Legal Trainee
Role Overview
Legal trainees are being recruited to join the MENA Global M&A and Capital practice in Riyadh.
The work includes a broad mix of transactions and matters, many with significant international dimensions, from complex high-profile deals to smaller matters offering greater responsibility.
Trainees gain exposure to commercial law and may participate in MENA Dispute Resolution matters where appropriate and required.
Key Skills for This Role
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Practice context
The MENA corporate practice covers cross-border and other M&A, joint ventures, securities and capital markets, regulatory matters, restructurings, reorganizations, and general corporate advice.
Clients include sovereign wealth funds, government investment vehicles, corporates, banks, and private equity firms; core sectors include financial institutions, energy and utilities, healthcare, retail and consumer, and telecommunications.
The Riyadh team works with the firm's offices in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and its wider international network on local and international transactions.
The Global M&A and Capital practice is the firm's largest MENA practice, with more than 45 lawyers across the region, including 9 partners.
Role overview
Legal trainees are being recruited to join the MENA Global M&A and Capital practice in Riyadh.
The work includes a broad mix of transactions and matters, many with significant international dimensions, from complex high-profile deals to smaller matters offering greater responsibility.
Trainees gain exposure to commercial law and may participate in MENA Dispute Resolution matters where appropriate and required.
Key responsibilities
- Work on a wide variety of transactions for a range of clients under experienced lawyers' supervision.
- Contribute to high-profile market transactions and provide legal support where required.
- Help develop and deepen relationships with existing key clients.
- Undertake research, translations, business development, knowledge management, and other tasks assigned by the MENA GMAC and Dispute Resolution teams.
Key requirements
- Be a national of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have completed a bachelor's degree in law at a Saudi university.
- Have completed registration or be willing to meet the requirements to register for a Saudi Ministry of Justice Legal Trainee training licence.
- Have a strong academic record and qualifications, plus a good technical and commercial background.
- Have excellent oral and written English communication skills and be able to work effectively in a team.
- Demonstrate confidence, self-motivation, client-service commitment, flexibility, proactivity, and professionalism under pressure.
- Be able to manage a high degree of work responsibility and bring good organization and attention to detail.
- Be willing to learn and broaden experience across legal and related non-legal activities.
- Legal-environment experience is preferred.
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