# Transactional Matter Work Paralegal

**Company**: International law firm
**Location**: Dubai
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are seeking a paralegal to join our Matter Optimisation team in Dubai. You will work closely with the Practice and Business Services functions to deliver transactional matter work on instruction from the Practice.

**Key Responsibilities and Challenges**

- Deliver and assist others in the delivery of transactional matter work on instruction from the Practice, in both English and Arabic where required.

- Ensure the Paralegals & Support Lawyers management team is made aware of all tasks/projects outside of the UAE, and the approach to delivery is approved.

- Anticipate and be reactive to changing client instructions and requirements.

- Monitor own performance, actively seek and act on feedback.

- Communicate effectively with team, recognising diverse working styles.

**Subject Matter Expert**

- Keep up-to-date with developments, ensuring knowledge is shared.

- Ability to use and have a good working knowledge of platforms and supporting technology, including post-closing assistance tools, legal research tools and due diligence platforms.

- End user / administrator of IT solutions aligned to the requirements of the practice, including virtual data rooms, the internal extranet and intranet sites.

**Key Measures of Success**

- Adherence to team processes; and ensuring best practice guidelines and policies are adhered to.

- Meeting personal utilisation targets, ensuring any decision which may impact these targets is discussed and agreed with the line manager.

- Demonstrating strong communication skills which are critical to the success of the team.

**Requirements**

- Fluent Arabic and English language skills, with the ability to communicate professionally in both written and spoken formats.

- LPC / SQE or (Foreign) Qualified lawyers.

- 2 years' experience as a Banking Paralegal within an international law firm or leading financial institution.

- Experience supporting banking and finance transactions, including document management, due diligence and transaction execution processes.

- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to build effective working relationships across jurisdictions.

## Skills

### Required
- Arabic
- English
- Legal Research
- Document Management
- Due Diligence
- Communication

### Nice to have
- International law
- Middle East/Dubai-related matters

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