Senior Legal Counsel Qatar Foundation

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary source of legal information and ensure the consistency of advice provided.
• Prepare contracts/agreements and advise on legal matters.
• Guide and complete legal registration process for institutions associated with QF to efficiently incorporate new centers/subsidiaries.
• Advise on matters related to legal compliance with International and Qatari Law and any other applicable law to mitigate the risk of legal action.
• Gather and analyze research data, such as statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, and documents for reference and in efforts to fulfil legal requirement.
• Follow up on legal agreements to ensure that they are properly elaborated and completed, and to respond to any pertinent questions.
• Liaise with and advise centers on legal issues to ensure compliance with applicable legal framework for contracts and agreements.
• Manage the drafting and filing of legal issues, including coordination with contracted external legal counsels.
• Manage contracted external legal counsels in accordance with best practices.
• Coordinate the preparation of summary presentations and documentation for management reviews and presentation to collaborating parties.
• Develop, review, and implement a board governance compliance program and governance documents (e.g. bylaws, charters) while ensuring highest standards in collaboration with the team.
• Support contractual and legal functions in various capacities, as determined by the hiring department.
• Carry out initial research in connection with contractual and legal matters to be discussed at or reported to meetings.
• Prepare reports, summaries and presentations on legal matters as requested.
• Ensure systematic development of decisions related to operations, projects, and entities.
• Ensure all Boards, Committees and Entity Governing Bodies are compliant with the articles of association, bylaws, charters, governance manual and state regulations.
• Perform the hiring department Champion role as assigned by supervisor and in alignment of the approved hiring department's Champions Manual.
• Other reasonable tasks, as assigned by supervisor.