Senior Associate - Construction

Bespoke Professionals

Saudi Arabia

Ref: MP910-473

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

***Excellent new opportunity with a major global law firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia***

Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior lawyer, who has contentious and non-contentious construction experience, who is looking to join an international law firm and build a strong team and client list in KSA. The ideal candidate will have experience in advising clients on all aspects of the structuring, drafting and negotiation of construction documents whilst having solid construction litigation experience.

The ideal candidate will advise multiple sectors including infrastructure, energy, healthcare, whilst gaining knowledge of local construction contracting practices (including government procurement, FIDIC under Shari'ah and Aramco standard forms) and dispute resolution processes (including local courts and Saudi and international arbitration).

The firm has worked on multi-national projects in the emerging markets and developed nations. Their approach has a global reach that has spanned over 60 countries. With an ever-growing practice in Saudi Arabia and an excellent reputation in the market, the team requires an ambitious lawyer who aspires for partnership with the firm.

Requirements

Required experience and skills:

• At least 7 - 15 PQE
• Strong academic qualifications
• Qualification as a solicitor or barrister in the UK or other common law jurisdiction
• Career to date focused on projects and/or construction (transactional and contentious)
• Background in either a large international law firm or a national firm.
• Motivated for partnership
• Happy to be located in Riyadh, KSA

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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