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Koshan Development & Investment

<p><b>WE ARE HIRING!!!</b></p><p><b>Job Summary</b></p><p>We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced lawyer to join our team in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in UAE law, excellent communication skills, and the ability to handle diverse legal matters effectively.</p><p><b>Qualifications</b></p><ul><li><b>Education:</b> Law degree from a recognized university.</li><li><b>License:</b> Valid license to practice law in the UAE.</li><li><b>Experience:</b> Minimum 3-4 years of experience working as a lawyer in the UAE.</li><li><b>Language Skills:</b> Fluency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).</li><li><b>Technical Skills:</b> Strong knowledge of the UAE legal system and regulations.</li></ul><p><b>Duties &amp; Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li>Provide legal advice and counsel to clients on various matters related to UAE law.</li><li>Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents and contracts.</li><li>Represent clients in court proceedings and arbitrations.</li><li>Conduct legal research and stay updated on changes in UAE legislation.</li><li>Collaborate with other lawyers and legal professionals on complex cases.</li><li>Ensure compliance with UAE laws and regulations in all legal matters.</li></ul><p><b>Requirements</b></p><ul><li>Experience in corporate law, commercial litigation, or other relevant practice areas.</li><li>Familiarity with UAE court procedures and legal processes.</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment.</li><li>Excellent time management and organizational skills.</li></ul><p><b>Benefits</b></p><ul><li>Competitive salary commensurate with experience.</li><li>Professional development opportunities.</li><li>Dynamic work environment in the heart of Abu Dhabi.</li></ul><p>If you are a motivated and detail-oriented individual with a passion for law, please submit your application, including your CV and a brief cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and skills at marketing@koshan.ae.</p><p>Job Type: Full-time</p><p>Ability to commute/relocate:</p><ul><li>Abu Dhabi: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)</li></ul><p>Language:</p><ul><li>Arabic &amp; English (Preferred)</li></ul>

Associate Lawyer

Sundus

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  Hiring: Legal &amp; Compliance Counsel
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  Abu Dhabi | Head Office
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 We are looking for a highly experienced
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  Legal and Compliance Counsel
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  transactional and corporate law
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 This role is ideal for a seasoned
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  Transactional Lawyer
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 &squf; Draft, review, and negotiate complex corporate and commercial agreements, including Joint Venture and Shareholder Agreements
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 &squf; Provide legal support on corporate transactions, M&amp;A, and restructuring activities
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  8 years of legal experience
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  Common law qualification
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 ✔ Strong experience in
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  ✔ Prior Experience In Compliance Is Highly Preferred
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  commercial company
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  top-tier law firms
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 is highly desirable
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  Fluent English (native or equivalent)
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  Fully bilingual: Arabic &amp; English
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  Interested candidates
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Legal and Compliance Counsel

Calvin James Recruitment

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   Senior Legal Associate
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  We are seeking a dynamic and experienced
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   Senior Legal Associate
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  to join our expanding team. This is a client-facing role suited for a commercially minded lawyer who is eager to help build and grow the office.
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   Responsibilities:
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   Act as a primary point of contact for key clients, providing strategic legal advice across corporate and commercial matters.
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   Identify opportunities to originate work and contribute to the firm&rsquo;s market presence.
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   Lead and support on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters.
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   Manage matters end-to-end to ensure delivery of high-quality, commercially focused work.
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   Provide guidance, supervision, and mentorship to junior lawyers and trainees.
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   Support the Partner in establishing a strong, collaborative team culture.
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   Requirements:
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   8+ years PQE
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   (or equivalent experience) in corporate/commercial law gained from a reputable law firm or in-house environment.
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   Strong experience in structuring, commercial agreements, M&amp;A, and/or private equity transactions.
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   Demonstrated ability to manage client relationships and deliver high-quality legal work.
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   Comfortable in a client-facing, entrepreneurial environment with an interest in originating business.
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   Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with a passion for mentoring junior team members.
  </li>
 </ul>
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Senior Associate

