We are exclusively partnering with Sindbad Overseas, a well-established international maritime group headquartered in Muscat, Oman, to recruit a Corporate Lawyer to provide comprehensive legal support across the group's operations and subsidiaries, with a particular focus on vessel chartering, asset finance, and cross-border transactions.
This is a full-time, on-site position based in Muscat, with regular coordination with internal business teams, financial institutions, external counsel, and regulatory authorities across multiple jurisdictions. The role offers genuine ownership, high visibility, and direct exposure to complex commercial transactions and strategic decision-making in a dynamic, commercially driven environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a key member of the legal team, providing expert legal advisory and transactional support on commercial contracts, cross-border deals, chartering agreements, and financing structures (including Islamic and conventional finance instruments).
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements including term sheets, Heads of Terms, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), chartering contracts, security documentation, and ancillary agreements.
- Manage legal risk and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations in multiple jurisdictions, including asset registration, lien registration, and perfection of securities.
- Support corporate governance and board secretarial functions: prepare corporate resolutions, maintain governance frameworks, assist with board meetings, and ensure sound corporate practices.
- Conduct legal due diligence on counter parties, transactions, and assets.
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, external counsel, banks, financial institutions, and regulatory authorities to facilitate smooth execution of transactions.
- Anticipate potential legal challenges and provide proactive, commercially oriented solutions and strategic legal advice to support business growth and operational agility.
- Contribute to streamlining legal processes and provide timely legal reporting and insights to the Head of Legal and senior management.
Requirements:
- Law degree (LLB or LLM) from a recognised university; professional qualification to practise law in a common-law or civil-law jurisdiction.
- 5-8 years of relevant post-qualification experience, ideally gained in-house within a shipping, maritime, or asset finance company, or in a reputable international law firm with a strong focus on shipping/finance.
- Strong expertise in vessel chartering, asset finance, structured finance, and security documentation.
- Hands-on experience with lien registration, perfection of securities, cross-border compliance, and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
- Excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills in English.
- Solid understanding of Islamic finance instruments and conventional financing structures is highly desirable.
- Proven ability to handle board support, corporate governance, and secretarial functions.
- Proactive, strategic thinker with strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Willingness to be based full-time in Muscat, Oman.
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