General Counsel

Responsibilities:

• Support Senior OGC members, ME Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and ME General Counsel (GC) on a range of legal matters arising in connection with PwC Middle East’s internal and external activities.
• Provide support on commercial and transactional matters, in addition to other legal issues that may arise from time to time in additional areas (such as corporate, litigation, employment and regulatory).
• Provide updates to and work closely with Global firm R&Q and Global OGC teams as well as PwC UK OGC, on significant adverse matters.
• Provide advice to engagement teams and LoS R&Q teams on all legal related areas of risk during an engagement lifecycle.
• Liaise with other R&Q functions such as Independence, Compliance, AML etc for specialist advice.
• Build relationships with the relevant LoS R&Q Leader, other R&Q Leaders, and LoS / IFS Partners and engagement teams.
• Meet with the allocated LoS R&Q / IFS Leader to discuss key findings, areas of concerns and / or gather feedback.
• Consult and escalate to the LoS R&Q Leader / OGC ME General Counsel as necessary.