Senior Legal Executive/Paralegal | Emirates Airline & Group Dubai, UAE

Production Jobs — By editor on June 20, 2011 at 3:00 am

To apply specialised legal qualifications in the handling of routine legal matters, involving research, legal document preparation and correspondence related to litigation, contracts, claims handling, and intellectual property.

To provide legal support and assistance to both the Legal Department and to clients in the Emirates Group which the Legal Department advises on a wide variety of matters.

* Draft and review commercial agreements, to ensure that the company?s best contractual and commercial position is attained.

* Draft, review and proof-read legal documents and correspondence.

* To produce powers of attorney necessary for company outstation management and maintain the Legal Department?s power of attorney register.

* Undertake general legal research and investigation and prepare reports on legal topics and developments of use or interest to the Company.

* Maintain the Legal Department?s library and ensure legal manuals and text books are kept up-to-date as appropriate. Identify and recommend for procurement the necessary legal reference materials.

* Investigate, research and report on the facts and legal issues in various passenger and cargo claims with a view to protecting and securing the legal position of the company.

* Maintain and keep up-to-date the Legal Department?s trademark registration database and liaise with outside counsel on trademark matters under the direction of Legal Support Service Manager.

* Provide support and assistance to Legal Support Services Manager in litigation-related activities.

* Manage projects assigned from time to time, which will require planning and organising on both a short-term and long-term basis depending on project requirements.

* Build and maintain relationships with senior management across the company as well as local/ international law firms and local/ international government departments in order to achieve on going objectives as well as effectively complete projects handled from time to time.