Associate Director - Legal - Dubai Holding Hospitality

About Dubai Holding Hospitality:

Dubai Holding Hospitality encompasses a diverse range of assets, including luxury hotels, resorts, and a full-service F&B portfolio. The company operates and manages several hotels, resorts, and residences across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, maintaining a reputation for unmatched luxury and service quality.

• Provide strategic, commercially focused legal advice to senior stakeholders across Dubai Holding Hospitality.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including hotel management, branded residences, F&B, leasing, licensing, development, and procurement contracts.
• Support hospitality and real estate transactions, including acquisitions, developments, refurbishments, and asset repositioning initiatives.
• Develop and maintain legal templates, playbooks, and frameworks to support efficient business operations and effective risk management.
• Advise on legal and regulatory matters affecting the hospitality, tourism, and real estate sectors, ensuring ongoing compliance.
• Manage disputes, litigation, arbitration, and intellectual property matters in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external counsel.
• Partner with business teams to identify legal risks and provide practical, commercially focused solutions that support business objectives.
• Support corporate governance activities and ensure compliance with Dubai Holding's legal, ethical, and governance standards.

• Minimum 5–7 years of post-qualification legal experience, preferably advising on commercial and operational legal matters within hospitality, real estate, or related sectors.
• Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B), Juris Doctor (J.D.), or equivalent from a recognised institution, with admission to practice law in a recognised jurisdiction.
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing complex commercial agreements.
• Good working knowledge of UAE Federal and Emirate-level laws and regulations relevant to hospitality, tourism, real estate, and commercial transactions.
• Experience supporting real estate or hospitality transactions, including acquisitions, developments, or asset management, is preferred.
• Ability to identify legal and commercial risks and provide practical, business-focused solutions.
• Experience managing disputes, litigation, arbitration, and external legal counsel is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, planning, and organisational skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

About the Benefits:

At Dubai Holding, we're committed to nurturing the success and well-being of our colleagues. Join our dynamic and diverse team, and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive compensation, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. We strongly believe in creating an empowered workforce that will help us build a connected city for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting the brightest minds and nurturing the most pioneering candidates who desire to make a great impact on the future of Dubai.