Legal Counsel- ICT

BigData Technology Solutions is seeking a Legal Counsel- ICT to join their team in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. This role offers a clear development pathway towards independent portfolio responsibility over 18–24 months. Join a dynamic team and contribute to the legal function of a growing technology company.

BigData Technology Solutions is established to play a major role in the technology enablement of its customers by packaging end-to-end solutions that besides ICT Infrastructure it embraces various technology offerings mainly around Data Center and Security.

Company Overview

BigData Technology Solutions is established to play a major role in the technology enablement of its customers by packaging end-to-end solutions that besides ICT Infrastructure it embraces various technology offerings mainly around Data Center and Security. Learn more at http://bigdatame.com/.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Experience: 5 Year+
• Qualifications: Bachelors Degree

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Legal Function across commercial contracting, technology, corporate and M&A, intellectual property and disputes.
• Draft, review, and mark up master service agreements, teaming agreements, referral agreements, supply contracts, and other standard commercial agreements.
• Support the drafting and negotiation of technology-driven agreements — software licensing, cloud and hosting, data-centre, managed-services, systems-integration, and SLAs.
• Assist with due diligence, data-room management and document review, drafting and reviewing transaction documents for M&A.
• Manage trademark and copyright applications and renewals, maintain the IP register, liaise with patent agents on filings.
• Collect documents and prepare case files, draft initial responses, demand letters and legal notices for disputes.
• Maintain records of processing activities, privacy notices, consent forms, and data-subject rights logs.
• Monitor developments across UAE PDPL, ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021, KSA PDPL, GDPR cross-border reach, AI governance, and applicable sectoral rules.
• Support the KYC and vendor-onboarding compliance workflow, sanctions screening administration, and document collection for audits and investigations.
• Act as first point of contact for day-to-day legal queries from Sales, Procurement, Projects, Finance, HR, Marketing, and IT.

Requirements

• LLB from a recognised institution.
• Bar admission to a recognised jurisdiction.
• 5 – 8 years post-qualification experience, ideally including at least 3 – 5 years of UAE in-house or law firm exposure.
• Privacy credential (CIPP/E, CIPM, or equivalent) is desirable.
• English: full professional fluency, with strong analytical and drafting discipline.

Benefits

• Clear development pathway towards independent portfolio responsibility over 18–24 months.
• Opportunity to support a wide range of legal areas within a technology company.
• Gain experience in data-privacy, AI-governance, cybersecurity and compliance programmes.
• Work in a dynamic and evolving technology sector.