Legal - Employment - Employment Lawyer

Job description / Role

At PwC, we measure success by our ability to create the value that our clients and our people are looking for. Our reputation lies in building lasting relationships with our clients and a focus on delivering value in all we do. We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 236,000 people who are committed to delivering world-class capabilities and quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.

Established in the region for 40 years, PwC Middle East employs over 4,200 people across 12 countries. Complementing our depth of industry expertise and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments across the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market and beyond.

Line of Service
Tax

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Legal Services - Employment & Pensions

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary

We are part of the largest global legal network and have over 3,500 lawyers and legal professionals in over 90 countries (over 170 countries including immigration law and entity governance & compliance). Our Middle East Legal Network continues to rapidly grow.

Our lawyers and legal professionals work alongside the wider PwC, providing a truly joined up client facing service offering. Our team often works with Tax, Structuring, Consulting and Risk Assurance Services and other professionals from within PwC to deliver a unique, comprehensive and integrated service to our clients.

We are a thriving business across the Middle East with a regional hub in Dubai, looking to expand further.

The Immigration & Employment law practice provides advisory and compliance services to clients in relation to immigration & employment and provides a unique opportunity to broaden your own skills and be at the cutting edge of legal services. We also look to embrace technology in everything we do.

We are looking for an Employment lawyer with five years+ experience and a Middle East Employment law background to join the Immigration & Employment Law team and to help support its continued expansion.
Our new Employment lawyer will be fully integrated into the team and will work closely with lawyers and legal professionals of all levels. Like the rest of our team, we expect those in this role will enjoy an interesting, varied and challenging workload. The day-to-day work will involve providing advice to clients on a multitude of complex labor and employment law projects across multiple countries within the Middle East, assisting clients with managing the people-related compliance aspects of mergers & acquisitions, takeovers, restructuring, and all types of business transformation. This will also include assisting with business development initiatives and reviewing client alerts as well as liaising with our other specialist legal teams in the Middle East and with our Network firms in other jurisdictions, and generally working with the team to develop top quality service to our clients.

Requirements

Essential skills:
• 5+ years post qualification experience in Middle East Employment law with a focus on the UAE
• Strong experience in business development and drafting RFP’s with a strategic outlook
• Ability to foster client relationships and lead on existing relationships
• Account management experience with a focus on enhancing the client experience
• Excellent communication skills, with a strong ability to network
• Ability to deal with complex and/or high profile matters and managing escalations to full resolution
• Team management skills, working with Senior Manager to supervise staff performance and set objectives
• Experience delivering training clients and colleagues on employment law as well as being able to present in seminars/workshops/roundtable events
• Experience in managing workflows and account billing
• A high level of computer literacy, including a good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and legal databases
• Fluency in spoken and written English; clear, articulate and confident in written and verbal communication skills

Desirable skills:
• Proficient Arabic language ability desirable

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes

Government Clearance Required?
No

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.