Recrutement de 01 Legal Counsel

Recrutement de 01 Legal Counsel
Niveau d'études: Non précisé
Expérience: 5 ans
Expire le: 07-11-2022

Maersk Line
Cairo, Egypt
Transports et logistique
Legal Counsel

Full time
EG - Cairo

Opportunité
Maersk is undergoing the largest transformation in the Maersk Group's history and is reshaping itself from a traditional conglomerate to becoming the leading provider of global end-to-end container logistics solutions.

We are looking for an experienced lawyer with proven legal skills as well as a strong commercial and international mindset for a role as Legal Counsel in one of the world’s largest logistics companies.

This position requires to be a proactive business partner for local management and relevant stakeholders while flagging risks with a commercial and pragmatic approach towards problem-solving. This position provides legal support for all Maersk business functions in Egypt, including commercial, finance, tax and government affairs.

We Offer
An exciting career in an international and dynamic environment with continuous professional and personal development.

As part of our team, you will work closely with colleagues across the global Maersk organization to shape the Maersk of tomorrow.

At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs.

We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Key Responsibilities:
Advice and support on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial and procurement contracts and other legal documents.
Monitoring local legislation and informing businesses about its implications.
Managing all Egypt corporate issues internally and externally; drafting and examining the documentation prepared for board meetings, and general assembly meetings.
Supporting Maersk strategic growth projects and investments in Egypt.
Advising on various engagements with governmental authorities in Egypt.
Responsible for engaging and managing of external legal counsels.
Proactively identify and address legal issues in a pragmatic and risk-based fashion.
Provide training to (non-legal) colleagues on relevant topics such as commercial contracting.
Supporting claims team for handling any major litigation/ dispute in Egypt.
Working effectively with other departments and functions such as Finance, Tax, Compliance, etc.

Who we are looking for
The candidate must be Egyptian Law qualified.
Minimum 5 years of relevant legal experience in private practice and/or as in-house counsel, with experience in transportation and logistics will be considered as a strong advantage.
Solid experience with general corporate, regulatory and commercial legal issues.
Experience with drafting and negotiating contracts; drive to understand the commercial context.
Able to hold a position, yet partnering with the business to find solutions to complex issues.
Commercial mind-set, drive to deliver high quality results, high level of integrity.
Effective communicator (able to explain complex legal issues to non-legal people), empathy, personal tact.
Well organised, punctual.
Speaks and writes clearly in Arabic and English.

Informations supplémentaires
Ref. R41533

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 70,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.