Senior Associate - Non-contentious Construction

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our market leading MEA Projects & Construction team to work on a range of high value and complex construction projects and contractual issues for clients across diverse sectors, predominantly located within the UAE.

Your practice will focus on complex international construction negotiation support and advising as "Project Counsel" on commercial, legal and contractual issues that arise during the lifecycle of a construction project.

Transactional / non-contentious experience (including drafting and negotiating international construction contracts) would also be welcomed but is not essential.

The nature and size of the team will mean that you will lead, manage and be heavily involved in all aspects of matters allowing you to make a significant contribution to their outcome.

This role will allow you to continue to develop your professional and personal brand.

The Team

Clyde & Cos Projects & Construction group is widely acknowledged as the regional market leader. Ranked for many years in band 1 of all the leading independent directories and established in 1998, the team has a proven track record of excellence in the legal challenges facing construction businesses across the GCC. With 8 specialist partners and a total of 22 legal professionals based across our 6 offices in the Middle East, clients come to our team for their most significant, complex and high value projects.

About You

You will have an excellent construction contract management / negotiation support background gained from another highly respected private practice or a mixture of private practice and in-house from within the GCC region, or from overseas, with the following core competencies:

• an excellent background in high value, complex construction contract management and negotiation support
• advanced knowledge and experience of the laws of the UAE and the DIFC
• superb drafting skills (including the drafting of pleadings, witness statements and legal opinions)
• strong academic credentials, self-driven with excellent verbal and written communications skills
• strong time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities effectively
• demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to work independently
• commercial awareness and confidence in building a rapport with clients to gain a better understanding of their business needs and with the assistance of the partners, actively developing these client relationships
• the ability to lead, delegate and foster a positive team atmosphere
  
  

Clyde & Co, MEA

With over 30 years of experience in the Middle East, Clyde & Co is one of the largest international law firms with over 50 partners and over 350 staff operating through six offices and associated offices in Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, and Riyadh. Clyde & Co supports international and local organisations throughout the wider region with a full-service offering of local specialists across most business sectors and services of law, including commercial, commercial contractual issues, corporate, cyber risk, data protection & privacy, employment & immigration, finance, global recoveries, insolvency & reorganisation, intellectual property, international negotiation support, projects & construction, real estate, regulatory & investigations, tax, and technology, outsourcing & data.

About The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, with 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.

We specialise in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: energy, marine, insurance, transport, construction, trade and commodities. We are globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of non-contentious and non-non-contentious legal services and commercially minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world.

We are committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and clients, using our legal skills to support our communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact we have on the environment.

Our Values

Our Values Are The Principles That Guide The Decisions We Make, Unite Us In Our Endeavours And Strengthen Our Delivery, For Our Clients And Our Firm. We

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
  
  

Role Competency Requirements

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The Competencies Are Used To Inform All Aspects Of Career Development. They Vary Across Levels And Different Business Areas And Fall Under The Following Areas

Technical Excellence

• Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it
• Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially
• Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively
  
  

People and Team

• Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others
• Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others
• Leadership: creating high performing teams
  
  

Client Relationships and Business Development

• Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities
• Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers
• Cross-selling and business development
  
  

Finance and Practice Management

• Finance management and understanding of the business
• Project management: ensuring projects are delivered
• Knowledge sharing
  
  

Personal Effectiveness

• Communication
• Clarity of thinking
• Personal contribution
  
  

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

Please take a moment to read our privacy notice carefully. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.

عندما تعمل في كلايد آند كو، فأنت تنضم إلى فريق يضم 490 شريكًا قانونيًا، 2,400 محاميًا، 3,200 أخصائي قانوني، و5,500 شخص في ما يقرب من 70 من مكاتبها ومكاتبَ تابعةٍ لها حول العالم.

قيمنا هي المبادئ التي توجّه القرارات التي نتخذها، وتوحدنا في جهودنا، وتعزز مجهوداتنا، سواء لنا أو لعملائنا وشركائنا.

نحن ملتزمون بالعمل من منطلق المسؤولية وذلك من خلال التقدم نحو قوى عمل متنوعة وشاملة الذين يعكسان المجتمعات والعملاء الذين يخدموننا ونخدمهم. كلايد آند كو يلتزم بتوفير بيئة تمكن للجميع بتحقيق إمكاناتهم فيها وباستخدام مهاراتهم القانونية والمهنية لدعم مجتمعاتهم وبيئاتهم. ونفعل ذلك من خلال العمل الخيري والتطوعي ومن خلال الشركات الخيرية التي نتعاقد معها، ومن خلال تقليل تأثير التلوث البيئي، بما في ذلك التزامنا بمعيار SBTi Net-Zero ووضع أهداف طموحة للحد من انبعاثات التلوث في البيئة.

كلايد آند كو يقدم مجموعة من الفوائد والدعم المصممة خصيصا لمنسوبيها، بما في ذلك الرعاية الصحية، وتخطيط التقاعد، ومبادرات تدعم الرفاهية.

نحن نفخر بأن نكون منشأة تعمل لطرح فرص متكافئة للجميع ونشجع قيمنا الأساسية على دعم العدالة، والاحتفال بتنوع واختلافات أفرادنا. ولذلك فإننا نمنع جميع أشكال التمييز في مكان العمل لإعطاء فرص عادلة للجميع بالتفوق والازدهار. لذا، نحن نرحب ونشجع جميع طلبات التقديم الوظيفي من الأفراد المؤهلين القديرين، بغض النظر عن اختلاف هوياتهم.

الرجاء أخذ لحظة لقراءة إشعار الخصوصية الخاص بنا بعناية. يصف هذا الإشعار ما قد يحتفظ به كلايد آند كو (نحن) من معلومات شخصية عنك، وأغراض استخدامها، وكيفية الحصول عليها، وحقوقك، وكيفية الاتصال بنا كصاحب بيانات. إذا كنت وكالة توظيف شريكة لنا وتقدم مرشحًا لنا، فمن الضروري وهي مسؤوليتك للتأكد من أن المرشحين الذين يتقدمون إلى كلايد آند كو على علم بهذا الإشعار الخاص بالخصوصية.

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