Companies need a legal framework through which they operate in order to obtain all their rights and fulfill all their obligations towards the state and individuals, so having a legal department that knows Laws, rules and regulations governing the work of companies is very important to write contracts between the company and the rest of the state institutions, companies and individuals dealing with it from outside and to organize work inside the company and set internal regulations that clarify the tasks, rights and duties of each individual within it.
Formation
The Legal Department: The Legal Department consists of the Director of Legal Affairs, who is the legal advisor to the Board of Directors and provides proactive advice and sets the necessary standards for the safety of the Board's decisions and risk management, and cooperates with all managers of the various departments before taking any step or decision to ensure that it is in accordance with the law, and the Department consists of a group of legal professionals with sufficient knowledge and experience to study everything related to the company's activity from regulations, laws, contracts and other legal matters.
. If the company is global and has activities and headquarters in several countries, it is necessary to employ international lawyers - students of private international law - which is the law concerned with the relations, rights and obligations of persons (natural or legal entities) of different nationalities, so the task of management becomes an audit and knowledge of the laws of those countries so that the contracts concluded in these countries are not subject to rescission or annulment and thus the company is exposed to financial fines and legal penalties.
Function of the legal department:
Many tasks and competencies are performed by the legal department (internally) such as: Organizing all legal matters from preparing work regulations in accordance with state law, organizing the workflow, receiving and studying employee complaints, providing legal advice to the board of directors before making any decision, and preparing contracts for the company and drafting them legally to preserve rights.
(External): The legal department registers the trademark for the company's various products and patents and follows up on lawsuits to which the company is a party, and the company's legal representative is required to monitor the application of the provisions of the Companies Law in the event of bankruptcy, intellectual property regulations and all commercial regulations related to the company's activity.
Finally:
The law is designed to regulate the rights and transactions of companies and individuals ... and adherence to it is the way societies progress.
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