Linklaters Dubai Jobs 2022 Apply for Capital Markets Lawyer Jobs in Dubai

Linklaters specialises in advising the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments on their most challenging transactions and assignments. With offices in major business and financial centres, we deliver an outstanding service to our clients anywhere in the world. Our market-leading Dubai Capital Markets operates in a strategically important region for the firm.

We work closely with other Linklaters offices, including Hong Kong, Singapore and London, so the successful candidate will benefit from a truly international experience across Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

The Dubai Capital Markets team acts as a hub for the broader Middle East region and serves many of the firm’s platinum clients. As well as the full range of mainstream capital markets products including straight debt and MTNs, regulatory capital, equity-linked debt (convertibles and exchangeables) and liability management, the team also advises on the full range of sukuk issues.

Key responsibilities and challenges:

Technical Capability

• Develop deep legal knowledge in your primary practice.
• Analyse and review research for accuracy, relevance and completeness and present arguments concisely and clearly.
• Consider implication of advice to your client, negotiate with good judgement and anticipate counter-arguments.
• Draft with reference to the legal and commercial arguments, writing succinctly, objectively and logically.

Client Development

• Keep abreast of developments in the business world, learn how clients’ businesses work and actively share insights gained from client interactions.
• Establish positive relationships with the client and build trust.
• Identify opportunities to deliver additional products and services and use network across practices and offices to deliver the whole firm to your clients.

Work Management

• Plan work effectively, identifying individuals’ responsibilities, priorities and deadlines.
• Supervise and monitor matters, setting high standards for quality of work and responding positively to changing demands.
• Delegate work effectively, demonstrating good judgement when assigning and managing work.
• Develop knowledge of key efficiency levers, e.g. effective matter management, use of alternative resourcing, and assign resources appropriately.
• Monitor progress of matter and manage your client’s expectations so there are no surprises.

Working with Others

• Bring people with diverse skills, interests and viewpoints together.
• Make yourself available, acting as a sounding board for colleagues, calling out inappropriate behaviour and facilitating flow of communication between team and other parts of the firm.
• Inspire confidence and respect of others through all interactions.
• Constantly seek to improve the way we work and drive value to clients and encourage experimentation and innovation.

Knowledge & Learning

• Identify gaps in the firm’s knowledge and learning, take initiative to develop necessary precedents and share knowledge and learning with others.
• Develop, facilitate and present technical training.

We offer you

• The opportunity to work for a global, ambitious firm with a clear sense of direction
• Intellectually challenging and rewarding work
• Top-quality training and career development

Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Global Agile Working Policy
• Platinum private healthcare cover
• Housing loan and support
• Birthday leave
• Employee referral scheme
• Enhanced Primary Caregiver Leave