Paralegal

3 weeks ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates DLA Piper Full time
The role

DLA Piper Middle East LLP has a solid Corporate team in the region, with the Middle East-based practice boasting circa 30 fee earners (including seven partners) demonstrating major commitment to the region. Our consistent growth and continued investment in the practice has repositioned the firm in the market and seen us attract high value, strategic mandates. Our team are delivering an impressive number of high profile deals across the GCC and other surrounding markets.

We are often a ‘go to’ firm for international clients on M&A mandates involving multiple GCC countries due to our ability to provide a centrally coordinated on-the-ground service in the region at short notice.

The team works on a broad range of high quality corporate mandates. Our practice focuses on high end, high value, strategic M&A and large-scale corporate transactions from an impressive list of local, regional and international clients.

With a reputation for handling strategic transactions. Our lawyers support the world’s leading enterprises, emerging start-up companies and financial institutions in their development and investment activities. From M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital transactions to private and public equity and debt offerings, we assist our clients through all stages of their transactions to ensure successful deal outcomes. This performance was recognised by our global Corporate team being ranked #1 Global M&A deal volume for the last eleven years (Mergermarket, 2010 – 2020).

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team as a fee earning Paralegal, where the successful candidate would enjoy varied and challenging work across complex mandates, with a range of sectors and geographies.
 

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
 

To provide the Corporate group with a high level of support in relation to handling complex, multijurisdictional and often ground-breaking transactions across a wide range of sectors.

An amount of the work will be cross-border in nature, working with our global network of offices, so this will suit candidates with an international mind-set and aspirations to work across jurisdictions.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate exceptional standards of client service and quality of work, as well as experience in taking a proactive approach on transactions. Ideally this will be across the spectrum of corporate transactions, however consideration will be given to candidates demonstrating specialist experience in sectors.
 

ABOUT YOU
 

We pride ourselves on having a collegiate environment and we are looking for down-to-earth but confident professionals with a can-do attitude and willingness to learn.

The successful candidates will have the following skills and attributes:

  • Law graduate with either LLB Law degree, JD (or equivalent) and/or LLM (essential)
  • Previous Paralegal or equivalent experience gained in an international transactional practice, ideally in the Middle East
  • Mature and pragmatic with the ability to communicate at all levels
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to present information in a
  • succinct way and an acute attention to detail
  • Arabic language skills would be advantageous but not essential
  • Project / case management experience would be beneficial
  • Be able to create and deliver sustainable, high quality client service whilst also considering the client’s wider business objectives
  • Willing to view the role as an opportunity to gain broad experience whilst being aware that the job will require a reasonable degree of administrative activities
  • Use of initiative and being well organised, with the ability to juggle numerous tasks at once
  • Capable of working on own initiative and often to demanding deadlines
  • Results orientated, with a pragmatic and flexible approach to work
  • Takes ownership for achieving agreed objectives
  • Commercially astute and stays current on key legal and business news
  • Exhibits behaviour consistent with the firm’s values and builds relationships based on respect, trust and integrity
     

ABOUT US
 

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.
 

OUR VALUES
 

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

  • Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
  • Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
  • Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
  • Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations
     

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
 

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.
 

HYBRID WORKING
 

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.
 

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING
 

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.

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