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Roles & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, negotiate and execute franchise and management agreements, residential licensing and management agreements, guaranties, lender agreements (including comfort letters and SNDAs), and related development documentation.
- Advise on existing franchise and management agreement matters, including pre opening issues, restructurings, hotel sales, financings, amendments, conversions, and terminations.
- Lead legal due diligence, supervise outside counsel, and manage legal budgets for development projects.
- Partner closely with development, operations, franchising, and asset management teams to support transactions from initial structuring through closing and post closing matters.
- Provide guidance on confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, transaction structuring, trade area restrictions, and related risk considerations.
- Ensure compliance with franchise regulatory requirements, including franchise disclosure obligations, relationship laws, antitrust, agency, and other applicable regulations.
- Navigate complex cross border legal environments, coordinating employment, tax, privacy, compliance, insurance, and IP considerations across jurisdictions.br>
Desired Candidate Profile
Experience
- Strong academic background and qualification as a lawyer with a common law foundation.
- Minimum of 4 years experience in a top tier law firm or comparable in house corporate environment.
- Active bar membership (US) or valid practicing certificate (UK or other jurisdiction), as applicable.
- Proven experience advising on complex real estate and hospitality development transactions, including mixed use developments, financings, acquisitions, and dispositions.
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills in English.
- Strong commercial judgment with the ability to deliver practical, business aligned legal solutions.
- Ability to manage multiple complex matters concurrently in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and strategic thinking.
- High level of autonomy, accountability, and initiative.
- Exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across cultures and seniority levels.
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards and integrity.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel as required.
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- Senior Director
- Legal Counsel Development
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Marriott International
The Senior Director, Legal Counsel Development Middle East & Africa provides strategic and transactional legal support to Marriott International s development activities across the MEA region. Based in Dubai and reporting to the Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel Development MEA, this role supports owned, leased, franchised and managed hotel, residential, and mixed use projects, delivering commercially focused legal advice aligned with Marriott s business objective
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