Finance Lawyer - International Law Firm

Bespoke Professionals

Bahrain

Ref: MP910-114

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A top tier firm in Bahrain is looking to hire a bilingual Banking & Finance lawyer, to join their expanding team. The firm has won numerous awards in the Middle East and continues to attract top candidates and clients.

The firm specializes in advising some of the regions leading companies, financial institutions and governments on transactions and assignments. Their lawyers and partners provide expertise on the full range of corporate/M&A finance, conventional and Islamic-compliant capital markets (including securitisation and structured products), project finance, banking and finance (acting for lenders as well as corporates), Islamic finance, funds and real estate finance.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be a fluent Arabic & English speaker - and have over 4 years of experience (4-7 PQE will be considered), with local or international firms in the region. Knowledge of the local market is a must and the candidate must possess good academic skills and above all, be a team player, who is willing to learn and enjoy business development work.

Salary will be top market rates based on PQE.

About the Company

Bespoke Professionals was established in the Kingdom of Bahrain in early 2012 and now has offices in Bahrain and Dubai. We are a specialist legal executive search firm who have placed lawyers and support staff in the leading law firms and multinational companies in the GCC and wider Middle East region.

We pride ourselves on delivering a value-added introduction service that achieves the goals of both client and candidate, and so take great care to absorb every last detail when learning about our clients and candidates, so as to ensure a mutually beneficial match.

The majority of our focus is in the Legal sector, working very closely with UK, US and local law firms in the Middle East and in the Asia Pacific region, on a contingent and retained basis. We also exclusively recruit and headhunt for a number of banks, telecoms, and energy firms on legal and compliance mandates.

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