Head - Legal Commercial

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in corporate and commercial law with Real estate law added advantage
• Part of (if not all of) the candidate’s experience must be from an international law firm
  

Skills:

• Excellent skills, knowledge and experience in legal matters pertaining to corporate and commercial law.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in areas such as the UK Companies Act, the UK’s real property laws and/or regulatory enforcement actions.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, along with the ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with others at all levels of ADGM;
• Excellent negotiating skills with both legal and commercial issues;
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent relationships within the RA’s Policy & Legal department and other ADGM authorities and bodies;
• Ability to exercise judgement on the relative importance of competing issues, as part of a multi-disciplinary team including policy specialists, lawyers, supervisors;
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision, including taking the initiative where appropriate; and
• Fluent in business English, including the ability to summaries and present complex issues to audiences unfamiliar with them for their consideration and decision.