Senior Paralegal

We are a developer, investor, and operator of power generation and desalinated water plants, with 90 assets in operation, construction, or advanced development across 13 countries.

Job Purpose: To assist the Legal – Business Development function in all support activities, such as preparation and finalization of conditions precedent to financial close of projects, drafting certain other documents and components of a transaction based on Company templates, assisting in company setup, legal research on precedents, the execution of documents, etc. as required, in order to ensure the function’s work is carried out smoothly and effectively.

Key Accountabilities:

Legal Support

• Conduct legal research as required by senior lawyers including finding out precedents and relevant statutes, legal articles and other writings related to a specific legal research, in order to support the team
• Perform preliminary work in the preparation of legal opinions to be issued by external counsel
• Shadow senior team members on key meetings, negotiations, reviewing of documents, etc. in order to build capability and competence in required areas.
• Assist in providing legal support in conjunction with the Legal – Corporate team for setting up of companies in the UAE and outside of the UAE, in order to ensure all the necessary documentation is prepared, collated and available when required.

Legal Documentation

• Assist in drafting certain components of a transaction based on Company templates (e.g. NDAs (confidentiality agreements), TSA (technical services agreements), Power of attorneys (POAs), memoranda of understanding (MOUs), company incorporation documents, approval documents, etc.), in order to ensure adequate support is provided to the team, and resources are utilised effectively.
• Assist in the bid preparation activities from a legal perspective, in collaboration with the Bid Management team and other stakeholders, in order to ensure the legal aspects of the documentation are complete, provided on time and accurate
• Collate and draft (in conjunction with outside counsel as required) the conditions precedent to the achievement of financial close in projects and/or completion of M&A transactions and use third party IT platforms (such as Legatics) to upload and manage documentation)

Agreements and Contracts- Assist the Legal BD team in drafting the basics of agreements and contracts relevant to specific legal transactions and provide them to the team to populate other details in order to ensure provision of required support.

Coordination

• Assist in coordinating with internal stakeholders, such as the Business Development Team, Project Finance Team, Tax team, Insurance team and other teams as required and follow up with them in order to gather the necessary information required
• Manage the execution of documents and internal signing formalities through the Company’s Egnyte system and where relevant other signing platforms and processes

Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures

Adhere to all relevant organisational and departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out to the required standard and in a consistent manner

Continuous Improvement

Contribute to the identification and implementation of change initiatives, programmes, and projects in line with the organisation’s standards

Related Assignments

Perform other related duties or assignments as directed.

COMMUNICATION & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal:

Working closely with VP – General Counsel (BD) and the Deputy General Counsel (IP and Head of Support Services (BD)) and other members of the Legal BD and Support Services (Legal BD) team, as well as the BD Team, Project Finance Team, and other departments as required

External:

Coordinate and follow up with external legal entities, if required

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• A recognised training in Law
• Bachelor’s degree in law is preferable

Minimum Experience:

• 0 – 3 years’ experience as a paralegal

Skills:

• Highly organized
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Basic understanding of English legal terms and definitions
• Understanding of contracts and other legal documents
• Good research skills
• Good IT skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and willingness to develop new IT skills and to use new IT systems
• Ability to handle pressure well, and understand the importance of deadlines
• Ability to relate to people in a variety of situations, be highly trustworthy, discreet, and use good judgment