Summary
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A senior legal professional is sought to oversee legal and regulatory matters for operations in Egypt. The role provides strategic counsel to senior leadership, covers corporate governance, compliance, commercial contracts and disputes, and includes leading a local legal team while coordinating with regional stakeholders.
Highlights
Senior legal leadership role with strategic exposure to corporate governance, compliance, commercial agreements, regulatory matters, and disputes. The position offers responsibility for mentoring a local legal team and advising senior management on business-critical matters.
Description
Job DescriptionAs a Sr.
Manager Legal – Egypt, you will be responsible for overseeing all legal matters and ensuring that the company complies with the legal and regulatory framework in Egypt.
In this role, you will support both talabat and instashop, providing expert senior counsel that enables business growth while safeguarding compliance and mitigating risks.
Reporting into talabat’s Regional Legal Dept in Dubai, UAE, you will also lead and mentor the local legal team in Egypt, manage external stakeholders, and ensure alignment between legal strategies and business objectives
What's On Your Plate?
● Providing strategic legal guidance to senior management on corporate governance, compliance, commercial contracts, regulatory matters, and litigation/disputes.
● Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, ensuring they align with Egyptian laws and the company’s interests ● Ensuring adherence to Egyptian legal requirements, including corporate, labor, tax, consumer protection and data privacy regulations
● Identifying, assessing and mitigating legal risks, advising on business decisions, and developing practical and commercially sound risk management strategies.
● Managing legal disputes, arbitrations, claims, investigations and settlements to minimize business impact
● Advising on employee contracts, workplace policies, and compliance with labor laws
● Ensuring compliance with corporate governance practices and supporting corporate restructuring, entity management, and Board/shareholder governance activities.
● Leading and mentoring the legal department, ensuring high standards of legal service delivery and professional development
● Managing relationships with external law firms, consultants, and regulatory bodies
● Advising on commercial opportunities and aligning legal strategy with business objectives.
● Partner closely with regional legal, compliance, public affairs, tax, finance, HR, procurement, product, and operations teams to support strategic initiatives and ensure legal alignment across the business.
