Legal Counsel- Corporate & Commercial (Junior Level)

Doha, Qatar

Legal Counsel — Corporate & Commercial (Junior Level)
Doha, Qatar | Full-time, on-site | Immediate start

About the role

Our client is a Qatari corporation operating in a strategic, capital-intensive sector with significant international counterparties. The legal function supports the business end to end: commercial contracting, corporate transactions, regulatory compliance, and workforce matters. This is a junior seat with direct exposure to senior counsel and management from day one. Suitable for a strong recent graduate or a lawyer with up to three years of experience who wants substantive work rather than document review.

What you will do

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements: supply, offtake, distribution, agency, services, EPC and consultancy contracts, NDAs, and MoUs
Support joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, and partnerships with foreign counterparties, including choice-of-law, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution analysis
Advise on cross-border transactions and the conflict-of-laws issues that arise where Qatari law interacts with foreign legal systems
Handle intellectual property matters: trademark and technology licensing, confidentiality and know-how protection, and IP clauses in commercial contracts
Advise the HR function on Qatar Labour Law No. 14 of 2004 and its amendments, MOL procedures, disciplinary and grievance matters, and expatriate employment issues
Support corporate governance: board and committee documentation, resolutions, delegations of authority, and statutory filings
Liaise with ministries, regulators, and external counsel; prepare legal opinions and risk assessments in both Arabic and English

Requirements

0 to 3 years post-qualification experience. Outstanding fresh graduates are encouraged to apply
Bachelor of Laws from Qatar University or an equivalent recognised institution
JD or LLM from Hamad Bin Khalifa University or a comparable common law programme, giving demonstrable grounding in common law contract, commercial, and private international law principles
Native-level Arabic with professional English: must be able to draft, negotiate, and advise in both languages without support
Sound working knowledge of Qatari commercial, civil, and labour legislation
Currently resident in Qatar and able to join immediately. Candidates requiring sponsorship transfer must hold a valid NOC