Associate - Junior - Corporate/Commercial

Bespoke Professionals

Doha, Qatar

Ref: MP910-499

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Title: Associate (Junior) - Corporate/Commercial (Doha)
Locations: Doha
Area of Expertise: Private Practice
International law firm – Doha – PQE 1-2 Corpotate Team

The main responsibilities are as follows:

- Advising a wide range of clients (often household name multinational corporations) on the structuring and re-structuring of their operations in the MENA region
- Providing clients with advice on a wide range of compliance and corporate governance matters
- Drafting letters of advice and reports on corporate structuring, establishment options, restructuring and a wide range of other matters
- Working closely with and supervising paralegals within the Corporate team
- Assisting the Knowledge Management team with Corporate precedents and capturing related know how and
- Assisting in marketing the firm's Corporate capability.

Requirements

The Candidate must have the following:

- A strong academic background, including a minimum of a 2:1 from a reputable university
- A minimum of 1-2 years' experience within a corporate team within a reputable law firm with a strong reputation in corporate and commercial transactional matters
- An ability to work in a team and autonomously
- A pro-active and commercial approach
- Drive, enthusiasm and flexibility and
- A prior experience of drafting letters of advice, reports, opinions, agreements and other legal documents required.

The Corporate Group has established a reputation as one of the leading corporate practices within the Middle East region. The team advises on a wide range of corporate matters including reorganisations/restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private placements, venture capital and private equity investments, IPOs and equity issues.

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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