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Legal & Contract Manager MEA

Harmattan AI· Operations
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UAEFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Commercially minded in-house Legal Counsel focused on Arabic-speaking markets, supporting Sales and cross-functional teams in Abu Dhabi with expertise in defence, regulated technology, and export controls.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review and negotiate customer, partnership, supply and procurement agreements, including defence-procurement documentation among others
  • Support complex negotiations with defence ministries, armed forces, public-sector bodies and industrial partners
  • Build scalable contracting standards, playbooks and approval processes
  • Advise on legal and regulatory issues around autonomous and AI-enabled defence systems
  • Work with the General Counsel on export-control, sanctions and trade-compliance matters
  • Advise on AI, data, cybersecurity and IP issues as they affect the business
  • Support entity governance, board documentation and statutory filings across Arabic-speaking markets
  • Support employment matters alongside the People team and external counsel
  • Manage disputes and pre-litigation matters with a focus on early risk assessment
  • Act as principal legal advisor for expansion across Arabic-speaking markets
  • Coordinate external local counsel and manage legal spend
  • Help build the legal processes and templates that let the business scale

Qualifications

  • Qualified attorney or in-house legal counsel with ~5 years' relevant experience across a law firm and in-house/tech or defence environment
  • Native-level Arabic and fluent professional English
  • Strong track record drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts
  • Solid grounding in contract and corporate law
  • Genuine interest in defence, dual-use tech, AI or other regulated sectors
  • Comfortable with senior stakeholders and fast-moving, high-stakes work
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain any security clearance or authorization required for the role, subject to applicable law
  • LL.M. from a US or UK institution, or exposure to defence/public-procurement/export-control matters, is a plus

Skills

Required:Contract drafting and negotiationRegulatory compliance (export-control, sanctions, trade-compliance)Arabic language proficiencyStakeholder management
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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