Position: Legal CounselLocation: Dubai, UAEType of Contract: 7 - month Temp Contract, Starting March 1st, 2024The Role:The Legal team for our Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) business unit, headquartered in Dubai, UAE, and part of the International segment, is looking for a Temporary Legal Counsel to provide broad-based legal support for seven months, starting March 1st, 2024.Reporting to the Regional Chief Counsel, the Legal Counsel will be a member of the General Mills\' Law Department and the growing GEMs business. The Legal Counsel will partner with, and provide focused, holistic and strategic legal guidance to the GEMs business on a variety of legal issues, with input and coordination from members of the International legal team, as well as other members of the Law Department, including its centers of excellence. Providing hands-on support on distribution and franchise agreements in multiple countries in the world will be an integral part of this fast-paced role.Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing, drafting and managing a wide range of commercial agreements, including Distribution, Franchise, Sourcing and Marketing agreements.
• Working closely with our GEMs business teams to summarize and communicate legal concepts clearly and effectively and help them synthesize legal frameworks in developing their business strategies.
• Advising on relevant legal contexts, issues and risks, approval processes, and company policies and procedures.
• Contributing to regional and global Law Department initiatives, including projects aimed at streamlining processes, coordinating training and developing and sharing best practices.

Specific Areas of Practice include:

• General business, corporate and commercial law
• Expertise in distribution, agency and franchise agreements is essential
• Some Data Privacy law, Trademark Law and Competition Law knowledge is a plus

Required Skills/Experience:

• University Law Degree (Common Law Country preferred)
• 6-8 years post qualified experience, including at least 2-3 year's in-house experience preferably in FMCG or related field

• Strong grounding in contract and commercial law, particularly in the field of distribution / agency /franchise agreements
• A trusted business partner, capable of building strong working relationships with all business functions
• Acts with a high level of autonomy and strong sense of personal responsibility, but also a team player with the flexibility and agility to work in cross functional teams, assist colleagues in the region and liaise with Law Department Centers of Excellence (including Trademarks, Patents, Data Privacy, Corporate Secretarial and HR)
• Able to cope with, and prioritize, a demanding and rapidly changing workload often to tight deadlines
• Able to own, and develop commonsense business solutions to, legal problems
• Unquestionable integrity
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent command of English

NTS Group