Employment Paralegal
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About the Role
Gateley plc is seeking an Employment Paralegal with at least 12 months' experience to join its Dubai team. The role involves supporting senior lawyers on contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including litigation support, legal drafting, and client interaction.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Assist with Employment litigation
- Prepare and manage bundles and case documentation
- Liaise with clients, counsel, courts, and third parties
- Support disclosure exercises, including DSARs
- Draft legal updates, articles, and internal know how materials
- Proofread and format legal and marketing documents
- Conduct legal research and fact finding
- Support client onboarding, including KYC/AML checks
- Open new matters and maintain document management systems
- Provide general administrative and organisational support
- Assist with business development initiatives
Requirements
- At least 12 months' experience in an employment paralegal role or legal assistant
- Strong understanding of UAE/DIFC/ADGM employment law
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Confident managing multiple deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working with legal tech, document systems, and Microsoft Office
- Proactive, team oriented approach with a 'can do' attitude
Full Job Posting
About The Role
- We are currently partnered with a leading specialist employment law firm that is looking to hire an Employment Paralegal to join its growing Dubai team.
- This is an excellent opportunity for a paralegal with at least 12 months’ experience to gain hands on exposure to high quality employment work, while supporting senior lawyers on a broad range of contentious and non contentious matters.
- The role offers a great mix of litigation support, legal drafting, and client interaction, making it ideal for someone looking to build on their existing experience in a fast paced and supportive environment.
Responsibilities
- Assisting with Employment litigation.
- Preparing and managing bundles and case documentation.
- Liaising with clients, counsel, courts, and third parties.
- Supporting disclosure exercises, including DSARs.
- Drafting legal updates, articles, and internal know how materials.
- Proofreading and formatting legal and marketing documents.
- Conducting legal research and fact finding.
- Supporting client onboarding, including KYC/AML checks.
- Opening new matters and maintaining document management systems.
- Providing general administrative and organisational support.
- Assistance with business development initiatives.
The Person
- At least 1 years’ experience in an employment paralegal role/legal assistant.
- Strong understanding of UAE/DIFC/ADGM employment law.
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Confident managing multiple deadlines in a fast paced environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable working with legal tech, document systems, and Microsoft Office.
- A proactive, team oriented approach with a 'can do' attitude.
Why Apply?
- Work with a highly regarded specialist employment team.
- Gain exposure to complex and high quality litigation.
- Hybrid working model.
- Supportive and collaborative culture.
- Clear opportunity to develop your legal skills and career.
About Us
- Gateley is a legal and professional services group a team of formidable experts across law and business.
- We support thousands of active clients, from listed companies to scale ups and private individuals, in the UAE and internationally.
- Our values: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do, and Working Together.
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