Companies hiring legal, compliance & risk in United Arab Emirates
As of 4 November 2026, 209 companies are hiring legal, compliance & risk in United Arab Emirates, with 571 open roles; 305 opened in the last 30 days and Dubai has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Top city
- Dubai · 257 roles
- Largest role family
- compliance · 22%
- Leadership roles (director+)
- 41 · 31 companies
- Remote share, last 30 days
- 22%
- Postings with a salary
- 2% · 3 companies
- Most-named tool
- Dun & Bradstreet · 2 companies
Most new legal, compliance & risk roles, last 30 days
Companies with the most new postings in the last 30 days; job boards and directories left out. Headquartered in United Arab Emirates. Open legal, compliance & risk roles and all open roles per company.
| Company | Size | new, 30 d | open legal, compliance & risk | all open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ADIB BankRetail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 9 | 9 | 116 |
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)Retail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 7 | 9 | 85 |
ADSB (Abu Dhabi Ship Building)Shipbuilding & ship repair | 501-1000 employees | 5 | 5 | 182 |
ADNOC DistributionFuel & lubricant distribution | 10,001+ employees | 4 | 3 | 92 |
Emirates Islamic BankRetail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 3 | 2 | 46 |
هيئة أبوظبي للإسكانGovernment agencies & ministries | 501-1000 employees | 3 | 3 | 13 |
MashreqRetail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 3 | 36 | 439 |
NMDC GroupCivil infrastructure contractors | 1001-5000 employees | 3 | 4 | 99 |
RakbankRetail & commercial banks | 1001-5000 employees | 2 | 5 | 51 |
AD Ports GroupFreight forwarding & logistics | 1001-5000 employees | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Alphamind GroupRestaurant groups & hospitality operators | 1001-5000 employees | 1 | 1 | 36 |
AradaResidential property developers | 201-500 employees | 1 | 1 | 71 |
duMobile network operators | 1001-5000 employees | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Etihad AirwaysAirlines | 10,001+ employees | 1 | 1 | 104 |
FinanshelsSME accounting tax practice | 51-200 employees | 1 | 1 | 19 |
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By city, seniority and role family
Postings, then companies. Cities as the posting states them.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Dubai | 257 · 103 |
| Abu Dhabi | 129 · 53 |
| Sharjah | 25 · 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 · 4 |
| Abu Dhabi City | 4 · 1 |
| Cairo | 2 · 1 |
| Downtown Dubai | 2 · 1 |
| London | 2 · 2 |
| MBZ City | 2 · 1 |
| Ras Al-Khaimah | 2 · 2 |
| Ruwais | 2 · 2 |
| Singapore | 2 · 2 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Trainee, apprentice | 3 · 3 |
| Entry | 68 · 29 |
| Mid | 85 · 54 |
| Senior | 196 · 110 |
| Manager | 103 · 57 |
| Director | 23 · 19 |
| VP | 10 · 6 |
| C-level | 8 · 6 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| compliance | 128 · 69 |
| lawyers and legal counsel | 128 · 85 |
| contracts management | 115 · 53 |
| financial crime and investigations | 102 · 30 |
| risk management | 63 · 45 |
| paralegal and legal support | 25 · 15 |
Tools legal, compliance & risk postings in United Arab Emirates ask for
Office software left out. Click through to every company on a tool.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Onsite | 31 · 15 |
| Hybrid | 16 · 11 |
| Remote | 13 · 7 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Posted in the last 7 days | 64 · 42 |
| Posted in the last 30 days | 305 · 124 |
| All open | 571 · 209 |
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209 companies have 571 open legal, compliance & risk roles in United Arab Emirates; 124 of them posted 305 in the last 30 days. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/hiring/legal_compliance_and_risk/united-arab-emirates)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- Job postingsRead hourly from the applicant tracking systems behind company career sites, with portals filling the gaps. Reposts collapse into one record; a role closes when the company closes it.
- Function and familyRole tree v2: every title classified into a function and a family, in every language.
- LocationThe posting's stated location, normalised to city and country. This page counts roles located in United Arab Emirates.
- ExclusionsJob boards, directories and aggregators are kept out of company lists; staffing firms stay in only for their own hiring.
Legal, compliance & risk hiring in United Arab Emirates: questions
What counts as a legal, compliance & risk role?
A posting classified into the legal, compliance & risk function by our role tree (v2), whatever the title says. "Account Executive", "Vertriebsmitarbeiter" and "SDR" all land in the same function, then in a family such as compliance.
Why is United Arab Emirates the posting's country, not the company's?
This page counts roles located in United Arab Emirates. A US company hiring in Berlin counts; a Emirati company hiring in Paris does not. Company pages show the reverse view.
How fresh is it?
Career systems are checked hourly, so a role usually shows up the same day it opens and disappears the day it closes. Reposts collapse into one record.
Can I get the hiring manager?
Yes. For each company, the person the new hires report to, with a verified e-mail. The first 15 companies are on this page; the rest, and a weekly feed of new legal, compliance & risk hiring in United Arab Emirates, is in the product.
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