Paralegal

Job description / Role

Your new company

We are looking for a Paralegal to join a Legal team based in Abu Dhabi. The Paralegal will primarily provide legal and administrative support to the Head of Legal and assist with Company Secretarial work.

The company is a large, well established holding company who deals primarily within agriculture and you will be based within their legal department.

Your new role

Within the role, you will be providing support to the head of legal and the team as a whole – this will include preparing legal correspondence and other documents for attorneys, organizing and maintaining documents in a paper or electronic filing system, meeting with clients, attorneys, and other professionals to talk about case details. As well as meeting people and dealing with correspondence, you will also be responsible for filing pleadings with the court clerk, preparing briefs, wills, contracts, real estate closing statements, pleadings, appeals and other legal documents. You will also be directing and coordinating law office activity, as well as carrying out any other day-to-day administration for the team.

Requirements

What you'll need to succeed

This role is exclusively for a bilingual English and Arabic candidate (both strong in their written and spoken languages) – for the success of this role the perfect candidate will be based in Abu Dhabi and hold a Law Degree. You will have previous exposure to working within the legal sector, either within a law firm, company legal department or Corporate Law and will be confident in working in a busy, demanding environment. It is important that you will be the type of person used to meeting deadlines and will be somebody who can thrive under pressure.

If you are the perfect candidate, you will be proactive with the ability to be able to manage and successfully prioritise tasks. You must be flexible within your work style and be somebody who can show commitment to your role. Overall, you will be hard working with a keen eye for detail.

It is important that the successful candidate has excellent interpersonal skills and Microsoft Office proficiency, this will be demonstrated through a face-to-face screening and testing.

What you'll get in return

You will receive a competitive salary and benefits package including flights, Visa and comprehensive medical insurance.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

About the Company

At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

So much more than a specialist recruitment business, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face today in the fast-paced world of work, we help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.

Offering an unrivalled suite of recruitment and workplace solutions, whether you’re looking for what’s next in your career, or have a gap to fill, we’ll help you get where you want to go.

You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow.