Teneo is looking for an experienced Legal Counsel based in Dubai to support our global legal team as part of our expanding and evolving operations across its Strategy & Communications, Consulting, Financial Advisory, Risk Advisory and People Advisory businesses, in addition to supporting our corporate functions.
This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with Teneo’s global legal team based in London and the US. This role will report to the Deputy General Counsel based in Washington, DC.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, commercially minded and collaborative lawyer with inhouse legal experience. You will bring intellectual curiosity, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a small, supportive team.
This role is based in Dubai, but the successful applicant must be eligible and willing to obtain and maintain dual employment in Saudi Arabia. Travel will be required to our Riyadh office.
Key Responsibilities- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, with a diverse range of clients including professional services agreements, data processing agreements, vendor supply agreements, confidentiality agreements
- Assist with updating and creating template documents
- Collaborate closely with the global legal team to ensure legal practices are aligned and consistent across the organisation
- Respond to day-to-day enquiries from internal clients and external counterparties, providing commercially minded advice
- Monitor changes in relevant laws and regulations across the region to ensure our ongoing compliance
- Document legal know-how and contribute to internal knowledge sharing initiatives.
- Understand data protection laws and support on data protection initiatives and governance processes
- Support the development improvement of processes and, policies as needed, to meet legal and regulatory requirements, industry standards and best practices
- Assist with corporate matters as required, including group reorganisations, incorporation of new group entities, company secretarial work, and related powers of attorney, notarisation and apostille processes
- Qualified lawyer with around 5 years’ PQE (guideline), including in-house experience in a multinational business
- Experience drafting and negotiating contracts in the UAE and/or Middle East region and of working across a variety of commercial contracts including government contracts
- Comfortable taking a hands-on approach across the full range of legal tasks in a lean team environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain legal principles to non- legal colleagues at all levels in the business and build effective stakeholder relationships
- Organised, with the ability to prioritise competing workloads and tight deadlines
- Practical and solutions oriented, with the ability to balance legal risks and business needs
- Able to manage a varied workload independently, with support from experienced senior counsel as needed
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
- Proficiency in additional languages such as Arabic, French, German, Spanish, or Mandarin is advantageous.
- Experience within another consulting or professional service firm
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Self-starter confident in using their own initiative to work as part of an effective team
New joiners are supported by induction programmes, and continuous development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and personal development support.
Our face-to-face learning is supported by some 100 modules of e-learning available on our internal knowledge management system.
Given our client base you’ll be working on career-defining (and often news-worthy) work that is exciting, rewarding and one where you can make a real impact to high profile projects.
Company Benefits- Competitive salary (depending on experience)
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Discretionary annual salary review
- Private medical insurance for employees and dependents
- Participation in the Company’s Group Life Assurance Scheme
- 25 days’ paid holiday leave, plus national holidays observed in Saudi Arabia
- Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
- Flexible working with office laptop provided
- 10 days remote working abroad per year
Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.
Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.
Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.
The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world.
Skills Required
- Qualified lawyer with around 5 years' PQE
- In-house legal experience in a multinational business
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in the UAE and/or Middle East, including government contracts
- Eligible and willing to obtain and maintain dual employment in Saudi Arabia
- Willingness to travel to Riyadh office
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Understanding of data protection laws and ability to support data protection initiatives and governance
- Ability to manage corporate matters including incorporations, reorganisations, company secretarial, powers of attorney, notarisation and apostille processes
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to explain legal principles to non-legal colleagues and build stakeholder relationships
- Organised, able to prioritise competing workloads and meet tight deadlines
- Proficiency in additional languages such as Arabic, French, German, Spanish, or Mandarin
- Experience within another consulting or professional services firm
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and act as a self-starter
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives are described as meaningful, with performance bonuses that can materially lift total compensation when targets are met. Bonus potential is seen as a bright spot that can offset lighter base pay.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Compensation progression is aided by clear salary ladders and frequent promotion cycles in some groups. These structures can make earnings growth feel more predictable.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave policies include flexible time off alongside a hybrid model that enables some autonomy over schedules. This breadth provides optionality for time away while maintaining in‑office collaboration expectations.
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What We Do
Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future. Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations. Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I. The firm has more than 1,500 employees located in 40 offices around the world.
