The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting comprehensive legal research, analysing UAE legislation and judicial precedents, and independently preparing, reviewing, and drafting high-quality legal memoranda, statements of defence, statements of claim, replies, objections, appeals, and other court submissions in Arabic for filing before UAE courts and judicial authorities.
The candidate must possess excellent Arabic legal drafting skills, a sound understanding of UAE litigation procedures, and the ability to convert complex facts and documentary evidence into clear, persuasive, legally substantiated arguments.
Key Responsibilities
A. Legal Research and Analysis
- Conduct in-depth legal research on UAE federal and emirate-level legislation, regulations, decrees, and applicable procedural laws.
- Research relevant judgments, judicial principles, and precedents issued by UAE courts, including the Courts of Cassation, Courts of Appeal, and Courts of First Instance.
- Analyse applicable legal provisions and identify relevant statutory grounds, procedural requirements, defences, and legal remedies.
- Verify the accuracy, applicability, and current validity of legal provisions and judicial authorities before incorporating them into legal submissions.
- Prepare legal research notes, case summaries, and written opinions in Arabic and, where required, English.
B. Arabic Legal Drafting and Court Submissions
- Independently draft comprehensive and persuasive Arabic legal memoranda for submission before UAE courts.
- Prepare statements of claim, statements of defence, rejoinders, replies, counterclaims, appeal memoranda, cassation grounds, execution applications, and other procedural submissions.
- Draft objections and comments on preliminary and final expert reports, identifying factual inconsistencies, evidentiary deficiencies, methodological errors, and incorrect legal conclusions.
- Prepare legal notices, formal correspondence, petitions, applications, and procedural requests in accordance with UAE legal practice.
- Structure submissions using appropriate legal terminology, statutory provisions, judicial precedents, documentary evidence, and clearly articulated relief sought.
- Review and refine Arabic legal translations to ensure legal accuracy, consistency, and professional presentation.
C. Case Assessment and Litigation Support
- Review case files, contracts, correspondence, court judgments, expert reports, witness statements, and supporting documents.
- Develop case chronologies, evidence summaries, legal issue matrices, and argument outlines.
- Identify strengths, weaknesses, procedural risks, evidentiary gaps, and potential counterarguments in each matter.
- Assist the legal team in developing litigation strategies and identifying appropriate procedural and substantive legal grounds.
- Support matters involving civil, commercial, labour, real estate, rental disputes, debt recovery, corporate disputes, and other areas of UAE law, as assigned.
D. UAE Court Procedures and Filing Support
- Maintain working knowledge of UAE court procedures, electronic filing systems, filing requirements, and procedural deadlines.
- Prepare and organise court submission bundles, annexure lists, document indexes, and supporting evidence.
- Ensure that draft submissions are complete, properly formatted, internally consistent, and ready for review and filing.
- Coordinate with legal consultants, advocates, clients, translators, and other relevant stakeholders to obtain documents and clarify case facts.
- Track relevant legal developments, procedural amendments, and changes in court practice.
E. Quality Control and Confidentiality
- Verify all statutory references, case citations, dates, amounts, party names, and documentary references before submitting drafts for approval.
- Ensure that legal arguments are evidence-based, logically structured, and professionally presented.
- Maintain strict confidentiality regarding client information, privileged communications, case strategies, and internal documents.
- Manage multiple assignments efficiently while meeting deadlines and maintaining a high standard of accuracy.
Pay: AED2,000.00 - AED4,500.00 per month
Work Location: In person
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