Legal Manager
Department of Economic development - Ajman Government
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :19 years, 2 أشهر
• Providing advice to the Director General and the Executive Leadership Team across the range of the Department’s legal interests, risks and obligations.
• Contributing a legality assurance perspective to the Department’s strategic and governance processes, particularly the executive decision-making process.
• Provide accurate and commercially driven legal advice both within the Legal team and to the Business on key legal issues (both local law and international law based) affecting transactions or business structure and further identify risks inherent to projects or transactions and advise strategy thereon.
• Review and report on existing contracts / agreements between DED-Ajman and third parties.
• Provide weekly reports to the Director General with status updates on current matters.
• Draft, review, comment on and negotiate contracts / agreements that the various DED-Ajman business units propose DED-Ajman enters into.
• Provide advice on relevant aspects of general Federal and local commercial, Companies law and legal issues impacting DED-Ajman projects and general procurement activities.
• General interaction with DED-Ajman panel firm members including management of specific tasks / instructions to panel members.
•Provide legal and strategic advice and direction to the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and ensure the organisation complies with applicable laws and regulations associated with its operations to minimize risk and facilitate efficient decision-making by Senior Management.
•Assist the Director of Legal Affairs in the day to-day management of the Legal Affairs Department and report to and confer with the Director of Legal Affairs on all material and strategic issues of any nature in a timely and coherent manner.
•Pre-Contractual
Risk Assessment:
Identifying, managing and mitigating legal and other risks in contracts and other agreements.
Contract Negotiation:
Active participation and overall management of the conduct of contractual and other negotiations.
•Contractual
Legal Contracts:
Draft, review and negotiate contractual and other documents with a view to minimizing legal exposure and risk.
•lead the activities required of an efficient and effective contracts services to ensure the provision of quality suppliers of materials and services for end users, provide input to the tendering, evaluation and negotiation and to ensure contracts comply with policies and regulations set by the Policy and Regulation Sector.
•Responsible for writing up of the general terms and conditions of ADFCA’s contracts, including bids, tenders and direct agreements.
•Negotiate terms of contracts with external parties, ensuring ADFCA’s interests are well represented.
•Draw up any cooperative and purchasing agreements, making sure the agreements are just and clear.
•Ensure all contracts and contractual procedures comply with the policies (rates, rules, regulations) set by the Policy and Regulation Sector.
•Liaise with the procurement section to offer advice on contractual issues and participate in recommending or awarding bids based on the suitability and price of the product.
•Advise ADFCA divisions on contractual rights and obligations, and respond to enquiries regarding specific contracts and acquisition matters.
•Evaluate or monitors contract performance to determine necessity for amendments or extensions of contracts, and compliance to contractual obligations.
•Arbitrates claims or complaints occurring in performance of contracts and approves or rejects requests for deviations from contract specifications.
•Manage and review contract files, notify affected programs and facilities of expiration dates and processes renewals, revisions and requests for discontinuance, as appropriate.
•Lead the review, development and implementation of contract process, policies and procedures.
•Assist bid opening committee and contribute to judicious decision making process.
•Carry out studies to optimise contract numbers cost and future contract strategies. Research, devise and implement optimal work procedures and contract processes. Include exploring and advising management on the development of new contracting options and their applicability to leading cost reduction.
•Coordinate with legal and finance functions and service requester for contractual agreements and/or interpretations.
•Review and verify all submissions to Tender Board and Senior Management pertaining to the outcome of the bids evaluation and recommendations, obtain necessary approvals to float tenders or award contracts and ensure efficient administration of post-award activities until these are concluded satisfactorily.
•Manage & provide legal services, advice and support to all areas in relation to contracts under the responsibility of the company.
•Sourcing and asset management to supervise and manage legal counsel team as part of Legal and oversee the quality of work performed by the team members.
•Negotiate, draft, review and advise upon, all required legal documentation in relation to Contacts matters, including leases (commercial, residential and retail), agreements, property management agreements, development agreements, assignment agreements, settlement agreements, confidentiality agreements and all other related and ancillary documents.
•Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures, review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements in UAE
•Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract management.
•Review and provide legal advice to HR department for appropriate actions have been taken.
•Provide advice in respect of more general commercial matters (including intellectual property, agency, distributorship, franchising, and finance issues) as well as advising on the management and conduct of various contentious matters, also provide advice, as and when required, on construction related matters.
•Develop and implement strategies to achieve the targeted levels of volumes and revenues.
•Review existing and proposed policies amendments from a legal and risk management perspective while assessing compliance and synergy with other policies and laws and provide advice and recommendation.
•Approve or recommend products/ services and associated waivers to ensure timely delivery of customer service.
•Plan and manage in an ongoing way the performance plans/ projects/ budget to achieve the agreed unit objectives.
•Manage and develop the team and individual staff to ensure required levels of competence, productivity and staff motivation.
lawyer certificate from Institute of Training and Judicial Studies-Abu Dhabi 2011
