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Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial

A Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial is responsible for key functions within their domain of expertise. In the GCC market, this role is actively hired across uae with 2 recent postings.

In brief

A Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial in the GCC region requires communication, leadership, negotiation, aws, procurement. A Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial is responsible for key functions within their domain of expertise. This role is in demand across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Salary across the GCC

Salary across the GCC

Monthly gross median in local currency, by country × seniority.

Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial — Monthly gross median in local currency, by country × seniority.
CountryJuniorMid-LevelSeniorLead / Principal
United Arab Emirates16,500 AED28,500 AED44,500 AED61,500 AED
Saudi Arabia16,000 SAR27,500 SAR42,500 SAR58,500 SAR
Qatar17,500 QAR30,000 QAR46,500 QAR64,500 QAR
Kuwait1,350 KWD2,350 KWD3,650 KWD5,050 KWD
Oman1,500 OMR2,600 OMR4,050 OMR5,600 OMR
Bahrain1,450 BHD2,450 BHD3,850 BHD5,300 BHD
Salary breakdown

How Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial pay varies in the UAE

UAE · mid-level · monthly gross in AED

Based on 500 data points · updated June 15, 2026 · How we estimate

Sample size
500
verified reports
Year-over-year
+11%
vs 2025
Hiring demand
High
roles open now
Remote share
28%
fully or hybrid

By company size

Median compensation varies with headcount.

Startup (<50)24,000
Scale-up (50–500)28,500
Enterprise (500+)37,000

Top-paying industries

Median for this role, ranked by sector.

01Fintech
35,000
02Cloud & SaaS
31,500
03E-commerce
28,500
04Government tech
26,500
05Telecom
24,500

Estimates modelled from GCC pay surveys and live posting volume — a directional guide, not a live salary feed.

Required skills

communicationleadershipnegotiationawsprocurementaudittaxcompliance

Top hiring companies

  • Huda Beauty

Active markets

  • uae
What a Legal Director, Corporate and Commercial does
  • 01

    related matters (e. g., product safety

  • 02

    related operational risks, supply chain, third

  • 03

    party/vendor risk, data/privacy risk intersections). Lead and coordinate entity formation, cross

  • 04

    border reorganisations, mergers, demergers and liquidation/strike

  • 05

    through with senior stakeholders. Provide practical advice to business leaders on risk

  • 06

    making, escalation, and embedding governance into day

  • 07

    Functional Partnership Act as key legal partner to our Director, Compliance, Governance and Risk; Finance and Tax teams on entity

  • 08

    level matters, intercompany agreements, fund flows and tax

Country
Seniority level
Based on 14,820 verified salaries across the GCC · Updated monthly
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