Associate, Legal
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About the Role
Alcazar Energy Partners is looking for an Associate, Legal to provide legal, regulatory, and corporate governance advice. The role involves drafting and negotiating agreements, supporting transactions, and ensuring compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Provide transactional support in deal execution, including drafting/reviewing documents and supporting negotiations
- Provide legal, regulatory, and corporate governance advice to facilitate informed decisions
- Review and negotiate standard legal documents and assess legal and regulatory risks
- Support corporate workstreams including company secretarial administration, board packs, and statutory filings
- Provide legal support on acquisitions and investment transactions, including due diligence and drafting transaction documents
- Lead day to day legal support for development and execution projects, including drafting and negotiation of project agreements
- Provide legal support to Delivery & Operations team on contractual matters
- Support fund operations including acquisitions, disposals, and internal portfolio transactions
- Identify and assess legal, regulatory, and commercial risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Assist in preparation of litigation or court proceedings where necessary
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in law from an internationally reputable university
- Admission to practice in the UAE or an internationally recognized jurisdiction
- Strong theoretical legal knowledge
- Knowledge of UAE laws, regulations, and legal reporting standards
- Ability to lead negotiations and form legal arguments
- Strong research skills
- Practical, hands on disposition
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Job Purpose
- Provide legal, regulatory and corporate governance advice to Alcazar Energy and its assets and subsidiaries
- Ensure compliance with defined legal framework and protect interests of Alcazar Energy
- Contribute to development of legal and regulatory strategy
- Develop, review and/or negotiate agreements, contracts and relevant legal documentation
Responsibilities
- Support in provision of legal advice including transactional support, drafting/reviewing documents, and supporting negotiations
- Assist in drafting and reviewing agreements and contracts, assessing legal and regulatory risks
- Provide legal advice to corporate and business teams, partnering with transaction teams
- Support corporate workstreams: company secretarial administration, board packs, resolutions, POAs, corporate registers, KYC requests, statutory filings
- Provide legal support on acquisitions and investment transactions including due diligence, drafting, negotiation, and coordination with local counsel
- Lead day to day legal support for development and execution projects including drafting and negotiation of project agreements
- Provide legal support to Delivery & Operations team on contractual and commercial legal matters
- Support fund operations including acquisitions, disposals, and internal portfolio transactions
- Address legal and other related risks, identify and assess risks, develop mitigation strategies
- Provide expert advice on drafting and negotiating agreements and contracts
- Support with litigations and business advice, assist in preparation of litigation or court proceedings
- Assist external counsel management and review output
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in law from an internationally reputable university
- Admission to practice in the UAE or an internationally recognized jurisdiction
Job Specific Skills
- Strong theoretical legal knowledge
- Basic knowledge of legal, legislative and regulatory environment of relevant geographic markets locally and globally as related to renewables
- Good knowledge of UAE's laws, regulations, and legal reporting standards
- Knowledge of contracts pre assessment, negotiation, formulation, and management
- Ability to lead negotiations related to familiar issues and matters with guidance from senior team members
- Ability to clearly justify legal position and form legal arguments
- Strong research skills and ability to gather and assess the right information
- A practical, hands on disposition; happy to be the person doing the work rather than reviewing or commissioning it from advisors
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