Senior Associate - Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions

The Role Our Mergers & Acquisitions team is seeking an ambitious, energetic and talented Senior Associate with 6 to 10 years PQE. The role will involve: - Advising on large scale, complex, cross-border M&A, venture capital, private equity, and/or investment funds transactions. - Working closely with SWFs, national and multinational corporations and regional and global funds and family offices. - Drafting and negotiating key transaction documents, working with members of the team to manage due diligence, disclosure exercises and closings. Taking responsibility for providing a high level of client service. - 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. - Working closely with the corporate Partners to develop leadership skills on transaction teams on large, complex transactions. - 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. - 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. - Associates are given regular and direct contact with clients, with a culture based on associates being given the level of responsibility they are ready for, rather than a PQE based method of work allocation. - There are regular opportunities for secondments with clients. Posting to other offices under the Firm's associate transfer programme is also a possibility. - Engaging in business development activities and being active in the promotion of the Firm. The Team 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. 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. 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 Firm. Key Skills and Experience Required The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate all or the majority of the following: - A qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials. - Experience and training with a leading international Firm. - First rate technical skills. - Excellent English communication skills (fluency in reading, writing, speaking). - Significant experience on M&A, private equity, venture capital and/or investment funds matters. - Arabic language is an added value. - Strong client service orientation - a "client first" mentality. - Ability to develop strong relationships with clients. - Maturity, gravitas and emotional intelligence. - Ability to work well in both a team and individually. - A keenness to learn. - Respects and enjoys the diversity of backgrounds found in the Firm and amongst our client base. - Qualified candidates will have the ability to function smoothly in a global team environment with culturally diverse team members. At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. With our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, in over 70 offices worldwide, we have a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities and are committed to world-class career development to everyone in every job at every level. Baker McKenzie can offer you both the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a top firm paired with a passionately global and genuinely collaborative working environment. Why join us? 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 13,000 people in 77 offices across 47 countries. Yet big does not mean imperso

Key Skills and Experience Required: A qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials; Experience and training with a leading international Firm; First rate technical skills; Excellent English communication skills (fluency in reading, writing, speaking); Significant experience on M&A, private equity, venture capital and/or investment funds matters; Arabic language is an added value; Strong client service orientation - a "client first" mentality; Ability to develop strong relationships with clients; Maturity, gravitas and emotional intelligence; Ability to work well in both a team and individually; A keenness to learn; Respects and enjoys the diversity of backgrounds found in the Firm and amongst our client base; Qualified candidates will have the ability to function smoothly in a global team environment with culturally diverse team members.

Advising on large scale, complex, cross-border M&A, venture capital, private equity, and/or investment funds transactions; Working closely with SWFs, national and multinational corporations and regional and global funds and family offices; Drafting and negotiating key transaction documents, managing due diligence, disclosure exercises and closings; 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; Supporting partners on leadership development within transaction teams on large, complex transactions; Developing client relationships and understanding client businesses, economic drivers, market and sector requirements; Supervising junior lawyers and paralegals and sharing knowledge; Regular client contact with responsibility levels aligned to readiness; Potential for secondments to clients and transfers to other offices; Involvement in business development and promoting the Firm.