Job Role— CORPORATE LAWYER Company: Eternell Location: Dubai, UAE Employment Type: Full-time Reporting to: Group CEO / Senior Management Role Overview Eternell is seeking an experienced Corporate Lawyer to manage its legal affairs, protect its commercial interests, and support its healthcare and longevity business operations and acquisitions.
The candidate must have hands-on UAE experience in MOHRE matters, financial and commercial litigation, court proceedings, legal agreements, debt recovery, mediation, and mergers and acquisitions. This role requires active involvement in case follow-up, court visits, negotiations, and transaction execution.
Key Responsibilities 1. MOHRE and Employment Matters - Handle MOHRE complaints, labour disputes, settlement discussions, and related proceedings.
- Draft and review employment contracts, HR policies, warning letters, termination notices, and employee settlements.
- Advise management on disciplinary matters, employee grievances, confidentiality obligations, and employment compliance.
- Coordinate with HR and external advocates on labour court cases, documentation, submissions, and deadlines.
2. Financial Litigation and Court Matters - Manage financial, civil, and commercial disputes, including unpaid dues, contractual breaches, creditor claims, and shareholder disputes.
- Attend court hearings, expert meetings, mediation sessions, and relevant authority appointments; undertake formal representation where legally authorised.
- Coordinate with licensed advocates for proceedings requiring specific rights of audience.
- Prepare case chronologies, supporting evidence, legal briefs, and responses in coordination with external counsel.
- Follow up on filings, hearings, judgments, appeals, and execution proceedings.
- Maintain a litigation tracker covering case status, deadlines, financial exposure, legal costs, and recommended actions.
3. Legal Agreements and Notices - Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, service contracts, supplier agreements, leases, NDAs, consultancy arrangements, and partnership agreements.
- Prepare demand notices, breach notices, termination notices, settlement agreements, undertakings, and formal legal correspondence.
- Identify contractual risks and strengthen provisions relating to payment, liability, indemnities, confidentiality, termination, and dispute resolution.
- Maintain an organised repository of contracts, corporate records, and legal documents.
4. Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Transactions - Support acquisitions of clinics, healthcare businesses, and other strategic investments.
- Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence covering ownership, licences, contracts, liabilities, litigation, employment, and regulatory matters.
- Draft and negotiate LOIs, MOUs, share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, powers of attorney, and board or shareholder resolutions.
- Track conditions precedent, approvals, share transfers, closing deliverables, and post-acquisition obligations.
- Work with finance teams and external advisers to identify undisclosed liabilities and secure appropriate contractual protections.
5. Recoveries, Negotiation and Mediation - Manage recovery of outstanding receivables, contractual payments, advances, and other amounts owed to the company.
- Issue demand letters and negotiate repayment plans, settlements, and payment security.
- Represent the company in settlement and mediation discussions within the scope of applicable authorisation.
- Coordinate enforcement action with external advocates and monitor compliance with agreed settlements.
- Recommend commercially practical resolution strategies based on recovery prospects, costs, and timelines.
6. Corporate Governance and Legal Advisory - Provide practical legal advice to management on business decisions, operational risks, and disputes.
- Support corporate governance, delegated authorities, statutory documentation, and regulatory compliance.
- Coordinate with relevant government departments, notaries, regulators, and external legal advisers.
- Manage external counsel assignments, budgets, and performance.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and promptly elevate materials legal risks.
Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Law; relevant professional qualification or postgraduate degree preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant legal experience , including at least 3 years of hands-on UAE experience .
- Demonstrated experience handling MOHRE matters, commercial or financial disputes, debt recovery, and UAE court procedures.
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and supporting M&A transactions.
- Excellent written and spoken English; Arabic proficiency strongly preferred, particularly for legal documents and authority coordination.
- Candidates must clearly state their professional registration and any current UAE court representation rights.
- Healthcare, clinic, hospital, or regulated-sector experience is an advantage.
- Willingness to travel within the UAE for hearings, authority visits, negotiations, and transaction matters.
Key Competencies Strong legal drafting, commercial judgment, negotiation, attention to detail, confidentiality, and ownership of matters through resolution. The candidate must be able to manage multiple deadlines, work independently, and provide clear, actionable advice to senior management.
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