Paralegal/Legal Secretary

Job description / Role

Cooper Fitch are currently looking for experienced Paralegals for a number of top law firms in the UAE.

For this role, you will be performing substantial legal support for Associates and Partners.

You will have have significant experience in a similar role, preferably in the UAE, either at a leading law firm or in house.

Your general duties will include:
• Conducting research on relevant laws, regulations, and legal articles
• Organize and maintain documents
• Gather and arrange evidence and other legal documents for attorney review and case preparation
• Write reports to assist associates and partners
• Conducting significant legal research
• Draft correspondence and legal documents, such as contracts
• Help lawyers during trials by handling exhibits, taking notes, or reviewing trial transcripts
• File exhibits, briefs, appeals and other legal documents with the court or opposing counsel
• Call clients, witnesses, lawyers, and outside vendors to schedule interviews, meetings, and depositions
• Conduct and attend client meetings
• Identify relevant judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles, codes and other pertinent materials
• Review and monitor new and updated laws and regulations

Requirements

• Bachelor'degree, associates degree or certificate program in Law or Paralegal studies
• Paralegal certification is advantageous
• Thorough knowledge of legal principles and practices
• Thorough knowledge of legal research techniques
• Thorough knowledge of legal terminology
• Thorough knowledge of legal communication principles and practices
• In depth knowledge of local and international laws and regulations
• Ideally regional experience
• Strong research and analysis skills
• Excellent communication skills (Bilingual in English and Arabic is always advantageous)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with experience in dealing with confidential information

About the Company

At Cooper Fitch, we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We provide recruitment, executive search and human resources advisory services to thousands of clients across the Middle East, we have been delivering services in the region since 1997. Our team is your team, we firmly believe in delivering first class committed search services. It is our mission to help build the best talent in the market. Our services are tailored to your every need, we have spent nearly twenty years developing an extensive database of top tier talent in the region. We also aim to help you protect and retain your people with our world-class assessment, testing and advisory facilities. We provide both valuable market updates and compensation and benefits analysis to complete the full spectrum of human resources services.