Role overview
Our client is a well-established Dubai-based holding group with a diversified portfolio of operating companies and investments. The group is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel into its legal function. This is a broad general corporate role covering transactions, joint ventures, governance and the day-to-day legal needs of a group that holds interests across multiple sectors.
Key responsibilities
- Lead legal support on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and group restructurings
- Draft and negotiate shareholder agreements, joint venture documentation and commercial contracts across the portfolio
- Advise on corporate governance, subsidiary management and board and committee matters, including preparation of resolutions and governance documentation
- Support investment activity, including due diligence, transaction structuring and completion mechanics
- Manage relationships with external counsel and control external legal spend
- Advise portfolio and business unit leadership on legal risk in commercial arrangements
- Contribute to group policies, delegations of authority and legal function processes
Candidate profile
- 8+ post-qualification experience in general corporate and M&A work
- Common law qualified, with experience at a respected international or regional practice; in-house experience within a group or holding company structure is an advantage
- Experienced across the corporate life cycle: transactions, governance and ongoing portfolio support
- Commercially minded, with the judgment to advise senior stakeholders directly and concisely
- Comfortable operating with autonomy in a lean legal team
About Meyssa Legal
Meyssa Legal places lawyers across private practice and in-house roles in the UAE, with deep experience in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. We work consultatively with leading firms, in-house teams, and senior counsel across banking and finance, disputes, corporate, regulatory, and TMT.
Our approach prioritises judgment over targets and discretion over volume. We brief every role in confidence, submit only candidates we genuinely believe fit, and treat every conversation as the start of a long-term relationship.
