Counsel

4 months ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates General Motors Full time

**Job Description**:
As the **Legal Counsel **, you will provide timely, innovative and commercially focused legal counsel to GM business units located in the Middle East. The role will advise Management teams on significant matters and projects, day to day operations, including contractual, sales and marketing, IP, customer protection, data privacy, etc. matters. You will be responsible for the appropriate identification, evaluation, consideration and balancing of risks and opportunities in decision-making. You will also drive the protection and advancement of company objectives in line with GM’s legal, ethical, safety, policy and risk considerations.

This is a regional role where you will report to the Lead Counsel, GM Africa and Middle East and be required to partner with multiple stakeholders across a variety of locations.

**Knowledge/Education**:

- Bachelor of Laws
- Extensive experience (3-5 pqe) working in-house in a multinational corporation and/or a reputable legal firm
- Sound understanding of business issues of dedicated client groups
- Good grasp of industry best practice is essential
- Detailed and comprehensive knowledge of UAE laws and the ability to develop knowledge of legal frameworks in countries overseen
- Extensive experience working across full range of legal issues including contracts, IP, antitrust, consumer protection, corporate governance, sales and marketing, HR, product liability
- Good understanding and experience advising on ethical, safety, policy and risk requirements

**About GM**:
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

**Why Join Us**:
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

**Diversity Information**:
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Statement **:


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