Senior Associate | Project Finance | Dubai

Barratt Galvin; Dubai; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm is seeking a Senior Associate to join their Project Finance team in Dubai. This role offers a chance to work on significant infrastructure and energy finance transactions across the GCC, with a focus on client advisory and document drafting. The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with project finance experience, providing an excellent opportunity for career progression and involvement in landmark projects shaping the Middle East.

Benefits

Career progression

International secondment opportunities

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of post-qualification experience from a top-tier international law firm.
• Strong track record in project finance, PPPs, or infrastructure M&A.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on project finance and acquisition finance matters.
• Draft and negotiate finance and security documents.
• Manage high-value, cross-border transactions.

Skills

Project finance

Negotiation

Communication

Project management

Business development

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

On behalf of a leading global law firm with a prominent footprint across the Middle East, we are seeking a Senior Associate to join their Project Finance team based in Dubai.

This is a career-defining opportunity to work closely with the firm’s Head of Middle East, a highly regarded figure in the regional legal market, and to contribute to some of the most complex and high-value infrastructure, energy, and development finance transactions in the region.

The Role:

You will take a lead role on major project finance transactions across the GCC and wider MENA region, advising sponsors, lenders, multilateral institutions, and government bodies on the structuring, negotiation, and execution of large-scale infrastructure and energy deals.

This position offers an ideal platform for a lawyer looking to take their expertise to the next level in a high-performing and regionally integrated practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise clients on project finance, acquisition finance, and infrastructure development matters.

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of finance and security documents, including facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, and project documentation.

• Represent commercial lenders, ECAs, development banks, and sponsors across sectors including energy, utilities, transport, and social infrastructure.

• Play a central role in the management of transactions, including supervising juniors and liaising with clients and local counsel.

• Contribute to business development, client pitches, and knowledge-sharing initiatives within the team.

Requirements:

• Qualified lawyer with 5–7 years of post-qualification experience, from a top-tier international law firm.

• Strong track record in project finance and related areas such as public-private partnerships (PPPs) or infrastructure M&A.

• Familiarity with Middle East markets is preferred but not essential.

• Confident, commercially astute, and able to manage high-value, cross-border transactions with multiple stakeholders.

• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and project management skills.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-border environment.

Why This Firm?

• Join a globally recognized project finance practice ranked among the best in the world.

• Gain hands-on exposure to landmark regional projects shaping the future of the Middle East.

• Work alongside market-leading partners and an ambitious, supportive team.

• Enjoy competitive compensation, clear career progression, and international secondment opportunities.

Apply now!If you feel that you meet the requirements we would like to hear from you.

Due to the volume of interest only successful applicants will be contacted directly.

Barratt Galvin is an Australian-based legal recruitment business providing law firm resourcing solutions. Collectively, our consultants have over twenty year’s experience placing legal professionals into law jobs locally and internationally.

Based in Sydney, we assist legal professionals looking for legal jobs within Australia, as well as those relocating to or returning from London and the Middle East legal markets.

Our core client base is made up of elite private practice legal teams within mid to top-tier and international law firms. The legal jobs we recruit for include Lawyers, Legal Secretaries, EA/PA, HR, Business Development & Marketing and Office Support.

As recruitment experts in Australia, London and the Middle East we can assist you with your international or local legal job search. Barratt Galvin is focused on providing you access to legal job opportunities that align with your career goals, at the best possible salary level within the market.