Legal Executive

About the role

SwiftNine Group is hiring a highly competent, commercially intelligent Legal Executive to protect the company's legal interests, prevent avoidable disputes and handle every legal matter professionally, efficiently and decisively. The role goes beyond forwarding legal notices to external lawyers: it calls for a proactive, strategic legal professional who can anticipate problems and resolve them without constant supervision.

Key responsibilities

• Handle employment, vendor, contractual and commercial disputes; act as first point of contact for complaints and coordinate with external advocates and law firms.
• Negotiate settlements, prepare legal correspondence and settlement agreements, and evaluate claims and risks.
• Manage internal complaints, coordinate with government authorities, document and escalate matters, and support compliant responses to investigations.
• Draft, review and improve employment contracts, NDAs, confidentiality agreements and company policies; advise HR on resignations, terminations and disciplinary actions.
• Review and negotiate vendor, supplier and service agreements, coordinate with Finance on disputed amounts and minimise exposure to claims and penalties.
• Draft, standardise and maintain commercial agreements, including dispute-resolution, confidentiality and termination clauses.
• Monitor corporate, employment and regulatory requirements, identify legal risks early, keep a register of disputes, claims and deadlines, and coordinate international matters with local counsel.
• Provide management with legal risk assessments, develop internal legal procedures and take ownership of matters from complaint to resolution.

Required profile

• LLB from a recognised university.
• 2-4+ years of 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.
• Excellent communication in English and Urdu.
• Ability to manage competing priorities independently, with high standards of ethics, confidentiality and integrity.
• Preferred: litigation or in-house experience, familiarity with corporate compliance and SECP requirements, and experience supporting senior management in complex disputes.

Required skills

• Legal drafting, negotiation, documentation and research.
• Dispute resolution and settlement negotiation.