Corporate Associate
- Recruiter
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment Limited
- Location
- United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
- Salary
- £70000 - £90000 per annum + Excellent benefits
- Posted
- 21 Oct 2016
- Closes
- 15 Nov 2016
- Ref
- J31315
- Contact
- Alex Forsberg
- Job Title
- Associate
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Corporate, International Law
- PQE Level
- 2-4
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is looking to expand their English law capabilities in the Abu Dhabi office. They are interested to meet with U.K. trained and qualified candidates who have between 2 to 4 years PQE across M&A and/or capital markets. The ideal candidate will have an excellent academic record and a genuine desire and enthusiasm to embrace a broad range of corporate work.
The Abu Dhabi office has been involved in some of the largest and highest profile transactions in the region and further afield. It is the hub of the firm's Middle East and North Africa Practice (which also includes around 20 partners and counsel working from London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan) and Abu Dhabi lawyers regularly work as part of teams that include colleagues from other offices.
Clients range from governments, through sovereign wealth funds, to major international corporations, private equity and investment funds and ultra-high net worth individuals. Recent work has involved outbound M&A investments in targets in North and South America, Europe and Asia and capital markets offerings in Iraq and Pakistan.
The office is located within the Abu Dhabi Global Market, the most recent free zone created in the UAE. Within an exciting development, you will I have the chance to be involved in the development of new laws and regulations for an entirely new jurisdiction (based on English law and a UK/EU regulatory framework). The physical location of this firms' office is ideal, on the 27th floor of an award-winning office development on Al Maryah Island, connected to the prestigious Galleria Mall, Rosewood Hotel and Four Seasons Hotel, which together offer a diverse choice of restaurants and bars.
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.