Role overview
Our client is a leading international law firm with one of the busiest energy, natural resources and infrastructure practices in the Middle East. The team acts for sponsors, lenders, borrowers and governments on power, water, networks, transport and energy transition projects across the region. They are looking to hire a Project Finance Senior Associate to join the practice in Dubai. The successful candidate will run workstreams on live transactions and supervise junior lawyers in the team. This is a strong opportunity to work on some of the region's most significant power, water and transport projects.
Key responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate finance and project documentation on live transactions
- Run workstreams and, at the more senior end, whole matters, managing client expectations and deadlines
- Work on cross-border transactions across the region
- Supervise and develop junior lawyers in the team
- Build client relationships and contribute to business development
- Share sector and legal knowledge within the team and with clients
Candidate profile
- English or New York qualified lawyer with 4 to 9 years' PQE
- Project finance or infrastructure finance experience preferred, though debt finance lawyers (banking, leveraged, acquisition or Islamic finance) with a genuine interest in energy and infrastructure will be considered
- Strong technical drafting and a commercial, client-facing approach
- Self-starting, resilient and comfortable supervising others
About Meyssa Legal
Meyssa Legal places lawyers across private practice and in-house roles in the UAE, with deep experience in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. We work consultatively with leading firms, in-house teams, and senior counsel across banking and finance, disputes, corporate, regulatory, and TMT.
Our approach prioritises judgment over targets and discretion over volume. We brief every role in confidence, submit only candidates we genuinely believe fit, and treat every conversation as the start of a long-term relationship.
