EY MENA General Counsel Office - Legal Associate - Riyadh

Location : Riyadh

Other locations : Primary Location Only

Date : Sep 12, 2025

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The Opportunity

As a large, sophisticated professional services organization, everything we do comes down to having the right people with the right skills in the right place. As a Legal Associate, you’ll support us in making it happen. The General Counsel Office, the in-house legal function of this large Professional Services Organization is dedicated to the provision of world class in-house legal services to the organization’s service lines and regions.

The GCO Associate will report to a MENA Legal Counsel and support the organization’s member firms in MENA. The MENA region includes Saudi Arabia (KSA), UAE, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. You’ll be part of the region’s legal team and is expected to provide services to the business across the region. This role will be based in Riyadh, KSA.

This is a role for a law degree graduate with up to 4 post qualification experience. Experience with domestic and international clients is a plus.

Your key responsibilities

• Deliver and assist in delivering legal advice and assistance in all practice areas of MENA including corporate and litigation
• Draft and participate in commercial contracts negotiations with clients and service providers and elevate legal risks to management
• Act as trusted advisor and develop relationships with all relevant business stakeholders and team
• Support legal function and team and promote the teamwork & cross-support working between the organization’s in-house counsels within MENA and globally
• Advise, draft and negotiating negotiate various legal related aspects of client matters including contracts, master service agreements and tenders
• Assist in reviewing, amending and implementing changes to policies, procedures and standard documentation in light of legal developments

Skills and attributes for success

Ideally, you will also have

What we look for

We are looking for people who can combine, great listening skills, collaboration, influencing and commercial acumen. Being able thrive in an ever changing, diverse, multi-cultural environment where we expect exceptional quality and show passion for your work will set you up for success.

What working for EY offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. We also offer :

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