SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL, PROJECT FINANCE, UAE

Taylor Root (Dubai); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel specializing in projects and project finance. This exciting in-house role offers the opportunity to work on multi-billion dollar projects that are critical to national infrastructure. You will be part of a strong legal team, managing a diverse portfolio while collaborating with various stakeholders, including outside counsel and government entities. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in project finance and infrastructure law, with a proven track record from a reputable international law firm. This is a unique chance to make a strategic impact in a vital sector.

Qualifications

• PQE of 7+ years with experience in project finance and infrastructure.
• Trained at an international law firm or multinational corporation.

Responsibilities

• Manage an extensive portfolio of infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with outside counsel, project developers, and government entities.

Skills

Project Finance

Infrastructure Law

Contract Negotiation

Legal Research

Education

Qualified Lawyer

International Law Firm Training

Job description

SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL, PROJECTS AND PROJECT FINANCE, UAE

If you're a projects / project finance lawyer, and you're looking for an in-house role, you should keep reading.

The work of this client is so critical, that if they didn't do what they did, you'd be sitting in the dark and your bathroom wouldn't work. It's that important.

So why this role?

1. Highest quality work - the chance to be part of multi-billion dollar projects.
2. Strategic impact - exposure to the critical infrastructure assets that underpin a country.
3. Team players - working with a very strong legal team that pull in the same direction together.

What you'll be doing:

In general, you'll be asset managing an extensive and existing portfolio of infrastructure projects, whilst ushering in the new. This will see you working closely with outside counsel, project developers, financiers and backers, government entities, plus all your internal clients.

Who you'll likely need to be, in order to succeed:

Whilst there is a degree of flexibility, there are some core guidelines that make the backbone of the client expectations:

• You'll need to have trained and qualified with an international standard law firm or multinational corporate.
• A PQE of 7+ would be ideal and likely no more than 12 PQE in order to fit into the team structure.
• Skill set is very important and ideal candidates will be able to offer a mix of projects, infrastructure and project finance work.
• Ideally you will be based in the Middle East right now, though strong overseas applicants can also be considered.