Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) Healthcare/BioTech

Paralegal Officer-Legal Administration

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates In person Full-time

The post holder is responsible for assisting lawyers, carrying out legal research and managing litigation and complaints.

  • Drafts legal documents and correspondence for the lawyers review
  • Organizes and maintains documents in a paper or electronic filing system
  • Coordinates the collection, review and production of documents
  • Maintains a law library up-to-date by monitoring legal volumes
  • Gathers and analyze laws, regulations, court decisions, legal articles, documents and other data • Investigates case-related factual issues using in-house files and outside reference sources
  • Compiles information and prepares statistics, charts, graphs and other summaries to detail the findings
  • Assists in the preparation, filing and service of all court documents
  • Summarizes depositions, interrogatories and testimony
  • Organizes exhibit and assist with other tasks as required
  • Acts as a liaison between the Legal Department and the outside counsel or the court, for • the purpose of scheduling and sharing information
  • Directs and coordinates external law firms activity, including delivery and receipt of legal • Documentation
  • Attends incident or complaint related meetings as requested by the General Counsel from time to time and minute such meetings for the General Counsel’s information
  • Oversees complaints lodged by employees or other affected parties to assist the lawyers to reach a determination and provide a legal opinion
  • Facilitates and file complaints and case with the Police and Prosecutor

Accountabilities

  • Manages to give accurate legal direction to the leadership teams and staff on all matters that influence SSMC
  • Deals with the compliance, risk management for in-house counsel and other legal

administrators groups with complete accuracy

  • Ensures SSMC is in compliance with all present business process laws

Experience :-

Required

  • 2-3 years of progressive legal responsibility in a law firm or in-house

Desired

  • Experience in a large healthcare facility

Educational Qualification: Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree

Desired

  • Bachelor’s in Law or Business Administration

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