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Leading international law firm is hiring a Project Finance Senior Associate to join its highly rated energy and infrastructure practice in Dubai.

Role Overview

Our client is a leading international law firm with one of the busiest energy, natural resources and infrastructure practices in the Middle East. The team acts for sponsors, lenders, borrowers and governments on power, water, networks, transport and energy transition projects across the region. They are looking to hire a Project Finance Senior Associate to join the practice in Dubai. The successful candidate will run workstreams on live transactions and supervise junior lawyers in the team. This is a strong opportunity to work on some of the region's most significant power, water and transport projects.

Key Responsibilities

Draft, review and negotiate finance and project documentation on live transactions
Run workstreams and, at the more senior end, whole matters, managing client expectations and deadlines
Work on cross-border transactions across the region
Supervise and develop junior lawyers in the team
Build client relationships and contribute to business development
Share sector and legal knowledge within the team and with clients

Candidate Profile

English or New York qualified lawyer with 4 to 9 years' PQE
Project finance or infrastructure finance experience preferred, though debt finance lawyers (banking, leveraged, acquisition or Islamic finance) with a genuine interest in energy and infrastructure will be considered
Strong technical drafting and a commercial, client-facing approach
Self-starting, resilient and comfortable supervising others

Senior Associate - Project Finance