Bilingual Associate (Arabic/English)

Job description / Role

• Provide consultancy services to the clients
• Build report with the client
• Identify clients' needs
• Analyze the client’s needs
• Estimate time and resource needed to complete the work
• Communicate and agree steps forward
• Respond to the clients needs as per agreed deliverables
• Always attempt to exceed expectations
• Meet billings and collection targets
• Ensure an average billing of 5 hours / working day
• Communicate payment terms and conditions upfront with clients
• Where possible negotiate an upfront retainer payment
• Follow up on outstanding payments with clients
• Notify credit control if payments need to be followed up
• Interacting with team members
• Communicate matters clearly and in writing when needed
• Apply discipline while interacting with others
• Keep promises, demand the same from others
• Treat people as equals regardless of their position
• Be proactive in showing willingness to assist others
• Praise colleagues for jobs well done
• Report your activities
• Prepare daily time sheets
• Document activities so that complete handovers are possible
• Scheduling your time
• Prepare a daily, weekly and monthly plan
• Share your plan with the departmental secretary
• Analyse completion of tasks and apply leaning experience
• Be accountable to yourself and to others
• Meet your marketing targets
• Write one article per month
• Identify possible networking activities
• Participate in networking activities
• Maintain operational records
• Maintain files in a structured manner with index
• Agree with partner and secretary where information is kept, spot-check the system regularly for compliance

Requirements

We are currently looking to recruit an Associate for our Construction matters to be based in our Litigation Department in Abu Dhabi.

The ideal candidate will have:
• 3+years Litigation/Construction experience
• Excellent written and communication skills;
• Fluent in English and Arabic
• Experience in clients management;
• Experience in team management;
• Business development acumen;

By working on assigned tasks you are expected or exceed the billing target of 5 hours per working day. While interacting with clients and potential clients you will act as 'ambassador' for the organization, be well presented and professional. To do this job well, you need to have sound legal skills and the willingness to learn from experienced colleagues and client cases. Proactively, professionalism and customer orientation are your personal trademarks.

The job is important to the organisation because Tamimi & Company is a growing organisation depending on self-starting hard-working employees willing to take on the future challenges. In Al Tamimi & Company the right people is hired with the intention to take them to the next level of their career when they are ready for it.

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.