Associate - Mid Level - Commercial/TMT

Job description / Role

Job Title: Associate (Mid Level) - Commercial/TMT (Dubai)
Locations: Dubai
Area of Expertise: Private Practice
International law firm - Dubai - PQE 2-4

The main responsibilities will be:

- Carrying out research on TMT legal issues including telecoms and media regulation, cloud computing, software development and licensing, content distribution, e-commerce, mobile payments, data protection and cybersecurity.
- Supporting M&A and corporate transactions and other wider projects with specialist Commercial/TMT due diligence, research and ancillary contracts.
- Drafting advice to clients on Commercial and TMT legal issues.
- Drafting various commercial agreements covering supply, distribution, consultancy and advertising.
- Supporting the Commercial/TMT team on larger-scale technology procurement, transformational IT and outsourcing projects. Assisting with the preparation and delivery of proposals, pitches, presentations and legal training materials.

The MENACommercialGroup, handles the specialist areas of Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Technology/Media/Telecoms as well as general Commercial matters. The CommercialTeam is largely based in the Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices. We also conduct Commercial work in our Doha and Riyadh offices. Essentially, we are commercial lawyers with expertise in a full range of general commercial contracts and arrangements. The team advises on all kinds of commercial matters including agency, distribution, franchising, marketing agreements, hotel and restaurant management and sale of goods.

Requirements

The Candidate will have:

- A PQE level of 2 - 4 years post qualification experience
- A strong academic background, training and experience gained with a well-recognized firm , with an established presence in the Commercial/TMT sector; 2:1 (or higher) degree classification (or equivalent).
- A Science degree or previous Science background would be an advantage; a genuine interest in developing their career with the leading Commercial/TMT practice in the Middle East; good drafting skills with keen attention to detail, preferably with experience in drafting basic commercial contracts (e.g. NDAs) and the ability to contribute to more complex agreements
- Experience in carrying out detailed and methodical legal research using available resources
- Experience of liaising with and coordinating advice from foreign correspondent counsel in the Middle East would be an advantage
- Confidence and initiative with a keenness to assume responsibility, work independently and take a pro-active and commercial approach to solving issues
- Strong inter-personal skills and a genuine interest in marketing and business development
- Experience in drafting pitches and proposal documents for legal work would be an advantage
- Experience in the preparation of legal training material and/or delivery of training seminars or lectures would be an advantage; and Arabic language skills would be an advantage.

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.