Legal Director - Real Estate Development

About the role

Majid Al Futtaim is looking for a Legal Director for its real estate development business in Egypt. As the most senior in-country legal role, the Legal Director leads and is fully accountable for the legal function, defines and executes Egypt's legal strategy, builds and leads the local legal team, and acts as a trusted strategic advisor to the Egypt leadership team. The role reports directly to the VP, Legal - Development.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the legal function and advise leadership on complex legal, commercial and regulatory matters to protect the business from legal, financial and reputational risks.
• Define and execute Egypt's legal strategy, proactively identifying, assessing and mitigating legal and business risks.
• Build, lead and develop the legal team, and manage the legal budget and external legal counsel spend.
• Oversee the drafting, negotiation and governance of high-value contracts, and standardize legal templates, policies and playbooks.
• Direct external law firms, litigation, disputes and regulatory matters, and oversee the legal aspects of the real estate development lifecycle, construction, corporate matters, contracts, settlements and litigation.
• Ensure compliance, governance and corporate controls across all legal activities.

Required profile

• 12-15+ years of legal experience in Egypt, with deep expertise in real estate, construction, corporate, commercial and regulatory matters.
• Bilingual Arabic and English, with strong leadership, stakeholder management, negotiation, risk assessment and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to own the legal budget and external legal spend and to lead both the in-country legal team and external counsel.