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Vice President - Legal Counsel
Job Purpose Provide broad-based legal support to the Aldar Investment business, covering a wide range of real estate, corporate and operational matters across the portfolio. The role will involve advising on and managing real estate and corporate transactions, overseeing leasing, and day‑to‑day operational legal attendances, ensuring compliance, mitigating risk, and supporting the business in achieving its strategic and commercial objectives both within the UAE and internationally.
Roles and Responsibilities- Lead, structure, draft and negotiate a broad range of real estate and corporate transactions, including asset and share deals, M&A, joint ventures, and other strategic investments and partnerships.
- Ensure all transactions are executed efficiently and in alignment with Aldar’s governance and commercial objectives.
- Oversee and advise on documentation for leasing transactions across Aldar’s diversified investment portfolio (commercial, residential, retail, logistics and hospitality).
- Support the business on all legal aspects of tenant management, renewals, and enforcement.
- Draft, review and negotiate property management agreements, facilities management contracts, licences, permits, and service agreements, ensuring operational compliance and efficiency.
- Collaborate with internal teams including Commercial, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Insurance, Strategy and Asset Management, coordinating all legal inputs and ensuring smooth execution of transactions.
- Instruct, manage and supervise external legal counsel on transactional, regulatory and operational matters, ensuring cost control and alignment with internal legal standards.
- Provide proactive advice on legal risk mitigation, ensure compliance with internal policies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of legal processes and templates.
- Support senior legal team members on large‑scale or complex strategic projects, acquisitions, divestments, or group‑level structuring initiatives.
- Minimum 10+ years of related experience preferably gained in an international law firm and/or large in‑house environment.
- Minimum 2+ years in a managerial position.
- Experience in transactional real estate matters and asset management.
- Law degree, bachelor’s.
- In‑depth knowledge of UAE legal systems and regulatory frameworks.
- Good documentation, systematic organizing, time‑management, negotiating, excellent communication and relationship‑management skills.
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