We are hiring a highly competent, commercially intelligent, and exceptionally resourceful Legal Executive to protect the company's legal interests, prevent avoidable disputes, and ensure that every legal matter is handled professionally, efficiently, and decisively.
This is not a position for someone who simply forwards legal notices to external lawyers.
We want a legal professional who takes ownership, anticipates problems before they escape, thinks strategically under pressure, and knows how to protect a business while operating strictly within the law.
If you are confident in your legal knowledge, exceptional at dispute resolution, and capable of handling difficult situations without constant supervision, we want to hear from you.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Corporate Dispute Resolution & Legal Protection
- Handle employment, vendor, contractual, commercial, and other corporate disputes.
- Act as the first point of contact for legal complaints and disputes involving SwiftNine Group.
- Develop legally sound strategies for resolving disagreements before they escape into litigation.
- Negotiate settlements with employees, vendors, contractors, and other third parties.
- Prepare formal legal correspondence, settlement agreements, dispute notices, and responses.
- Evaluate legal claims, identify risks, and recommend practical resolutions.
- Coordinate with external advocates and law firms when specialist advice or litigation is required.
- Protect the company's legal and financial interests while maintaining full legal compliance.
2. Complaints & Government Authority Coordination
- Manage the company's internal response to complaints arising from employment and commercial matters.
- Coordinate professionally with government authorities.
- Ensure all notices, and complaints are properly documented and escalated.
- Distinguish between civil, contractual, employment, and criminal-law matters.
- Assist management in responding appropriately to unlawful pressure, harassment, or improper demands through established legal channels.
- Coordinate urgent matters with retained practicing advocates.
- Support legally compliant responses to investigations and official requests.
- Help develop procedures that prevent unnecessary disruption of business operations.
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- Draft, review, and improve employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, NDAs, and company policies.
- Advise HR on employee resignations, terminations, disciplinary actions, and final settlements.
- Review employee complaints and workplace disputes.
- Ensure employee-related decisions comply with applicable employment and labour laws.
- Support lawful investigation and documentation of misconduct, confidentiality breaches, and intellectual property violations.
- Prepare legally defensible documentation for employment decisions.
- Work with HR and Finance to resolve disputed settlements fairly and efficiently.
4. Vendor & Commercial Dispute Management
- Review and negotiate vendor, supplier, contractor, and service agreements.
- Handle disputes concerning invoices, contractual obligations, deliveries, and payment terms.
- Coordinate with Finance to verify outstanding liabilities and disputed amounts.
- Negotiate commercially reasonable payment arrangements and settlements.
- Prepare formal responses to vendor complaints and legal notices.
- Minimize exposure to unnecessary claims, litigation, and financial penalties.
5. Contracts & Corporate Documentation
- Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain commercial agreements.
- Prepare service contracts, partnership agreements, NDAs, and vendor agreements.
- Identify contractual loopholes and potential liabilities.
- Standardize agreements across SwiftNine Group's operating companies.
- Ensure contracts contain appropriate dispute-resolution, confidentiality, liability, and termination provisions.
- Maintain organized legal documentation and contract records.
6. Corporate Compliance & Risk Management
- Monitor applicable corporate, employment, commercial, and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with relevant authorities and professional advisers regarding corporate compliance.
- Identify potential legal risks before they create financial or operational damage.
- Maintain a register of ongoing disputes, complaints, claims, and legal deadlines.
- Coordinate international legal matters with appropriately qualified local counsel.
- Provide management with concise, practical legal recommendations.
7. Legal Strategy & Executive Support
- Act as a trusted legal resource for company leadership.
- Provide prompt legal risk assessments on sensitive business matters.
- Handle confidential matters with exceptional discretion.
- Communicate effectively with employees, vendors, government officials, external advocates, and senior management.
- Develop internal legal procedures that reduce recurring disputes.
- Take full ownership of assigned matters from initial complaint to documented resolution.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Mandatory Requirements
- LLB from a recognized university.
- 2–4+ years of relevant experience in corporate law, dispute resolution, employment law, or litigation support.
- Strong understanding of Pakistan's civil, criminal, commercial, and employment-law frameworks.
- Practical experience handling employment disputes, vendor disagreements, or contractual conflicts.
- Strong legal drafting, negotiation, documentation, and research skills.
- Excellent communication in English and Urdu.
- Ability to independently manage competing priorities and sensitive matters.
- High standards of professional ethics, confidentiality, integrity, and accountability.
Strongly Preferred
- Experience with a litigation law firm or as an in-house legal professional.
- Experience working with multiple companies or business units.
- Familiarity with corporate compliance and SECP-related requirements.
- Established professional working relationships with external legal counsel.
- Experience supporting senior management during complex legal disputes.
THE PERSONALITY WE WANT
- Fearless but disciplined: Comfortable handling difficult legal situations without being reckless.
- Proactive: Identifies and resolves risks before they turn into expensive problems.
- Commercially intelligent: Understands that legal decisions affect business operations, reputation, and cash flow.
- An exceptional negotiator: Knows when to negotiate, when to elevate, and when to recommend litigation.
- Highly accountable: Takes ownership rather than passing responsibility.
- Calm under pressure: Maintains professionalism when disputes become confrontational.
- Solution-oriented: Provides actionable recommendations instead of simply explaining what cannot be done.
- Uncompromising on ethics: Protects the business without misleading authorities, obstructing investigations, or disregarding legitimate legal rights.
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS FIRST 90 DAYS
First 30 Days
- Review existing employee and vendor dispute procedures.
- Identify critical legal risks and unresolved legal matters.
- Create a centralized legal complaints and case-management register.
- Review the company's highest-risk employment and commercial contract templates.
First 60 Days
- Implement standardized legal documentation and escalation procedures.
- Establish coordination processes with external litigation counsel.
- Support the resolution of outstanding employee and vendor disputes.
- Implement proper documentation procedures for settlements and complaints.
- Improve legal response times and management visibility into active disputes.
First 90 Days
- Demonstrate measurable improvements in legal documentation and dispute management.
- Reduce avoidable disputes through preventive legal and operational controls.
- Deliver monthly legal risk reports to management.
- Ensure critical legal deadlines and escalations are tracked.
- Establish a reliable legal support function across SwiftNine Group.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- Every significant legal complaint has a clear owner and documented response.
- Management receives fast, practical, and legally sound advice.
- Employee settlements and vendor disputes are handled fairly and professionally.
- The company operates with stronger contractual and compliance protections.
- External litigation costs and preventable disputes are controlled.
- Senior leadership can focus on growing the business rather than constantly managing routine legal conflicts.
WHY JOIN SWIFTNINE?
This is an opportunity to become a key legal professional within a growing, diversified international business group.
You will gain exposure to multiple industries, complex commercial matters, corporate governance, employment disputes, and cross-functional business operations.
More importantly, you will have the opportunity to help build and shape the internal legal function of SwiftNine Group.
We value ownership, intelligence, professional courage, commercial judgment, and measurable performance .
We are not looking for someone to occupy a position.
We are looking for someone who can build a legal function that makes a real difference.
Position: Legal Executive — Corporate Affairs & Dispute Resolution
Location: Lahore, Pakistan
Salary: PKR 70,000–85,000/month
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