Key Responsibilities
Commercial Contracts
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, service agreements, vendor agreements, amendments, and other commercial contracts.
- Review commercial terms including pricing, payment terms, liability, indemnity, warranties, termination, IP, confidentiality, and data protection.
- Coordinate contract negotiations between Sales, Delivery, Finance, customers, and vendors.
- Maintain a centralized contract repository and track renewals, obligations, notices, and key contractual dates.
- Ensure appropriate internal approvals and execution of contracts.
Legal & Corporate Matters
- Coordinate day-to-day legal matters across Syscort's entities and jurisdictions.
- Coordinate with external legal counsel, law firms, company secretaries, PROs, and other professional advisors as required.
- Prepare briefs, documentation, background information, and instructions for external counsel.
- Track legal cases, notices, disputes, claims, and ongoing legal matters through to resolution.
- Support corporate documentation, KYC, licenses, registrations, powers of attorney, board/shareholder documentation, and other legal records.
- Coordinate legal support for directors, founders, and management on personal or director-related matters when required, including engaging and coordinating with appropriate external legal counsel.
- Maintain confidentiality and secure records relating to sensitive legal and personal matters.
Commercial & Business Operations
- Work closely with Finance, Sales, Delivery, HR, and Operations to identify and manage contractual and commercial risks.
- Support customer/vendor onboarding and documentation.
- Assist with disputes, payment-related contractual matters, claims, and termination processes.
- Develop and maintain standard contract templates, approval workflows, legal trackers, and SOPs.
- Maintain a calendar of important legal, corporate, contractual, and compliance deadlines.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Commerce, or a related field.
- 3–6 years of experience in commercial contracts, legal operations, contract management, or corporate legal.
- Strong understanding of commercial contracts and contract lifecycle management.
- Ability to review agreements, identify risks, and coordinate negotiations.
- Strong drafting, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience coordinating with external lawyers and professional advisors.
- Good understanding of multi geography commercial practices; international exposure is an advantage.
- High level of discretion when handling confidential corporate, director, and personal legal matters.
Preferred
- LLB/LLM or equivalent legal qualification.
- Experience in a technology, consulting, SaaS, or professional services environment.
- Experience managing contracts across multiple jurisdictions.
- Familiarity with technology contracts, IP, data protection, confidentiality, and professional services agreements.
What You Will Own
- Customer and vendor contract lifecycle
- Contract repository and renewal/obligation tracking
- Commercial risk and legal issue tracking
- External legal counsel coordination
- Corporate legal documentation
- Director/founder legal matter coordination
- Legal and commercial SOPs and processes
- Confidential legal records and documentation
This is a hands-on individual contributor role for someone who can independently manage day-to-day legal and commercial activities while coordinating effectively with management, internal teams, and external legal counsel.
About SYSCORT
Syscort is a global consulting and technology services firm based in the UAE, delivering business transformation solutions across MENA, APAC, UK, US, and Europe. We specialize in Treasury & Risk Consulting, Financial Transformation, Data & Analytics, AI & Automation, and Technology Consulting, helping organizations optimize operations, unlock insights, and build future-ready enterprises.