We have a diverse International Construction team with an excellent reputation for legal expertise in large and often ground-breaking construction and infrastructure projects. We act for a range of clients, including multinational corporations, regional and local businesses based in the UAE, Middle East and globally. In Abu Dhabi, we particularly focus on large infrastructure projects in the oil and gas / petrochemical sector, but the team regularly advises on projects across the GCC in other sectors, often in support of our real estate, energy and infrastructure teams.

Day to day scope will include but not limited to advising on, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of construction / EPC contracts and ancillary documentation, including security documentation, operations and maintenance contracts and other related agreements. You will be part of a strong team and you will have the benefit of supervision and training by experienced lawyers.

What you'll be doing

• Drafting, advising upon, negotiating and preparing construction contract documentation including: building contracts (in particularly FIDIC standard forms); consultancy agreements; and forms of ancillary security.
• You will handle a significant amount of contractual work, reviewing and drafting such documents as FEED, EPC, EPCM, design, construction and O&M / LTSA agreements.
• You will actively participate in meetings with clients and assist client's legal and project teams in their negotiation meetings.
• Drafting and negotiating forms of performance security such as parent guarantees and performance bonds.
• Providing contract advisory services and advising on risk identification and mitigation and contract interpretation of live projects across the Gulf.
• Supporting clients with preparation of contract documentation and advising on potential claims, particularly variations, extensions of time and associated loss and expense and defects
• Researching and publishing articles
• Pro-active participation in business development initiatives.
• Participating in firm-wide and departmental training sessions.

What you'll need

The firm has a Career Development Framework which sets out the competencies we expect of those at the Senior Associate grade. In particular for this role, the ideal candidate will have:

• A common law qualified non-contentious construction / projects lawyer with 6-8 post qualification experience.
• Experience of EPC and O&M contacts gained working on infrastructure, construction or energy projects, and would be familiar with the FIDIC forms of contract.
• A genuine interest in the construction and engineering sector. Understanding of construction and engineering projects and the laws relating to them.
• International experience (especially GCC experience) is a plus.
• Commitment to exceeding client expectations
• Drive and enthusiasm
• Can do, hardworking and flexible approach
• Commercial awareness
• Interacts well with people at all levels
• Fluency in English. Arabic language is an advantage but not a requirement.
• Excellent academic record

Trowers is an international law firm with over 170 partners and more than 1000 people located across the UK, Middle East and Asia.During our long history, we have held fast to the values and characteristics – such as service, quality, integrity and innovation – that have made us not only a leading law firm, but an inclusive and exciting place to work and establish a career. Some 240 years on, these attributes remain solidly embedded in our culture and our ways of working.We are well known for being experts in the sectors our clients work in and getting to the crux of the issues they face. This gives us the best foundations to extend our thinking beyond the day to day delivery of transactional and advisory legal services and provide our clients with fresh thinking and commercially-driven solutions.Our valuesAt Trowers, our values are central to everything we do. They underpin our strong culture and guide the way we do things and the way we interact with others. Engaging the whole firm in helping us to define and shape our values has reaffirmed for us the incredible degree of alignment we enjoy at Trowers. This shared understanding of our values across all of our offices confirms that we are pulling in the same direction, for the benefit of our clients, our external stakeholders and our people.