MENA Recruit

Overview <p><b>The Role</b></p><p>We are recruiting for the in-house legal team for a leading real estate and destination development firm headquartered in the UAE. It operates across multiple business verticals, including real estate, hospitality & tourism, sports & leisure, and commercial / leisure destinations. This role will focus on complex M&A, private equity, and cross-border corporate transactions across major infrastructure and development projects.</p> Responsibilities <ul><li>Lead on corporate and M&A transactions, including drafting and negotiating SPAs, shareholder agreements, and joint venture documents.</li><li>Advise senior leadership on cross-border corporate structuring, private equity investments, and strategic transactions.</li><li>Provide commercial and legal insight to ensure alignment of business objectives with legal risk management.</li><li>Manage external counsel on complex transactions to ensure quality and cost efficiency.</li></ul> Requirements <ul><li>UK, US, or Commonwealth qualified lawyer with 7-12 years of Post-Qualified Experience (PQE) in corporate law.</li><li>Proven experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, ideally with a top-tier international law firm or a major corporation.</li><li>Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills in English, with strong attention to detail and commercial judgment.</li><li>Ability to work closely with executive stakeholders and provide clear, strategic advice in a fast-paced environment.</li><li>Salary is negotiable depending on experience and current package &A </li></ul> About the company <p>MENA Recruit came to fruition in response to a growing need for international legal talent in London and Dubai. Its initial focus began in the Legal sector, evolving as a service provider for other sectors such as Administration, Marketing, Business Development, HR, IT, Finance and C-Suite positions. Over the last two decades, with roots firmly planted in the Middle East and operations expanding into the APAC region, MENA Recruit has gained intuitive industry knowledge and expertise. With its unique, people-focused approach, the firm has yielded competitive advantage for its clients and rewarding careers for the professionals it has supported throughout the years. The company is dedicated to delivering the highest quality of talent and service to its clients while working tenaciously towards helping them achieve higher retention rates. For this reason, MENA Recruit is considered by both candidates and clients as a consultant in the truest sense of the word, offering guidance to both people and organizations on how to adapt to the constant change in market conditions and how to anticipate present and future challenges. Presently, MENA Recruit provides services to organizations and professionals in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and the United Kingdom. With such an extensive global reach, strong brand value, decades of expertise, and an innovative approach towards business challenges, its clear why MENA Recruit is the partner of choice for both in-house recruiters and candidates internationally.</p>

Senior Corporate / M&A Lawyer

Freshfields

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  After another strong year, the MENA Global Transactions (Corporate) practice has a solid pipeline of work for the most high profile and highly sophisticated clients in the region. As a result, we are looking to
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   recruit an Associate (mid to senior level subject to relevant experience) to join the Global Transactions (Corporate) practice in Abu Dhabi.
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  The successful candidate will work on a broad mix of transactions, with a primary focus on private and public M&amp;A and joint ventures. Much of the work will have a significant international dimension, providing visibility across our global network. Transactions will range from some of the largest and most complex deals to smaller matters that offer greater responsibility and direct client exposure.
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  For this position, we are looking for a
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   3 to 6 years PQE
  </strong>
  lawyer (England &amp; Wales or equivalent) to work on a wide variety of transactions for clients across the region and globally.
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  If you are interested in joining a Band 1-ranked corporate practice, working on some of the most prestigious deals in the market, we would love to hear from you.
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  <strong>
   Department:
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  We are widely regarded as having one of the leading corporate transactional and advisory practices in the world and we continue to act on some of the most prestigious and complex international deals &ndash; the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is no exception to this, where our corporate practice covers M&amp;A (particularly cross border), joint ventures, securities and capital market transactions, regulatory, restructurings and reorganisations as well as more general corporate advisory work.
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  We act for a variety of organisations including sovereign wealth funds and government investment vehicles, leading regional and international corporates, international and regional banks, some of the most successful regional and international private equity houses, supporting them with their most complex and strategically important transactions.
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  Our core sectors include financial institutions, energy (especially oil &amp; gas) and utilities, healthcare, retail and consumer and telecommunications within which we advise on outbound investments across the globe as well mandates throughout the region including in the GCC, wider Middle East and North Africa.
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  Our practice is ranked Band 1 across the Middle East by all of the leading legal research directories.
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  Our Middle East team has over 50 lawyers across the region in the
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   UAE
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  (Abu Dhabi and Dubai),
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   Bahrain
  </strong>
  and
  <strong>
   Saudi Arabia
  </strong>
  . Our Global Transactions (Corporate) Practice is Freshfields MENA&rsquo;s largest practice with experienced lawyers throughout the region.
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  <strong>
   Key Responsibilities:
  </strong>
 </p>
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 </p>
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  <li>
   Working on a wide variety of transactions for a range of clients
  </li>
  <li>
   Working on full scale worldwide acquisitions of existing businesses, new ventures and a variety of joint ventures
  </li>
  <li>
   Involvement in the highest profile transactions in the market, not only regionally but globally
  </li>
  <li>
   Contributing to developing and deepening relationships with existing key clients
  </li>
  <li>
   Mentoring more junior colleagues and demonstrating leadership on corporate transactions
  </li>
  <li>
   Contributing to developing and managing client relationships
  </li>
  <li>
   Initiating specific business development activities
  </li>
 </ul>
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   Key Requirements:
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   3 &ndash; 6 years PQE in England and Wales terms (or equivalent)
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   Committed to relocate and/ or pursue legal career in the Middle East
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   Strong academic record and qualifications
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   Strong technical and commercial background
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   Highly effective communicator (both oral and written)
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   Able to work effectively as part of a team
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   Confident, self-motivated and committed to providing excellent client service
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   Able to manage a high degree of responsibility of work demands
  </li>
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   Enthusiastic participant in business development activities, including networking, organising and delivering seminars, attending conferences and publishing as well as proactive involvement in knowledge management
  </li>
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   Our lawyers in Abu Dhabi work closely with colleagues in other offices and are responsible for transactions throughout the MENA region. The candidate must be willing and able to travel across the MENA region and further afield as and when required
  </li>
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Associate (Mid to Senior level)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

