Legal Specialist

Position Objective:

Provide timely legal support to ensure compliance, resolve legal matters efficiently, and minimize legal and financial risks to the TAWAL projects.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Providing legal advice on Site Lease contractual issues.
• Excellent communication and writing skills with internal and external counterparts.
• Consistently update the database(s) and utilize cases & contracts management tools effectively and efficiently to monitor cases and track contract deadlines and expiration dates.
• Undertaking compliance checks and ensuring that compliance procedures are followed.
• Investigate and assess various risks that may affect corporate operations and choices.
• Keep up to date with any changes to the laws or regulations in jurisdictions that impact the business, and implement, construct, and maintain procedures and documents, as necessary.
• Review and endorse the lease contracts between the company and Landlords.
• Assist Legal in document preparation as requested by the management
• Completing a final review of full document packages for compliance/accuracy prior to sending them out for Tawal's signature.
• Serve as a liaison between the site lease and legal for all documentation package compliance needs.
• Respond to email inquiries regarding contracts from internal departments.
• Prepare forms, support letters, and other documents accurately according to information received from the management.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Real Estate, Law, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years experience in relevant field.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi laws, regulations, and contractual requirements
• Contract review and legal drafting
• Claims, disputes, and legal issue management
• Risk identification and legal/commercial assessment
• Experience with landlord, municipality, permit, and government-related matters
• Strong written and verbal Arabic and English
• Negotiation and stakeholder management
• Ability to prepare formal legal correspondence and notices
• Strong documentation, tracking, and reporting skills
• Ability to manage multiple cases and priorities within agreed timelines
• High level of confidentiality, integrity, and attention to detail
• Good Microsoft Office skills, especially Word and Excel