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	<h3>Associate - Corporate&#x2f;Mergers &amp; Acquisitions</h3>

	
	 
		
		
			
			
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				<p>Dubai</p>
			
		
			
			
				<h4>Job Category</h4>
				<p>Associate</p>
			
		
			
			
				<h4>Practice Group</h4>
				<p>Corporate</p>
			
		
			
			
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					Associate - Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
				
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  <strong>The Role</strong></p>
<p>Our Mergers & Acquisitions team is currently seeking an
  ambitious, energetic and talented corporate Mid-level Associate, with
  at least 1 to 4 years PQE. This role will include, but is not limited
  to, the following:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Advising on large scale, complex, cross-border M&A, venture
    capital, private equity, and/or investment funds transactions.</li>
  <li>Working closely with SWFs, national and multinational corporations
    and regional and global funds and family offices.</li>
  <li>Drafting and negotiating key transaction documents, working with
    members of the team to manage due diligence, disclosure exercises
    and closings. Taking responsibility for providing high level of
    client service.</li>
  <li>Advising on key transaction documents including term sheets, offer
    letters, subscription agreements, share sale and purchase
    agreements, shareholders' agreements, joint venture agreements and
    ancillary documentation.</li>
  <li>Developing relationships with clients including gaining knowledge
    of the client's businesses, economic drivers, market and sector
    requirements in order to ensure advice is relevant and commercial.</li>
  <li>Working as part of a team including assisting with the supervision
    of junior lawyers and paralegals, and taking an active part in
    sharing knowledge and experience with the team</li>
  <li>Associates are given regular and direct contact with clients.</li>
  <li>If of interest, opportunities for secondments with clients are
    available. Posting to other offices under the firm's associate
    transfer programme is also a possibility.</li></ul>
<p>
  <strong>The Team</strong></p>
<p>Our UAE offices offer clients one of the strongest corporate,
  M&A, private equity, venture capital, investment funds and
  commercial practices in the UAE. Our team in the UAE works closely
  with global clients including major tech companies and multinationals,
  the region's leading sovereign wealth funds, private equity and
  venture capital funds and family offices. With offices across the
  region including in Saudi Arabia ('Tier 1' for Commercial, Corporate
  and M&A), Egypt ('Tier 1' for Commercial, Corporate and M&A),
  Bahrain ('Tier 1' for Commercial, Corporate and M&A), Turkey
  ('Tier 1' for Commercial, Corporate and M&A) the UAE team is fully
  integrated and offers clients unrivalled coverage for their most
  sensitive transactions. We are known for our deep knowledge of not
  just the UAE legal environment but the regional deal landscape and for
  being able to offer fully integrated advice across the region and globally.</p>
<p>Clients include private equity funds, publicly listed companies,
  sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions and major national and
  multinational corporations. Our practice is broad, and much of what we
  do is cross-border.</p>
<p>As the Practice is fast growing, the prospects of career promotion
  are promising for the selected candidate. The emphasis is on
  developing well rounded, technically astute, commercially aware,
  relationship-focused lawyers, who are interested in a long-term career
  in a global law f irm.</p>
<p>
  <strong>Key Skills and Experience Required</strong></p>
<p>The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all or the
  majority of the following:</p>
<ul>
  <li>A qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials.</li>
  <li>Experience and training with a leading international firm.</li>
  <li>First rate technical skills.</li>
  <li>Excellent English communication skills (fluency in reading,
    writing, speaking ).</li>
  <li>Significant experience on M&A, private equity, venture capital
    and/or investment funds matters.</li>
  <li>Arabic language is an added value.</li>
  <li>Strong client service orientation - a &quot;client f irst&quot; mentality.</li>
  <li>Ability to develop strong relationships with clients.</li>
  <li>Maturity, gravitas and emotional intelligence.</li>
  <li>Ability to work well in both a team and individually.</li>
  <li>A keenness to learn.</li>
  <li>Respects and enjoys the diversity of backgrounds found in the firm
    and amongst our client base.</li>
  <li>Qualified candidates will have the ability to function smoothly in
    a global team environment with culturally diverse team members.</li></ul>
<p>
  <strong>Why Join Us?</strong></p>
<p>Baker McKenzie is a truly global law firm. Founded in 1949, we advise
  many of the world's most dynamic and successful business organisations
  through our 13,200 people in 74 offices in 45 countries. Yet big does
  not mean impersonal. We work hard to ensure that everyone knows their
  role and has the support they need to perform it to the highest
  standard. Our culture encourages this - how we work, think and behave
  in a collaborative and fulfilling way.</p>
<p>In the Gulf region Baker McKenzie has been active for more than three
  decades and our practice now boasts over 100 lawyers based in our
  seven offices in the Middle East - Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Doha,
  Dubai, Jeddah, and Riyadh. As a pioneering firm, we were most notably
  the first to enter both the Saudi and Egyptian markets.</p>
<p>The firm has built established and substantial presence in the Middle
  East & Africa region, with all offices working in close
  collaboration to service clients' needs on a range of matters,
  including banking and finance, project finance, Islamic finance,
  corporate/M&A and dispute resolution. We work closely with key
  local players — including governmental and regulatory entities,
  financial institutions, family-owned conglomerates and corporates
  across all industry sectors — as well with global investors and
  corporations establishing and consolidating their presence in the region.</p>
<p>Have a look at our <a
    href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNwVm6JiAPjNjYQ2lgBJcpw">YouTube
  channel</a> to find out more about us!</p>
<p>
  <strong>To Apply</strong></p>
<p>At Baker & McKenzie we welcome direct applications.</p>
<p>Please click on the Apply button on this advertisement to complete
  the application form.</p>
<p>
  <strong>NO AGENCIES PLEASE</strong></p>
<p>Please note Baker & McKenzie does not accept unsolicited CVs.</p>
<p>
  <strong>Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity</strong></p>
<p>Baker McKenzie helps clients overcome the challenges of competing in
  the global economy. We solve complex legal problems across borders and
  practice areas. Our unique culture, developed over 65 years, enables
  our people to understand local markets and navigate multiple
  jurisdictions, working together as trusted colleagues and friends to
  instill confidence in our clients. This is an exciting time to join us
  as we invest in and further develop our Professional & Business
  Services organisation, providing rewarding and challenging career
  opportunities in all of our world-class business functions.</p>
<p>Baker McKenzie has a culture of diversity and inclusion in its DNA -
  since our beginning, the differences of our people have helped us to
  work fluently across borders, cultures and practices. This is
  intrinsic to everything we do and underpins Baker McKenzie's vision to
  be the global law firm of choice. We understand that organisations
  work best when people with different backgrounds and points of view
  are brought together. We also know people perform at their best when
  they can be themselves at work. Baker McKenzie is committed to serving
  our clients with innovative solutions brought about by a diverse
  talent pool and an inclusive community.</p>
		

			
		
	

	
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