Senior Paralegal

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb in Abu Dhabi seeks a Legal Assistant with a law degree to support our Legal & Compliance team through document review, drafting, and translation.

You will handle confidential agreements, perform legal research, and coordinate matters under the Chief Legal Counsel.

This role requires bilingual English-Arabic abilities and meticulous attention to detail within a corporate governance context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Law is required.

Responsibilities

• Provides legal and administrative support to Legal & Compliance.
• Drafts confidentiality agreements and memoranda of understanding.
• Performs legal research and translation between Arabic and English.
• Coordinates matters delegated from the Chief Legal Counsel.
• Reviews and updates agreements and legal documents under supervision.

Skills

Legal translation

Legal drafting

Research

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Law

Job description

Job Description:

-Provides legal and administrative support to Legal & Compliance by conducting preliminary review of legal documents, drafting confidentiality

agreements and memoranda of understanding, undertaking legal research and legal translation (Arabic to English and vice versa), as well as

coordination activities of matters delegated from the Chief Legal Counsel to L&C Management.

-Prepares legal documents under Legal Counsel’s supervision, from the initial request by a Directorate or a Unit until the final stage of producing the

execution copies. This includes reviewing the content of the agreement/document, discussing the content with the requestor and subsequently

updating the agreement or legal documents such as confidentiality agreements, memorandum of understanding, resolutions, etc.

-Conducts research with regards to laws, legal practices (national and international) and other legal and non-legal matters. This includes consulting

online legal databases, agreements, related internal memos, internal and external policies and discussing findings with the relevant lawyer.

-Translates and reviews translations of legal texts including, but not limited to agreements, laws, resolutions and other legal documents (English to

Arabic and vice versa). ----Verifies the compatibility between Arabic and English legal texts in addition to the accuracy of translated texts.

Provides direct assistance to the Chief Legal Counsel in relation to: compiling, drafting and preparing various documents of legal and administrative

nature and coordinating matters delegated to the General Counsels, Group Corporate Governance Manager and Group Compliance Officer.

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills