Islamic Finance Lawyer

2 weeks ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Clifford Chance Full time

The team concentrates on Islamic finance work across the asset classes. Our work spans the whole of the MENA region and beyond. We work on a broad variety of matters under both English and UAE law including:

  • Project financings across all sectors, especially petrochemicals, power and water
  • General banking transactions such as syndicated corporate financings, acquisition and real estate finance
  • Islamic structuring of capital markets (sukuk), structured products and funds.
  • We act for the leading global and regional financial institutions as well as leading regional corporates.
  • Lawyers are given the chance to handle a tremendous variety of work and the partners actively work towards ensuring individual lawyers receive their preferred mix of work.
  • You will be given responsibility for running transactions and working closely with clients. This means that you will develop outstanding transaction management and organisational skills as well as developing superb technical abilities.
  • This role has strong career progression possibilities for the right candidate.

Qualifications

Your experience:

  • You will be a qualified lawyer.
  • You will have gained 3-5 years post-qualified experience at a similar firm, or at an overseas similar common law practice.
  • You will have gained mid to senior-level Islamic finance experience as a practising lawyer working on large and complex transactions.

Skills and knowledge:

  • You will be able to demonstrate excellent document drafting skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and analytical skills, along with a high level of commercial and cultural awareness.
  • Good exposure to collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and other jurisdictions.
  • To have an appetite for developing client relationships, developing more junior talent and thought leadership.

Key Attractions:

  • We are the world's leading global finance practice and one of the world's leading Islamic Finance practices.
  • You will work on ground-breaking deals for top tier clients and across the asset classes.
  • The range, calibre and international scope of our deal flow is unique - and makes us stand out from our competitors.
  • We are proud of our reputation for being a very informal, supportive, meritocratic and diverse group and reinforce this with regular social events - both ad hoc and organised.
  • We are based in one of the most prestigious business developments in Dubai.
  • We run a sophisticated internal training programme that is unmatched in Dubai.
  • Our remuneration package is one of the most attractive in the market.

Equal opportunities statement:

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.

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