SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL, ARABIC, ABU DHABI
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
- 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
- Company/Commercial, Corporate, M&A
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL, CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL, ARABIC, ABU DHABI
CLIENT: Our client is an integral part of Abu Dhabi's diverse heavy industry sector that spans the Middle East and assets beyond. They are doing well in a tough market, and now is the right time to bring in bi-lingual legal support in the form of a new arabic language Senior Legal Counsel.
ROLE: You will join a small team which forms part of a wider network and be an active part of driving the business and its deals. Supporting a strong General Counsel, you will assist on M&A, finance (limited) and day to day commercial mattes, as well as whatever comes up. You will naturally assist the rest of the team, internal and external business partners, as well as mentoring juniors and training new members.
CANDIDATE: Ideal candidates will hold the following criteria:
- Specific experience covering heavy industry.
- Western qualified with strong in-house and or international standard law firm work, with a preference for both.
- Based in the region already, or with significant current or previous exposure to the Middle East (though excellent overseas candidates may be considered).
- A skill set covering corporate, commercial, M&A, corporate governance, compliance and regulatory will be ideal.
- Team fit is very important, and although the work will be corporate and commercial in nature, strong candidates with backgrounds in finance or projects may also be considered.
- Due to the structure of the team, an ideal PQE fit will be 5-10. It is unlikely that more senior candidates can realistically be accommodated.
- It is vital that you have international standard law firm training, ideally from the UK market.
- You must also have Arabic language skills.
REF: MA/193760
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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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