Senior Legal Counsel, Contracts

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🕒 June 2

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Mira Developments

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2023

🏠 Real Estate

👥 B2C

🤝 B2B

Real Estate • B2C • B2B

Mira Developments is a Dubai-based luxury real estate developer that creates branded residences, villas, hotels and multi-branded waterfront communities across the UAE and internationally. The company partners with global fashion and lifestyle brands to deliver turnkey, design-led residential and hospitality projects featuring fully furnished interiors, hotel-style services, sustainable design principles and high-end amenities. Mira targets both end buyers and investors with a focus on prime locations, long-term rental returns and collaborative brand-driven developments.

📋 Description

• Serve as a key legal partner to internal stakeholders, providing practical and commercially sound advice on contractual and related legal matters • Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize a wide variety of agreements with counterparties across different jurisdictions • Support the preparation and negotiation of term sheets, letters of intent, and final-form contracts • Oversee the end-to-end contract process, including drafting, coordination of internal approvals, execution, and recordkeeping • Advise business teams on the use of templates and standard legal documentation, and contribute to their ongoing improvement • Maintain well-structured legal records, including contract repositories, powers of attorney, and internal project documentation • Prepare internal updates and reports on contract flow, negotiation progress, and legal project status • Conduct legal quality checks on documentation and help ensure that internal legal and compliance steps are completed accurately and on time • Collaborate with other legal team members on broader cross-functional initiatives when needed

🎯 Requirements

• Law degree; an advanced legal degree would be considered an advantage • 7+ years of relevant experience in contracts, legal operations, corporate secretarial, or a comparable legal function • Previous experience in a reputable international company, multi-jurisdictional in-house environment, or leading law firm • Strong knowledge of contract law principles, corporate governance, and legal/regulatory frameworks across different jurisdictions • Excellent contract drafting, review, and negotiation skills • Ability to assess legal risk in a pragmatic way and propose solutions aligned with business priorities and market practice • Strong organisational skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously • Clear written and verbal communication skills • Proactive, dependable, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities • Strong documentation and data management skills, with the ability to keep legal information structured and up to date • Fluent Russian and English, both written and spoken.

🏖️ Benefits

• Close collaboration with senior leadership and exposure to strategic business matters. • Real ownership of legal projects from start to finish. • Fully remote format with the flexibility to work from anywhere. • Broad international scope and a diverse range of legal work. • A modern, technology-enabled environment with an AI-forward mindset. • 40 paid days off per year. • Competitive compensation aligned with the seniority and scope of the role.