Saudi Arabia Job Openings
NOKIA
Lead Counsel, Saudi Arabia
FULL TIME
September 23, 2024
Reporting to the Managing Counsel CNS MEA, the job holder will be working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and will be expected to engage confidently and effectively with senior CNS stakeholders in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries as advised. The job holder will provide dedicated specialist legal and commercial advice and expertise to the local legal entity and all relevant CNS functions (including CNS Sales and Presales functions). They will act as a trusted advisor to CNS Sales Leaders to ensure informed business decisions are made to support commercial opportunities whilst always ensuring legal compliance is adhered and business risks are effectively mitigated.
The Lead Counsel is responsible for:
Principal Accountabilities
Corporate and Commercial Support:
Litigation, Compliance and Reporting:
Leadership Capabilities
- providing commercial legal advice and expertise as well as leading and managing legal, contractual and regulatory risks of the Cloud & Network Services Business Group in all respects in the region
- ensuring robust corporate and functional governance is in place for internal compliance
- providing a high professional standard of legal support to CNS leaders in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Middle East countries where required through the application of excellent counselling, drafting and negotiation skills
- providing pragmatic and strategic advice and support to CNS business partners taking a leading role in problem-solving and decision-making in all areas of the business, and consistently working to minimize and manage commercial and legal risks
Principal Accountabilities
Corporate and Commercial Support:
- Draft, negotiate and review contractual documentation for CNS and develop where applicable standard formats, to ensure that Nokia’s interests are legal, valid, binding, enforceable and adequately protected
- Provide legal advice on corporate governance and regulatory matters and liaise with global legal & compliance functions and external legal counsel in this area
- Ensure contracts are renewed as and when necessary and terminated as applicable Provide active support to the Nokia legal entities on company secretarial matters, compliance, corporate governance, appropriate legal advice and opinion on legal and regulatory issues.
Litigation, Compliance and Reporting:
- Ensure the provision of legal support
- Liaising with external Legal counsel
- Update and manage the Litigation Legal tracker
- Review Litigation Processes
- Drive for continuous improvement in the control environment (ABAC - Anti Bribery and Corruption, Code of Conduct, Local Legislations and Company Policies) including delivering training sessions, following up on execution and managing all related reporting tasks Support on trade compliance topics in liaison with Nokia Global Trade Compliance
Leadership Capabilities
- Ability to identify and engage internal and external stakeholders to deliver Nokia strategy
- Ability to engage and communicate at all levels in a clear and coherent manner
- Strong influencing and problem-solving skills; with the ability to work with peers and senior management, inspiring trust and confidence.
- Capacity to explain highly complicated and technical issues and concepts including identification of relevant business considerations for decision making purposes
- Ability to understand the needs of the business and express them clearly, concisely and effectively
You have:
Working Relationship
Internal:
- Professional legal qualifications and practical commercial legal experience of not less than 7 years
- Working experience in Middle East & Africa
- Working experience in telecom, information and communication technology
- Working knowledge of commercial, employment, corporate Law, company secretarial management, and commercial Litigations (and case management), contract management, compliance and anti-trust law
- Experience in dealing with government contracts and regulatory authorities
- High degree of business partnering
- Good commercial judgment
- Effective negotiation skills
- Strong inter-personal, oral and written communication skills.
- Appropriate level of maturity to provide credibility at senior levels externally and internally
- Proven people/teams management capabilities Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic and familiarity with legal documentation in English and Arabic languages
Working Relationship
Internal:
- Area and global Legal and Corporate Affairs teams
- Senior stakeholders and functional leadership teams of local entity
- Other local functions’ members
- Global functions
- External counsels
- Government Authorities, where relevant
- Professional Bodies and Organizations
- Regulators, where relevant
Come create the technology that helps the world act together
Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work
What we offer
Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.
Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer
Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:
At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.
Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work
What we offer
Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.
Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer
Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:
- One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
- Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.
Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.
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