Professional Support Lawyer Corporate/Commercial

Bespoke Professionals

Dubai, UAE

Ref: MP910-509

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Legal 500 ranked Law firm – Dubai – Professional Support Lawyer – Corporate/ Commercial Department.

Ever considered working as a Professional Support Lawyer?

With the growing necessity for fee earners to concentrate fully on chargeable work, a top tier law firm in Dubai, with offices across the Middle East, is in search of a qualified Corporate/Commercial Lawyer to take on the role of supporting fee earners and supervising paralegals to promote best practices and consistent quality in client work.

The nature of this role varies from department to department. In the Corporate & Commercial Department the PSL with work closely with the Partner and the Head of Knowledge Management to develop an infrastructure for best practices.

The role involves:

• Supervising paralegals and associates in maintaining best practices for deal documentation, precedents and know-how resources, including consistent application of law in precedents and practice
• Working with the Partners, counsel and associates to identify the best practices, know-how and learning requirements of the practice and to implement the agreed offering
• Preparing and circulating know-how and translating it into forms, precedents, practice notes and manuals, and assisting in technical legal training and practice development; and
• Engaging in a limited amount of client facing work.

Requirements

Advantages of becoming a Professional Support Lawyer:

• Variety of work
• Involvement with other areas of the firm
• Competitive salary; and
• A chance to work with experienced lawyers who come from reputable law firms including the Magic Circle.

The often widely varied role of a PSL means that the candidate should be a qualified Corporate Commercial Lawyer.

• Ideally 3 PQE
• Current or previous experience in a client-facing role, preferably with a background in relevant practice area
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; and
• Up-to-date in terms of market developments.

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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