Senior Associate

Job Summary

The Role

The ideal candidate will have a strong corporate background gained within a large-scale international or regional top tier firm. Due to the varied diet of corporate work we have to offer applicants will have a broad background encompassing mergers & acquisitions joint ventures international commercial employment and corporate restructuring.

The role will be based in Cairo Egypt but the candidate will be part of our regional Corporate group and will be involved in matters across the GCC and broader Middle East.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Excellence

• Advise clients on mergers and acquisitions joint ventures and equity investments with minimal supervision;

• Prepare and negotiate transaction documents including share/asset purchase agreements disclosure letters joint venture/investment agreements and ancillary corporate documents;

• Conduct due diligence and draft due diligence reports on legal matters;.

• To work as part of a regional Corporate team and support partners and senior associates where necessary.

• Prepare legal advice and opinions.;

• Work on broader commercial matters as .;

• Closely work with clients partners and maintain/develop excellent relationships with clients;

• Project manage the delivery of services to complex challenging clients.

• Identify and exploit business development opportunities through managing existing clients and targeting new ones.;

• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with the firms methodologies guidance and professional standards.;

• Adhere to budgets and ensure clients expectations are managed.;

• Drafts articles and publications.

• Organised and structured approach to tasks to ensure matters are progressed People and Team.

• Advise on commercial employment corporate capital markets mergers & acquisitions and transactional matters.

• Handle all corporate legal processes such as mergers splits capital increases and decreases structuring and restructuring day to day corporate procedures and approvals including drafting minutes and ratifying same establishment transformation and liquidation of different forms of companies under the different applicable Egyptian laws and be able to deal with the relevant governmental authorities.

People and Team

• Proactively and willingly supports team members

• Responds positively to changing working environments

• Awareness of own development needs and seeks solutions

• Effectively manages paralegal and secretarial resource

• Finance and Practice Management

  • Effectively prioritises tasks and competing demands

  • Proactively manages matters to drive them forward

  Personal Effectiveness

  • Ability to manage own case load

  • Track record of leading on transactions

  • Track record of business development

  • Excellent client facing and meeting skills

  • Confidence and enthusiasm in interactions through a range of communication methods.

  • Use of influence and persuasion positively

  • Effective decision making and sound problem solving skills.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co you join a team of 500 partners 2400 lawyers 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery for both our clients and our firm. We work as one excel with clients celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work volunteering and charitable partnerships and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

A Note on Privacy

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

الشركة

عند انضمامك إلى شركة كلايد أند كو تصبح جزءا من فريق عالمي يضم 500 شريك و2400 محام و3200 متخصص قانوني وأكثر من 5500 موظف فيما يقارب 70 مكتبا وفرعا حول العالم.

تشكل قيمنا المبادئ التي توجه قراراتنا وتوحدنا في مساعينا وتعزز جودة أدائنا سواء تجاه عملائنا أو شركتنا. نعمل بروح الفريق الواحد ونتميز في خدمة عملائنا ونحتفي بالاختلاف ونتصرف بجرأة.

نلتزم بالعمل بمسؤولية من خلال السعي نحو بناء قوة عاملة متنوعة وشاملة تعكس المجتمعات والعملاء الذين نخدمهم. كما نكرس جهودنا لتوفير بيئة تمكن الجميع من تحقيق إمكاناتهم الكاملة وتسخير مهاراتهم القانونية والمهنية في دعم مجتمعاتهم. نجسد هذا الالتزام من خلال تقديم الخدمات القانونية المجانية والمشاركة في الأعمال التطوعية وبناء شراكات خيرية إلى جانب تقليل أثرنا البيئي بما في ذلك التزامنا بمعيار صافي الانبعاثات الصفرية ووضع أهداف طموحة لخفض الانبعاثات.

التزامنا

تفخر كلايد أند كو بكونها شركة ملتزمة بمبادئ تكافؤ الفرص. تشجعنا قيمنا على دعم العدالة والاحتفاء بالتنوع ورفض جميع أشكال التمييز في بيئة العمل بما يتيح لكل فرد فرصة التميز والنجاح في مسيرته المهنية. ولذلك نرحب بجميع طلبات التوظيف من الأفراد المؤهلين بغض النظر عن خلفياتهم أو هوياتهم. للتعرف على خطوات عملية المقابلة لدينا.

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إذا كنت تقدم مرشحا بالنيابة عن وكالة توظيف شريكة فإن من مسؤوليتك الأساسية والضرورية التأكد من أن المرشح المتقدم للعمل لدى الشركة قد اطلع على هذا الإشعار.

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