Legal Specialist📣 Job Ad

About the Role

HanmiGlobal Saudi is seeking a Legal Specialist to join its team in a full-time capacity. This role is designed for candidates with 0-1 years of experience, providing an opportunity to contribute legal support across the company's corporate, commercial, contractual, and project-related activities within a dynamic engineering and project management environment.

Role Context and Objectives

The Legal Specialist will ensure compliance with applicable Saudi laws, regulations, and company policies. The position involves working closely with management, project teams, procurement, finance, HR, consultants, contractors, and external legal advisors. Key objectives include identifying legal risks, reviewing and managing contracts, supporting negotiations, and providing practical legal guidance throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate contracts, agreements, amendments, and related legal documents.
• Provide legal advice on commercial and contractual matters affecting company operations and projects.
• Review consultant, contractor, supplier, subcontractor, and client agreements, identifying contractual obligations, liabilities, risks, and potential areas of dispute.
• Support contract negotiations and monitor contractual commitments, notices, claims, variations, and termination provisions.
• Provide legal support to engineering, PMC, infrastructure, and land development projects, including reviewing project correspondence and contractual notices.
• Support project teams in managing contractual disputes, claims, and potential litigation, coordinating with project management and commercial teams on contractual risk matters.
• Support compliance with applicable Saudi laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements, maintaining corporate legal records and documentation.
• Support the preparation and review of powers of attorney, resolutions, authorizations, and corporate documents.
• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and advise management of potential business impacts.
• Identify and assess legal and contractual risks, maintaining legal risk registers and tracking mitigation actions.
• Support the development and implementation of legal policies, procedures, and controls, ensuring confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Coordinate with external counsel on litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other dispute-resolution matters, preparing relevant documentation and tracking legal cases.

Required Experience and Understanding

• A minimum of 0-1 years of experience in a legal role.
• A basic understanding of how a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) operates.

Work Environment and Collaboration

The Legal Specialist will operate within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environment. In this context, the role involves working on behalf of the client to help manage and coordinate projects, while monitoring the performance of contractors, consultants, and other project stakeholders against project requirements and contractual obligations. The specialist will collaborate extensively with senior management, multidisciplinary project teams, external lawyers, consultants, clients, contractors, and government authorities to support informed decision-making.

Application Information

HanmiGlobal Saudi invites qualified candidates to apply for this full-time Legal Specialist position.