Job Purpose:

To support the SVP Legal of Logistics by assisting in a range of assignments, including the drafting and negotiating of contracts (NDAs, logistics agreements) and policy documents, corporate housekeeping (board and shareholder resolutions, company records) and administrative matters.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide effective, reliable and user-friendly support, advice and assistance to senior managers within DP World Logistics on legal matters affecting any aspect of DP World Logistics’ business.

Review and draft legal documents relevant for logistics business (NDA, Agency Agreements etc.) ensuring that legal requirements are met within such documents.

Provide effective reporting to the SVP Legal – Global Logistics.

Understand and adhere to DP World’s Code of Conduct Policy.

Promote and demonstrate positive behaviours in harmony with DP World’s values and culture.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

The job holder is required to provide reliable, commercially focused general advice in respect of legal queries or issues that may be raised for the logistics business, in an efficient and effective manner.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

Law Degree from an accredited university.

Qualification to practice law from a recognised legal regulatory body.

Minimum 1 year’s post qualification experience in an internationally recognised law firm and/ or multinational company.  Preferably experience working in the Middle East region

Knowledge of basic corporate and commercial law.  

Commercial awareness and understanding of business needs (including awareness and sensitivity to differing international legal and cultural business practices, and the flexibility to work within different cultural environments).  

Excellent analytical and organisational skills.  

Good communication and inter-personal skills.

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.  

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 108,100 employees from 161 nationalities, spanning 74 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. 

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door. 

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity drive innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW 

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.