Insurance and Shipping Associate

Bespoke Professionals

Dubai, UAE

Ref: MP910-508

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

International law firm – Dubai, 3-5 years PQE

We have an excellent opportunity for an Insurance Lawyer who is enthusiast to build a career with an international law firm in the UAE and assist their partners in every aspect of contentious and non-contentious shipping.

The Dubai-based team have years of experience in both the marine and insurance sectors which means that they have a firm grasp of the challenges faced by their clients and help them navigate through those issues.

Their expertise includes providing contentious and advisory services to all parties within the marine insurance business.

The responsibilities include:

• Handling and assisting in marine insurance coverage litigation advice.
• You will work on a variety of disputes across all classes of marine and energy, including hull, cargo, liability, business interruption and reinsurance
• Providing contentious and advisory services to all parties within the marine insurance business, we work with overseas insurers and the many syndicates, companies, captives, brokers, P&I clubs and loss adjuster etc; and
• You will advise clients including international insurance and reinsurance companies.

Requirements

The Candidate:

• Must have experience dealing with a variety of disputes across all classes of marine and energy, including hull, cargo, liability, business interruption and reinsurance;
• A minimum of 3 years experience working within an international private practice law firm, preferably either in the UK or the UAE;
• Experience of marine insurance with exposure to high quality dispute resolution work;
• A real interest in business development and the ability to foster long-term client relationships; and
• Arabic language skills preferable, but not essential.

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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