Legal Trainee

We are widely regarded as having one of the leading corporate transactional
and advisory practices in the world and we continue to act on some of the most
prestigious and complex international deals. This is also true in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region, where our corporate practice covers M&A
(particularly cross border), joint ventures, securities and capital market
transactions, regulatory, restructurings and reorganisations as well as more
general corporate advisory work.

We act for a variety of organisations including sovereign wealth funds and
government investment vehicles, leading regional and international corporates,
international and regional banks, some of the most successful regional and
international private equity houses, supporting them with their most complex
and strategically important transactions.

Our core sectors include financial institutions, energy (especially oil & gas)
and utilities, healthcare, retail and consumer and telecommunications within
which we advise on outbound investments across the globe as well mandates
throughout the region including in the GCC, wider Middle East and North
Africa.

Our practice is ranked Band ‎1 across the Middle East by all of the leading
legal research directories.

Our combined Saudi team, based in Riyadh (with two further LFSH branch offices
in Jeddah and Al Khobar) comprises of lawyers who are supported by the
Freshfields offices in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as well as the other
offices across our international network. We work together on local and
international transactions on a daily basis, providing clients with a seamless
service across all aspects of Saudi law.

Our Corporate Practice is Freshfields MENA's largest practice with over ‎25
lawyers throughout the region, including ‎4 partners.
Role summary
We have advised clients in the MENA region for over ‎30 years and have been
building a presence in Saudi Arabia for the past ‎15 years. During this time we
have established the firm as a leader in the legal market, acting on many of
the best deals and winning over key regional clients.
After another strong year, the MENA Global Transactions (Corporate) practice
has a solid pipeline of work for the most high profile and highly
sophisticated clients in the region. As a result, we are looking to recruit a
legal trainee to join the Global Transactions (Corporate) practice in Riyadh.
The successful candidate is a national of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
and has completed a Bachelor's degree in Law in KSA. They will work on a broad
mix of transactions. Most of the work will have a significant international
dimension (bringing with it real visibility across our network), and will
range from some of the largest and most complex transactions to smaller deals
which provide greater responsibility. The legal trainee will gain exposure and
experience in many areas of commercial law.
Key responsibilities and deliverables
* Working on a wide variety of transactions for a range of clients, supervised by experienced lawyers
* Involvement in the highest profile transactions in the market and providing legal support where required
* Contributing to developing and deepening relationships with existing key clients
* Involvement in research, translations, business development, knowledge management and other tasks as assigned
Key requirements
* KSA national
* Completed a Bachelor's degree in Law at one of the universities in KSA
* Strong academic record and qualifications
* Good technical and commercial background
* Excellent communications in English (oral and written)
* Able to work effectively as part of a team
* Confident, self-motivated and committed to providing excellent client service
* Able to adopt a flexible and proactive approach and retain a professional attitude under pressure
* Able to manage a high degree of responsibility of work demands
* Good organisational skills and attention to detail
* Willingness to learn and broaden experience in legal and related non-legal activities such as business development and knowledge management
* Preferably has experience working in a legal environment