Legal Compliance & Advisory Manager

Our client is a leading Saudi logistics and industrial real estate developer seeking a Legal Compliance & Advisory Manager to provide legal support across business operations, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded legal professional with strong Saudi market experience and exposure to real estate, logistics, customs, data protection, cybersecurity, and commercial law. The successful candidate will work closely with senior management and internal departments to manage legal risk, support business growth, and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with applicable Saudi laws, regulations, government policies, and regulatory requirements, particularly across real estate, logistics, customs operations, cybersecurity, and data protection.
• Provide practical legal advice to management on business transactions, commercial agreements, employee relations, company operations, and day-to-day legal matters.
• Monitor regulatory changes affecting property ownership, logistics operations, import/export activities, customs requirements, and wider business operations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts related to real estate leases, land acquisitions, logistics services, vendor partnerships, customs clearance, and commercial operations.
• Oversee customs clearance agreements and ensure all related documentation is legally accurate, complete, and compliant.
• Mitigate contractual and operational risks by developing standardised contract templates, review processes, policies, and internal controls.
• Liaise with customs authorities, government bodies, regulators, and external stakeholders to resolve clearance issues, disputes, and regulatory matters.
• Supervise the legal aspects of import and export operations to support the smooth movement of goods and ensure compliance with trade regulations.
• Maintain updated records of licences, permits, customs authorisations, corporate documents, and other legal records.
• Manage corporate legal documentation, including company formation documents, shareholder records, board resolutions, filings, and governance records.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are aligned with legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements.
• Support the preparation of reports, filings, and documentation for government and regulatory agencies.
• Handle legal disputes, claims, and litigation matters relating to real estate, contracts, customs, operations, or commercial issues.
• Coordinate with external legal counsel when specialist legal advice or litigation support is required.
• Develop and implement strategies to minimise legal exposure and manage operational risk.
• Partner with internal departments, including HR, Finance, Operations, Commercial, and Management, to ensure legal compliance across internal policies and external dealings.
• Provide training and awareness sessions to employees on legal, regulatory, compliance, contract management, and risk-related topics.
• Support business combinations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments, and other strategic transactions.
• Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders and keep management updated on key legal matters, risks, and regulatory developments.
• Manage the legal department’s budget, processes, external counsel relationships, and internal legal workflows.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Saudi commercial law, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, contracts, real estate, and business operations.
• Experience in logistics, industrial real estate, customs, supply chain, ports, infrastructure, or related sectors would be highly advantageous.
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, leases, vendor agreements, service agreements, and transaction documents.
• Experience dealing with customs authorities, government entities, regulators, and external legal counsel.
• Ability to provide clear, practical, and business-oriented legal advice to senior management and internal stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of legal risk management, dispute resolution, claims handling, and compliance frameworks.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Arabic and English legal drafting and communication skills would be highly advantageous.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a business-oriented legal professional who can balance legal risk management with commercial objectives. They should be comfortable advising senior stakeholders, negotiating complex agreements, working with regulators, supporting cross-functional teams, and managing legal matters across a growing logistics and industrial real estate platform.

This role is well suited to a Legal Manager, Legal Counsel, Legal & Compliance Manager, Corporate Legal Advisor, or Compliance & Advisory Manager with strong Saudi market experience and exposure to logistics, real estate, customs, infrastructure, or regulated B2B environments.