Legal Junior Lawyer

Description

At Arajet, we are more than just an airlinewere dream-makers. Our mission is to open the skies for everyone, turning the dream of flying into a reality for more people. We will provide you with a platform for growth, collaboration, and meaningful impact, empowering you to reach new heights in your career while making a real difference in the aviation industry and beyond.

Here, youll be part of a team thats building a legacy and shaping the future of aviation with bold ideas and a shared vision for excellence, redefining the skies of the Dominican Republic and making the dream of travel accessible to countless individuals.

Join us in bringing more people closer to their dreams, wed be honored to welcome you aboard to the Arajet team.

Vamo Arriba!

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible to assist the legal managers and more senior lawyers to carry out legal and regulatory activities by conducting legal research, rechecking and interpreting contracts, studying cases, preparing legal reports, interpreting and giving advice on simple contract matters, working closely and as instructed by direct or indirect superiors to support the legal department in its daily operations.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

Legal Operations

• Draft and review correspondence and legal documents as required and prepare summary to support Companys business activities.
• Assist and participate in Arajets meetings with internal clients (other departments) and external clients (providers, customers, etc.) and prepare accurate meeting minutes that make it possible to determine the positions and statements of the parties, the agreements reached, and the requirements made, deadlines and expiration dates, that can serve as evidence in case of conflict.
• Provide legal and administrative support to Legal department to comply with the company's procedures in such a way as to enable the finance and corresponding departments to monitor and control costs.
• Coordinate and prepare administrative reports, matrix, etc. to support decision-making.
• Communicating with providers, customers, etc. regarding their matters and assists in resolving any issues.

Protection and Pursuit of Arajets Legal Interests

• Assist with trial preparation, coordinate with outside lawyers, on company cases and provide lawyers case briefings, supporting documents for representing the company before courts, monitoring and directing in consultation with the SVP Legal their presentations pertaining to the major cases to seek the best results for the company.

Legal Opinions and Advice

• Provide accurate and timely counsel to Lawyers in a variety of legal topics to support their work by analysing, solving, advising and drafting opinions on legal problems of simple complexity, which require knowledge of a specific branch of the law.
• Assist other senior colleagues in conducting investigations pertaining to employees grievances and violations of Arajet rules and regulations and report finding along with their recommended disciplinary/corrective action to the SVP Legal for review and approval.
• Advise other departments in coordination with the Legal managers on legal opinion pertaining to their duly routine queries, consults the VP Legal on complicated matters and provide the concerned department with the acquired legal opinion accordingly.

Contracts

• Review, draft, negotiate and complete contracts necessary for the companys operation or administration, with varying degrees of guidance depending on complexity and importance.
• Formulate, review and/or amend in coordination with the Legal managers short simple contracts pertaining to certain fields and participate under the guidance of more senior lawyers in formulating, reviewing and or amending complicated contracts based on the requirement of the department concerned, in a legally acceptable manner.

Legal Research

• Conduct legal research of laws, court decisions and any other legal environment rulings pertaining to Arajets industry, analyze the impact of these decisions on the company's operations and/or activities, and notify the legal managers in a timely manner to support their decision-making process and/or course of action that needs to be taken.
• Maintain an up-to-date database of all relevant legal and statutory regulations to provide a convenient source of reference to more senior colleagues within the department

Operational Excellence

• Maintain an awareness of all relevant legal developments and identify areas that could expose Arajet into regulatory or other legal breaches and propose ways of mitigating the risk(s).
• Follow all relevant operational procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Regulatory and Other

• Ensure compliance in own area and across Arajet with policies and regulations where applicable in order to safeguard the company from any high-risk audit findings, regulatory breaches and company exposure with negative financial implications.
• Any other duties and accountabilities as assigned by the VP Legal and Legal Managers.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Law.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant and developmental experience in legal affairs, preferably with an airline Company.
• Good negotiating ability and effective communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills
• Excellent standard of Spanish (written, conversational and comprehension).
• Proficiency in English (written, conversational and comprehension).
• Good computer literacy.