Legal Counsel

About this task

Provide strategic legal support across regional business operations, managing legal risks while enabling commercial growth and operational agility. The role focuses on complex technology, ICT, and commercial agreements across the GCC and wider MENA region.

Work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams as a trusted advisor on contractual, regulatory, and compliance matters, ensuring alignment with applicable laws, corporate governance standards, and industry best practices.

Responsibilities:

Contract Management
- Draft, review, and negotiate software licenses, SaaS agreements, cloud infrastructure contracts, reseller agreements, service level agreements, NDAs, and strategic partnership contracts.
- Ensure contracts are legally robust, commercially viable, and aligned with internal governance standards and risk appetite.
- Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including amendments, renewals, and terminations.
- Maintain contract templates and support improvements to contract management systems.

Commercial and Transactional Legal Support
- Provide legal support during the pre-sales and post-sales phases of ICT transactions.
- Collaborate with business development, sales, procurement, and finance teams to structure, negotiate, and close complex commercial deals.
- Lead legal aspects of negotiations with hyperscalers, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, as well as partners and enterprise customers.
- Advise on regulatory considerations and risk mitigation in ICT transactions.

Legal Advisory and Risk Management
- Advise on corporate, commercial, data protection, and regulatory matters relevant to ICT operations in the GCC.
- Monitor legal developments, industry trends, and emerging risks related to ICT, data governance, cybersecurity, and AI.
- Support the implementation of legal policies and governance frameworks.

Stakeholder Engagement and Training
- Act as a legal business partner to sales, product, technical, and operations teams.
- Develop and deliver internal training on contract law, negotiation best practices, confidentiality, and IP management.
- Manage and coordinate with external counsel for complex, jurisdiction-specific, or high-value matters.

Employment type: Full-time.
Location: New Cairo City, Cairo Governorate, Egypt.