Litigation Counsel

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About the job

Job Responsibilities

The Litigation Counsel will be expected to:

-Handle all aspects of litigation, from the initial claim through trial, including pleadings, motions, preparing and responding to depositions, mediations, and all aspects of trial practice.
-Provide timely, accurate and pertinent legal advice to internal clients from diverse backgrounds while working cross-functionally with other departments.

-Be able to submit claims to various regulators, including but limited to, courts, police and all other regulators.
-Render complex legal issues intelligible to non-lawyers, to enable them to assess the strengths and risks of their particular case, while prioritizing commercially-minded solutions.
-Work closely with and support colleagues within Legal Department in a wide variety of contexts.

Candidate Requirements

To be considered for this position, the following attributes are essential:

-Unimpeachable integrity, a strong commitment to ethical practice and an unwavering focus on client service.
-2 to 5 years working as a litigation lawyer in a highly reputable private firm or large international company.
-Fluent Arabic language skills, including the ability to draft and review memoranda, pleadings and other legal documents in Arabic.
-Diligent, self-starting and able to carry out projects to completion on schedule with minimal handholding.
-Highly computer literate, particularly with regard to word processing and online research
-Must be Saudi National Citizen