Role overview
Our client is a major Abu Dhabi energy group with a busy in-house finance legal team advising the group and its operating companies. With a strong pipeline of work, particularly in project finance, they are looking to hire a Legal Counsel to join the team in Abu Dhabi. The successful candidate will work across the full range of the group's finance matters, alongside senior lawyers. This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer making their first move in-house.
Key responsibilities
- Advise on banking, acquisition finance, corporate finance and project finance matters across the group
- Draft, review and negotiate facility agreements, security documents and wider finance documentation
- Support the group's project finance work from structuring through to financial close
- Instruct and manage external counsel on group transactions
- Work closely with treasury, finance and commercial teams on live deals
- Support the wider legal team on general corporate and finance matters as required
Candidate profile
- Qualified lawyer with around 4 to 6 years' PQE
- Trained at a Magic Circle or top-tier law firm, with broad finance experience
- Strong academic record from a leading university
- Secondment or in-house experience preferred but not essential
- Oil and gas or wider energy sector experience preferred
- Regional experience preferred but not essential, and lawyers relocating to Abu Dhabi will be considered
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.
