# Associate - Global M&A and Capital (Finance) practice

**Company**: MENA-based law firm
**Location**: Dubai
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an Associate to join our Global M&A and Capital (Finance) practice in Dubai. The successful candidate will work across all areas of the finance practice, including project finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, private debt/direct lending, general corporate finance, fund finance, and derivatives.

**Key Responsibilities and Deliverables**

- Working on a wide variety of transactions for a range of clients

- Negotiating and drafting transaction documents

- Liaising with foreign counsel

- Involvement in the highest profile transactions in the market

- Contributing to developing and deepening relationships with existing key clients

- Actively participating in business development/client events

- Providing general support and assistance to the MENA GMAC team as required

**Key Requirements**

- 2 years PQE in England and Wales terms (or equivalent)

- Committed to pursuing a legal career in the UAE

- Strong technical skills and grasp of finance concepts

- Transactional management experience including exposure to LMA-style documentation

- Experience working on transactions from initial instructions through signing/closing

- Strong foundational understanding of general finance, fund finance, and syndicated/corporate lending

- Exposure to or some experience of Islamic finance, project finance, and derivatives

- Strong academic record and qualifications

- Highly effective communicator (both oral and written)

- Able to work effectively as part of a team

- Confident, self-motivated, and committed to providing excellent client service

## Skills

### Required
- finance
- LMA-style documentation
- transactional management
- Islamic finance
- project finance
- derivatives

### Nice to have
- English
- Arabic

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