Legal Assistant F/M

Crédit Agricole Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Dubai seeks a Legal Assistant to support the legal team in managing documentation, conducting research, and preparing reports. Candidates should hold a Master's degree, be under 28, and an EU citizen. This role is an opportunity to gain comprehensive experience in legal operations within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Assist in managing capital markets documentation.
• Experience in legal documentation for financing activities.
• Perform legal research and maintain databases.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and execute capital markets documentation.
• Draft and review legal documentation for operations.
• Prepare internal procedures and training materials.

Skills

Negotiation

Legal documentation

Research

Education

Master's degree

Job description

Overview

You will join Crédit Agricole CIB Dubaï as a Legal Assistant. You will work under the supervision and monitoring of Head of the Legal Business Line. You will be involved in various tasks performed by the LGL Business Line.

Your concrete missions will be the following :

• Assist in managing, negotiating and executing capital markets documentation (under conventional and Islamic format) and in particular Master Agreements and any other ancillary documentation relating to derivative transactions, repurchase transactions and treasury deposits;

• Assist in managing, negotiating and executing financing legal documentation, including on corporate finance or trade finance activities (under conventional or Islamic format) and in particular guarantees, confidentiality agreements and vanilla facility letters;

• Assistthe Legal Business Linein drafting, reviewing and/or negotiating legal documentation in relation to Crédit Agricole CIB localday-to-day operations and activities;

• Perform capacity and authority analysis in relation to master agreements capital markets documentation under LGL MEA purview;

• Maintain the relevant legal data-bases up-to–date;

• Perform various para-legal tasks and any other duties in connection with LGL MEA activities;

• Perform ad hoc researches on the laws, regulations, rules and case law applying to, and affecting the activities of, Crédit Agricole CIB locally, as and when required;

• Assistthe business line in the preparation of the legal newsletter to be regularly circulated within Crédit Agricole CIB Middle East Asia;

• Assist the legal team in the preparation of internal procedures, support presentations, reports, training materials, etc.

Eligibility for a VIE

To be eligible for a VIE:

• - Be less than 28 years old ;

• - Be postgraduate of a Master degree;

• - Be EU citizen.

Don’t forget to upload your resume and cover letter in English!