Ref: MP910-507

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

International law firm – Riyadh, 10+ PQE

A superb opportunity has come up with a leading organization in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Our client is looking to hire a Head of Arbitration to join the team and mentor the junior associates in the department. The ideal candidate will administer arbitrations and other forms of ADR in Riyadh and then, as needed, in other offices around the Kingdom. He/she will be responsible for administering disputes in a variety of sectors involving local and international parties.

The type of work you will be responsible for will include domestic and international, civil and commercial disputes, which are filed with the organization for Arbitration and other ADR processes. You will be required to guide, motivate and manage the team and fully utilize the resources available to you, in order to grow the department / team.

Requirements

Primary Duties:

• Lead and coordinate the planning and management of cases in an effective and efficient manner
• Negotiate with parties to obtain information to provide neutral assessment and resolution of disputed issues and execute Arbitration hearings for the purpose of deciding domestic and regional commercial disputes
• Ensure the technical correctness of all parties deliverables, review and verify the decision are compliance with statutory laws and rules of Arbitration
• Manage, capture and appropriately disseminate statistical information from cases, while monitoring market and development of other arbitration and ADR firms
• Law Degree from a reputable University
• Ten plus years of experience in a relevant field out of which five years in the ADR field with international experience; and minimum of two years in institutional arbitration experience
• Experience recruiting, training and managing staff and external partners
• Able and willing to undertake regional and international travel; and
• Professional Level Proficiency in English and Arabic is a must with strong communication skills.

If you are interested to discuss the role or looking for opportunities in the region, please send your CV online.

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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