Associate - Corporate - Dubai

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes.  We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do. 

We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Corporate team in our Dubai office as an Associate.

The Corporate team:

Corporate and securities law is at the core of Mayer Brown’s practice in every one of its offices worldwide. With a globally integrated team of lawyers across four continents, we have extensive experience advising on a variety of complex, cross-border and high-profile, strategic transactions.

We represent a broad spectrum of public and private companies, banks, private equity and leveraged buy-out firms, special committees and management groups around the world—including many Fortune 100, FTSE 100, CAC 40, HKE and DAX-listed companies.

Our strength-in-depth in each of the world’s three largest financial centres—New York, London and Hong Kong—combined with our expansive capabilities throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East uniquely positions us to advise the world’s leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals. Our global reach, local-market knowledge and deep understanding of industry-specific issues ensures that we provide the best solutions for clients anywhere in the world.

With our global, collaborative approach, we deliver exceptionally high and uncompromising standards of quality across all of our offices, and no matter how the transaction team is structured, we take responsibility for ensuring that our clients receive an integrated, high-quality work product.

Mayer Brown is a significant force in today's major world markets. We are well-known for our strategic counsel and for our deal-making capabilities. Our longstanding clients look to us as trusted partners involved in the long-term life of their businesses.

The Role: Associate - Corporate - 2-4pqe - Dubai 

As an Associate in the group you will work on a variety of complex, cross-border and high profile transactions.

A qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with 2-4 years post qualification experience.

The PQE level/s identified here is indicative only. 

Experience, skills and personal attributes:

• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating documentation;
• Experience in corporate M&A is required;
• Experience in ECM and public M&A will be an advantage;
• Arabic speaker
• Experience gained within a good quality law firm or relevant organisation;
• Excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style;
• Ability to work effectively within an established, close-knit team;
• Demonstrate ability to confidently interact with clients and develop business pro-actively;
• A commercial and pragmatic outlook;
• Have attained degree certificate(s) from a reputed institution, achieving a minimum grade of 2:1 or equivalent;
• Be self-motivated and possess a very pro-active attitude;
• Candidates that have gained increased post qualification experience will also be expected to demonstrate ability to manage their matters with little day to day supervision as well as the supervision/management of junior lawyers.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.

Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from varying backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.

One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks - LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.