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Ref: KP074-2497
Job description / Role
The position requires a highly skilled, hands on legal professional (UK / western qualified with membership to a law society / the Bar) with corporate, commercial and transaction experience. Local real estate experience would be a bonus. Solid international private practice experience and 1-2 years experience in Dubai.
The role requires superior drafting ability and ability to convey negotiations of transactions into legal transaction documents. A team player that can work effectively to support the Head of Legal and the team on legal / transactional matters.
Requirements
• Good solid drafting experience of complex transactions, share sale / asset sale agreements, joint venture agreements, financing documents, transaction documents, heads of terms etc.
• Document Management – including heavy drafting, amendments, formatting, typing, editing, proof reading, track changing, working on multiple transaction documents and support Head of Legal in large corporate / transaction matters.
• Solid experience of working on corporate, company, commercial and transaction matters
• Experience of dealing with complex legal matters and on a wide range of matters
• Maintaining legal documents, precedent data base and ability to create and implement legal governance issues.
• Setting up DIFC and Offshore vehicles
• Supporting the CT team in structuring creative transaction structures that reflect the real estate JV deals from negotiation through to completion and post management
• Preparing presentations – both legal and transaction investor presentations with the team
• Right hand to the Head of Legal in all legal, corporate and commercial legal matters and affairs
• Support in all company incorporations, constitutional documents and ensure they are drafted in-line with the transaction.
• Assisting Head of CT in all transaction negotiations with capital and development partners
• Leading transactions from a drafting / document perspective, with guidance and support from the team with respect to deal parameters
• Understanding of the entire transaction / deal process
• Good work ethic, can work independently and as part of a team
• Liaising with external legal consultants and law firms
• Confident and assured professional
About the Company
Engage was formed in 2007 in response to frustrations at the level of service delivery offered by traditional large recruitment agencies working in the construction market. With a belief in providing a truly knowledgeable, precise and quality driven service, Engage strives to offer a recruitment experience to both employers and candidates that is unrivalled in the marketplace.
We provide precision staffing solutions, including contingency and executive search, within the construction and commercial marketplaces. Our enduring relationships with market leading organisations in the region and overseas means we have access to the best candidates and the best vacancies.