Associate

Clyde and Co LLP

The firm's market leading insurance litigation practice is growing, and we are looking to hire an associate to assist the partners with insurance, financial and professional disputes.

The role is based in Abu Dhabi, but the candidate will be part of our regional Insurance, Professional, and Financial Disputes (IFPD) Department and will be involved in matters across the GCC and broader Middle East.

Clyde & Co's Global and Middle East IFPD Departments are market leading and provide the full range of dispute resolution services to insurers, financial services firms, professionals, and directors and officers.

The successful candidate will be joining a team in our IFPD Department that is based in Abu Dhabi. You will mainly work with partner Alfred Thornton, who focuses on all forms of dispute resolution.

The Abu Dhabi IFPD team is currently advising on and/or representing parties in multiple arbitrations (both ad hoc and institutional), mediations, regional common law court disputes, and 'onshore' court proceedings.

The matters the team is currently handling primarily involve construction, engineering and energy insurance coverage related disputes; defending construction professionals against professional negligence claims; reinsurance related disputes; and recoveries on behalf of insurers.

Most of the partners and senior lawyers in our regional IFPD Department are internal promotions.

We are looking for a candidate that is similarly eager to develop their career as a dispute resolution lawyer and complement a close-knit team of colleagues that all have a long-term commitment to the development of the team and more broadly to Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi.

Key Responsibilities

• to manage a case load of litigation and arbitration matters; including subrogated recoveries and the defence of insured professionals;
• to provide advice to clients on dispute resolution strategy and to work with colleagues in other offices to manage cross-border litigation (both across the GCC and further afield);
• to research, draft and prepare advice and pleadings to efficiently progress matters;
• to work as part of a regional disputes team and to support partners and legal directors with general commercial litigation where necessary; and
• to participate in our IFPD department's business development and marketing initiatives, including contributing to client training and drafting of articles on legal developments of relevance to our clients.