Associate - Construction

Bespoke Professionals

Dubai, UAE

Ref: MP910-503

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A global law firm have a fantastic opportunity for a construction lawyer with 3+ years’ experience to join their award winning regional team based in Dubai.

Over the last 10 years, firm’s well-renowned construction and property practice have worked on strong global projects in emerging markets and developed nations. The team works on contentious and transactional matters in the gulf from concept to completion.

The role involves:

• Drafting and assisting with the negotiating a wide variety of building/ engineering contracts;
• Working closely with clients and continually developing the aptitude to foster long term client relationships;
• Active participation in practice group business development;
• Providing advice on warranties, guarantees and appointment documentation;
• Assisting Partners in delegation of work to and supervision of juniors in team;
• Managing a caseload of mainly contentious construction matters; and
• Assisting Partners with advisory work during project construction phase.

Requirements

The firm is interested to meet candidates who have:

• Strong academic background and training from a recognized international firm/practice
• At least 3 year's construction experience gained at a reputable law firm with a strong reputation in the field of construction litigation
• Regional experience is necessary. However, candidates based outside the region with previous Middle East experience will add great value to the team; and
• Proven track record in taking a lead role in complex and high value litigation.

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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