INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

The Role

As a Legal Counsel, based in our offices in Riyadh, you will provide legal expertise, working on contract drafting, corporate matters, intellectual property, and real estate.

What you'll be doing

Commercial Contracts:

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including but not limited to distribution agreements, service agreements, retailer agreements, confidentiality agreements, assets purchase agreements, supply agreements, E-commerce agreements, and lease agreements.

• Provide strategic legal advice to internal stakeholders on contract-related risks, obligations and compliance, including liability exposure, termination clauses and dispute resolution mechanisms.

• Ensure that all agreements are aligned with KSA regulatory requirements and laws, including Competition Law, E-Commerce Law and PDPL.

Corporate Governance:

• Assist with entity formation under MISA, MOCI, and other relevant authorities.

• Draft and update Articles of Association/Bylaws, Shareholders and Board Resolutions.

• Ensure proper documentation and submission of changes to company structure (e.g., share transfers, capital increases) and to company management (e.g., GM change, board members replacement).

• Support corporate restructuring, including mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions in line with KSA’s Companies Law.

• Support in implementing corporate governance best practices in line with local laws.

• Draft, review and finalize Powers of Attorney (general and specific) to support business needs, and coordinate with notaries to ensure proper execution and registration.

Regulatory & Compliance Support:

• Advise on KSA legal and regulatory developments impacting the business.

• Ensure compliance with relevant authorities such as MISA, MOC and other governmental bodies.

• Collaborate with internal teams to manage licensing, permits and other regulatory filings as and when needed.

• Collaborate with internal teams to develop and implement policies that align with KSA’s anti-bribery, AML, and anti-corruption frameworks.

General Legal Support:

• Provide day-to-day legal advice to internal teams on operational and commercial matters.

• Assist in dispute resolution, including liaising with external counsel when required.

• Conduct legal research to support decision-making processes.

• Proactively identify potential legal risks and recommend risk mitigation strategies.

What you’ll need to succeed

• You possess at least 2 to 4 years of legal drafting experience in a fast paced environment.
• You have experience in commercial legal drafting.
• You possess a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Law.
• You are a fluent Arabic and English speaker.
• You have a thirst for knowledge, are proactive, and have the ability to self manage.
• You possess strong communication skills.     

What we can offer you  

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality.  We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.  

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.  

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.