Disputes Associate/Senior Associate (3-5 PQE)
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About the Role
A&O Shearman seeks a qualified lawyer with 3-5 years PQE to join its Disputes team in Dubai. The role involves handling high-stakes, cross-border disputes including infrastructure and construction disputes, commercial arbitration, and investigations.
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Responsibilities
- Handle high stakes, complex and cross border disputes
- Provide holistic, practical advice and innovative solutions to clients
- Support clients through every stage of a dispute from assessment to resolution
- Formulate legal strategy and tactics, discovery, negotiation, court proceedings, and settlement
Requirements
- Common Law qualified lawyer
- 3 5 years post qualification experience (PQE)
- High level drafting and analytical skills
- Intellectual curiosity and versatility
- Self starter with desire to continuously acquire and share knowledge
- Detail focused and self motivated approach
- Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines
- Excellent client relationship skills
- Sound experience of operating at associate level within a complex international organisation
- Strong commercial/business acumen
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Collaborative team player
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Department Purpose
- A&O Shearman's disputes practice in the Middle East has deep expertise in handling high stakes, complex and business critical matters that are frequently cross border in nature.
- The team is noted for its 'high professional approach and collaboration between offices' and advises states, public bodies, and financial and corporate clients on a range of disputes.
- Specialisms include infrastructure and construction disputes, commercial arbitration, offshore court litigation, investigations and advisory matters.
Role & Responsibilities
- A dynamic work environment and opportunity to be part of a leading international law firm.
- Variety of intellectually exciting work and opportunity to work with other practice groups in an interdisciplinary way.
- Opportunity to be part of a dynamic, high performing team with a friendly and supportive culture.
- Secondment programmes to work with other departments and people.
- Dedicated local and global training programmes and professional training on communication, IT skills, management and business development skills.
Key Requirements
- Common Law qualified lawyer
- 3 5 PQE
- High level drafting and analytical skills
- Intellectual curiosity and versatility
- Self starter with desire and ability to continuously acquire, build upon and share knowledge
- Detail focused and self motivated approach
- Strong organisational skills, with ability to manage multiple deadlines
- Excellent client relationship skills
- Sound experience of operating at associate level within a complex international organisation
- Strong commercial/business acumen with ability to deliver creative and pragmatic solutions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Collaborative team player with ability to work in a fast paced, intellectually rigorous environment
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