SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL, CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS, DUBAI
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- United Arab Emirates, Dubai
- Closing date
- 26 Apr 2021
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Construction, Energy, Project Finance
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL, PROJECTS AND PROJECT FINANCE, DUBAI
CLIENT: One of the leading regional project developers has a growing portfolio of international standard work. They are seeking a new Senior Legal Counsel to be based in Dubai, and handle high quality projects and construction bids, both regionally and further afield.
ROLE: You will be based in their Dubai office and be expected to travel regularly (where possible), take responsibility for high value bids and projects and be heavily involved in not just legal, but commercial aspects of running deals.
CANDIDATE: There are some key criteria for the role:
- Candidates should be western qualified from a high standard international law firm.
- An ideal PQE would be around 7-12 PQE.
- A background in energy, infrastructure, utilities, power, finance, projects and construction.
- Proven track record of high value, complex, infrastructure deals.
- Ideally based in Dubai though very strong candidates will be considered from overseas.
- Strong preference will be given to candidates who can move or relocate relatively quickly.
This is a great client of ours, working with a small collegiate team, handling the highest quality work.
Great opportunity for a mid-level lawyer take on a strong degree of responsibility, work closely with a dynamic General Counsel, and get high levels of exposure to great commercial work.
REF: PR/193409
Please note that the jobs advertised here may represent just a selection of all the in-house roles we have running across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region from our hub office in Dubai. To have a full overview of all the international roles available right now, please visit our constantly updated website at www.taylorroot.com
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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