Paralegal

Job description / Role

Assisting the Head of Legal Department
- Assist in drafting General Assembly and Board of Directors’ meeting minutes
- Coordinate and follow up with external lawyers regarding our cases.
- Follow up with all the governmental and official departments
- Support and assist Head of Legal Department with correspondence, memoranda, preparing meeting minutes, corporate and commercial legal documents, contracts
- Respond to routine inquiries, review and proofread documents to ensure accuracy
- Type and translate in English and Arabic

Administering, Documenting and Reporting
- Prepare a weekly report for the management with the update of Legal Cases
- Handle proper filing of legal documents and contracts and meeting minutes
- Maintain and manage the Legal Filing Room
- Maintain log sheets and Log Books for the document flow of the filed documents
- Manage the Legal Department Library (Laws, Contracts, Documents)
- Highest standards of discipline and Discretion towards any information or document.

Coordinating with other departments and Lawyers.
- communicate with lawyers, other department and governmental authorities
- respond to other department's inquiries from Legal Department
- Raise all inquiries to HOD and follow up as per his instructions
- Communicate with Lawyers to get the updates from them, se3nd them requests and follow up with them in relation of all legal cases.
- communicate with POC personnel in order to enforce the Legal Department

Prepare weekly reports:
- Responsible for preparing weekly reports detailing all work completed during the week
- Communicate with the Senior Legal Counsel in internal performance of the Legal Department.
- Communicate with other Departments' Point of Contacts to receive latest update from them and incorporate them in the weekly reports.

Requirements

- Arabic nationality
- Female
- Degree in Law is a must!
- Translation: English to Arabic (Vice Versa) 50% of the work will be translation
- Experience: Minimum 1-3 years as a paralegal

About the Company

Smyth and Bradshaw offers a unique and innovative approach to the search process.

With an unwavering passion for people and commitment to unparalleled service, Smyth and Bradshaw has successfully been matching people to jobs for the past 20 years.

In 2014 Smyth and Bradshaw arrived to Dubai with the goal of serving as an intermediary between clients and candidates to help both parties better meet their needs.