Professional Support Lawyer - Dispute Resolution

Michael Page

Jordan

Ref: HP350-6540

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A chance to be the key knowledge management resource for the disputes practice. An opportunity to promote a culture of knowledge sharing while implementing a strategy for generating, extracting and collating knowledge for the team.

Client Details

A leading regional law firm

Description

As a Professional Support Lawyer within the dispute resolution team, you will be responsible for the following:

* Liaise with the dispute resolution team regarding developing precedents, practice notes and working practices.
* Advise fee earners on new law and regulatory updates
* Supervise paralegals and associates in maintaining best practices in relation to know-how resources
* Liaise with the team on the development of precedents, templates, practice notes and legal opinions.
* Provide technical and academic legal input for the preparation of articles, legal commentaries, client briefings and other marketing materials.

Job Offer

* A competitive salary
* A supportive PSL Department
* The ability to work within the GCC

Requirements

* Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years PQE
* A minimum of 2 years working as a PSL or within knowledge management
* Experience working on disputes and knowledge of local litigation and arbitration
* A background within a leading international or regional law firm
* Current or previous experience in a client-facing role
* Technical excellence
* Bilingual (Arabic and English)

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.

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