JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
This role’s main objective is to manage the firm’s contractual relationship with its clients. This involves a review of proposed changes to the firm’s terms of business and client’s own terms in accordance with the firm’s policies and liaising with the relevant lawyer and creating and managing a database of client terms.
Duties and Responsibilities will include:
• Reviewing and analysing client’s own terms or changes to the firm’s terms of business, in accordance with agreed parameters.
• Drafting responses to the lawyers to assist them with negotiating with clients.
• Escalating and liaising with the Head of Quality Assurance/Terms of Engagement Review Committee as appropriate.
• Act as a subject matter expert on the firm’s engagement terms procedures and policies.
• Monitoring compliance with the firm’s engagement letter policy.
• Developing and maintaining the firm’s engagement terms database.
• Contribute, as required, to projects aimed at improving compliance knowledge across the firm.
• Acting as the coordinator in respect of client information requests.
• Assisting the compliance/conflicts team as required during periods of absence and upskilling as required to assist.
REQUIREMENTS
• Qualified lawyer or paralegal with contract review experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience within a law firm
• Confident when dealing with senior lawyers
• Native English speaker or fluent written legal English
• Strong English drafting skills
• Strong work ethic and sense of ownership and responsibility
• Drives results through teamwork, people, communication and influence
• Comfortable with change, ambiguity, debate, conflict and informed risk taking
• Willingness to make decisions, while ensuring buy in from stakeholders
• Desire for continuous professional development
• Self-motivated
• Organised and systematic
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Al Tamimi & Company is the largest and most dynamic non-affiliated law firm in the Middle East with 16 offices across 9 countries and comprising 330 lawyers.
Over the years we have advised, and continue to support, government, government-owned entities, local, regional and international companies, banks and financial institutions along with both international and regional law firms.
Our core strength is our people and the diversity of their experience and local knowledge. Our reputation for excellence and regional experience extends beyond our network of offices in UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah), Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, Oman and Egypt. As a firm, our ability to practice local law in each of these jurisdictions - and the ability of each of our licensed litigators to have rights of audience before local courts - is a unique strength that truly sets us apart from our competitors.
