Senior Construction Lawyer

Bespoke Professionals

Doha, Qatar

Ref: MP910-488

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Senior Construction Lawyer - International Law Firm - PQE 5+

Our client is an award winning international law firm with offices located globally. They are renowned for delivering excellent proactive solutions to their clients both nationally and internationally across all infrastructure classes.

The Engineering and Construction team in Doha are highly recognized for their track record in successfully handling complex litigation and construction disputes and advise clients across the Middle East including developers, government agencies, oil and gas MNCs etc.

The Senior Lawyer will focus on providing advice and support in contentious and non-contentious matters.

• Contentious construction (claims, advisory, dispute resolution)
• Construction contractors' claims (prosecuting or defending)
• ADR, including DABs, expert determinations, mediation, etc.
• Construction arbitration and litigation
• General project advisory work.

Non-contentious Construction:

• Building and civil engineering contracts;
• M&E and plant contracts (oil and gas, petrochems, power, water, etc., sectors)
• Subcontracts and supply contracts related to the above
• Project development agreements (power, water, petrochems, etc.)
• EPC contracts, O&M contracts, FM contracts
• "PPP" - type contracts in the transport, health and other public facilities sectors
• Construction consultancy contracts
• Tender and procurement processes for all the above.

Requirements

• At least 5 years PQE in Construction with a stand-out experience with disputes and specifically, arbitration matters
• Strong academic qualifications, UK or other common law jurisdiction
• Experience in leading international/ National Law firms with a strong focus in the construction field.

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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