in the Recruitment process:
Thank you very much for your interest in the role. You are welcome to apply.
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