# Senior Corporate Counsel

**Company**: Salesforce
**Location**: Riyadh
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to join its Legal team in Dubai. The successful candidate will work with cross-functional groups across the company and externally on regulatory and compliance related issues in the Middle East.

Responsibilities:

- Serve as subject matter expert on Middle Eastern privacy, cybersecurity, and related data laws, including emerging AI regulations and frameworks

- Partner with Commercial Legal and Cybersecurity Legal on negotiations, draft and negotiate privacy, security and AI related agreements

- Assist management in identifying and mitigating compliance risks, enhancing and implementing compliance monitoring efforts and fostering a compliance culture

- Partner with various internal stakeholders to determine strategy and approach on employment-related policies, guidelines, processes and training materials

- Collaborate with teams across the company including Sales, Security, Technology, Employee Success, AI/Product teams, and Government Affairs to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and certifications

- Identify and implement legal process improvements to drive efficiency and support the business

- Provide rapid, business-savvy legal advice while effectively managing legal risk and ensuring compliance

- Advise on contract disputes, bid challenges, and regulatory inquiries, minimizing legal and operational risks

Requirements:

- LL.B. or J.D. from University; licensed to practise law in the UAE, another GCC jurisdiction, or EU/UK

- Minimum 10 years of legal experience, with a proven ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and demanding industry

- Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic required

- Experience working with highly regulated sectors, including financial services, healthcare and public sector is preferred

- Familiarity with global and regional data, cybersecurity and AI regulatory frameworks and other emerging regimes

## Skills

### Required
- Arabic
- English
- UAE law
- GCC law
- EU law
- UK law
- Privacy law
- Cybersecurity law
- AI law
- Compliance
- Risk management
- Contract negotiation
- Drafting
- Legal analysis
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Experience working with highly regulated sectors
- Familiarity with global and regional data, cybersecurity and AI regulatory frameworks
- Knowledge of US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, and anti-corruption laws and regulations in the region
- Experience advising on AI-related legal issues

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