One of the leading law firms in Qatar is actively recruiting a Senior Paralegal Officer to be based in Doha.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Provide legal support to the company’s in-house counsels.
- Act as a liaison between in-house and outside counsels.
- Managing case files, organising documents, and preparing exhibits.
- Communicating with clients, witnesses, and opposing counsel.
- Preparing briefs, wills, contracts, real estate closing statements, pleadings, appeals, and other legal documents.
- Gathering and analysing statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, documents, and other data.
- Calling on witnesses to testify at hearings.
- Keeping the law library up to date by monitoring legal volumes.
Skills
To be successful you will need to meet the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in law/ BA in commercial law. An MBA is a plus.
- Minimum 8 years of corporate law experience in a multinational law firm.
- Investigative mind, good analytical, negotiation, and strong research skills.
- Experience in preparing legal reports.
- Excellent communication and time management skills.
- Applicants should be available for face-to-face interviews in the location mentioned above.