<div><div>After another strong year, the MENA Global Transactions (Corporate) practice has a solid pipeline of work for the most high profile and highly sophisticated clients in the region. As a result, we are looking to recruit an Associate (mid to senior level subject to relevant experience) to join the Global Transactions (Corporate) practice in Abu Dhabi.</div><div></div><div>
The successful candidate will work on a broad mix of transactions, with a primary focus on private and public M&amp;A and joint ventures. Much of the work will have a significant international dimension, providing visibility across our global network. Transactions will range from some of the largest and most complex deals to smaller matters that offer greater responsibility and direct client exposure.</div><div></div><div>
For this position, we are looking for a 3 to 6 years PQE lawyer (England &amp; Wales or equivalent) to work on a wide variety of transactions for clients across the region and globally.</div><div></div><div>
If you are interested in joining a Band 1-ranked corporate practice, working on some of the most prestigious deals in the market, we would love to hear from you.</div><div></div><div>
Department:</div><div></div><div>
We are widely regarded as having one of the leading corporate transactional and advisory practices in the world and we continue to act on some of the most prestigious and complex international deals &ndash; the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is no exception to this, where our corporate practice covers M&amp;A (particularly cross border), joint ventures, securities and capital market transactions, regulatory, restructurings and reorganisations as well as more general corporate advisory work.</div><div></div><div>
We act for a variety of organisations including sovereign wealth funds and government investment vehicles, leading regional and international corporates, international and regional banks, some of the most successful regional and international private equity houses, supporting them with their most complex and strategically important transactions.</div><div></div><div>
Our core sectors include financial institutions, energy (especially oil &amp; gas) and utilities, healthcare, retail and consumer and telecommunications within which we advise on outbound investments across the globe as well mandates throughout the region including in the GCC, wider Middle East and North Africa.</div><div></div><div>
Our practice is ranked Band 1 across the Middle East by all of the leading legal research directories.</div><div></div><div>
Our Middle East team has over 50 lawyers across the region in the UAE (Abu Dhabi and Dubai), Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Our Global Transactions (Corporate) Practice is Freshfields MENA&rsquo;s largest practice with experienced lawyers throughout the region.</div><div></div><div>
Key Responsibilities:</div><div></div><ul><li>
Working on a wide variety of transactions for a range of clients</li><li>
Working on full scale worldwide acquisitions of existing businesses, new ventures and a variety of joint ventures</li><li>
Involvement in the highest profile transactions in the market, not only regionally but globally</li><li>
Contributing to developing and deepening relationships with existing key clients</li><li>
Mentoring more junior colleagues and demonstrating leadership on corporate transactions</li><li>
Contributing to developing and managing client relationships</li><li>
Initiating specific business development activities</li></ul><div></div><div>
Key Requirements:</div><div></div><ul><li>
3 &ndash; 6 years PQE in England and Wales terms (or equivalent)</li><li>
Committed to pursuing a legal career in Abu Dhabi</li><li>
Strong academic record and qualifications</li><li>
Strong technical and commercial background</li><li>
Highly effective communicator (both oral and written)</li><li>
Able to work effectively as part of a team</li><li>
Confident, self-motivated and committed to providing excellent client service</li><li>
Able to manage a high degree of responsibility of work demands</li><li>
Enthusiastic participant in business development activities, including networking, organising and delivering seminars, attending conferences and publishing as well as proactive involvement in knowledge management</li><li>
Our lawyers in Abu Dhabi work closely with colleagues in other offices and are responsible for transactions throughout the MENA region. The candidate must be willing and able to travel across the MENA region and further afield as and when required</li></ul></div>

Associate (Mid to Senior level; Abu Dhabi)

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

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  Key Accountabilities
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   Ensure all legal documentation, fund/DPM structures, and investment contracts comply with UAE and international regulations
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   Work closely with compliance, risk, and finance teams to assess legal risks
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   Lead interactions with regional and international regulators
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   Develop legal frameworks to enhanc e governance and legal compliance
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   Support dispute resolution and litigation matters related to investments and corporate governance. Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM)
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   Fund Management, Technology, International Risk and Compliance
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