Corporate Paralegal - Top 20 UK law firm

Location
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Salary
£35000 - £60000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted
23 Sep 2016
Closes
21 Oct 2016
Ref
J32555NEW3
Contact
Alex Forsberg
Job Title
Paralegal
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

As a Corporate Paralegal, you will be expected to provide paralegal support, to the Corporate professional team, particularly to allocated lawyers and to ensure allocated lawyers are fully supported in paralegal and administrative functions.

Reporting to one of the leading Partners, you will be involved in offering valuable Paralegal Support. Some of the key duties for this role include; conducting legal and factual research, drafting contracts and legal agreements, monitoring regulations, proof reading legal documents, maintaining statutory books and preparing and filing forms with clients.

Key candidate requirements:
* Degree educated.
* Have Paralegal experience, especially in the Middle East.
* Be familiar with the Dubai Regulatory System.
* Able to manage own caseload and possess strong commercial acumen.
* Ability to analyse legal documents and communicate effectively at all levels.
* Must be an Arabic speaker.
* High proficiency in all Microsoft packages.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Corporate Paralegal wishing to develop on their existing skills as a Paralegal in a diversely exceptional environment and have real autonomy and responsibility in a Paralegal position. Working closely with the Partners and Associates it is desirable that the successful candidate has previous Corporate Paralegal experience offers a competitive salary and benefits package within a modern office environment.

If you are currently based in Dubai, then this would help your application enormously, however experience in the Middle East region is essential - to find out more/ apply, send me your CV today!

Please contact Alex Forsberg, one of our International legal recruitment specialists, to discuss this role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration. If you have not been contacted within five working days you should assume you have not been successful on this occasion. Your details will though be kept on file and we will contact you should a similar vacancy arise in the near future.

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are experts in International legal recruitment and have an extensive network (and sound understanding) of the International legal jobs market. We have developed key relationships with both Private Practice and In House clients and have become an integral part of our client's recruitment strategies based on our credibility and depth of service. Having helped a record number of legal professionals find permanent and locum work with the world’s leading global law firms and businesses, we can confidently say that we are experts in our field.

We are now actively hiring for key clients in the Middle East and Asia Pacific legal markets. Please contact Alex directly to discuss your next career move in confidence.