Corporate Legal Counsel (Transactions) Holding Company📣 Job Ad

About the Opportunity

A diversified family group, active in real estate development, institutional joint ventures, multi-brand F&B businesses, and international holdings, is seeking a Corporate Legal Counsel (Transactions). This full-time position is based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and is being recruited by Swisslinx Middle East.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to manage transactions from inception to completion with minimal supervision. The successful candidate will be responsible for running deals end-to-end, from term sheet negotiation to signing and completion, maintaining the standards expected of a senior associate at a leading law firm. This position serves as a key deal execution engine for the Group, engaging directly with top-tier opposing counsel.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate the Group’s transaction documents, including joint venture and shareholders’ agreements, share purchase and subscription agreements, development and services agreements, franchise agreements (as franchisor and franchisee), commercially significant leases, NDAs, and term sheets.
• Manage deal execution processes, including transaction checklists, conditions precedent, approvals, signing and completion mechanics, and coordination of counterparties, advisors, and local counsel across various jurisdictions.
• Prepare and maintain negotiation tools such as issues lists, negotiating matrices, change logs, and clause-by-clause comparisons, ensuring consistency of positions across document revisions.
• Handle corporate actions, including capital increases, share swaps and transfers, entity formations and conversions, constitutional documents, and Ministry of Commerce filings.
• Oversee due diligence and information requests, both conducting due diligence on counterparties and responding to requests concerning the Group, covering title, corporate, and regulatory verification.
• Produce and review bilingual documents, ensuring accuracy and consistency between Arabic and English versions, including prevailing-language discipline.
• Identify related-party issues, approval requirements, and regulatory triggers early, routing them for approval prior to signing.
• Supervise and contribute to the development of the Junior Legal Counsel on transaction support.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5–8 years of experience, including strong training from an international law firm or a leading regional practice.
• Proven transactional record within Saudi Arabia, demonstrating expertise in Companies Law mechanics, real estate and development agreements, and commercial/franchise work.
• Exposure to the GCC region is valued.

Essential Skills

• Excellent bilingual Arabic/English drafting capability, with the ability to draft agreements cleanly and simply in either language from scratch.
• Meticulous attention to detail, capable of identifying cross-reference errors, defined-term drift, and numerical inconsistencies, and triple-checking work before submission.
• Demonstrated ability as a self-sufficient deal manager: organized, composed under deadline pressure, and capable of managing several live matters concurrently.

Work Environment

This role operates within a fast-moving and transaction-heavy legal function, providing an opportunity to contribute significantly to the Group's deal execution. The position involves supervising and developing a Junior Legal Counsel.