Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Dubai, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Legal
Company Industry
Legal Services
Position Title: Junior Litigation Lawyer – Local Law Firm
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary (AED): depending on experience and qualifications plus commissions
Job Location: Dubai, UAE
About the Client:
A dynamic and growing professional services firm based in the UAE, providing specialized legal and business solutions to a diverse portfolio of clients.
Responsibilities:
Conduct legal consultations with prospective clients, assess their concerns, explain available legal options, fees, risks, and next steps, and effectively convert qualified leads into paying clients while working toward the firm's monthly revenue target.
Assess civil, commercial, labor/employment, real estate, RDC, debt recovery, and contractual disputes; identify case strengths, weaknesses, and risks; and recommend practical litigation, settlement, or pre-litigation strategies.
Support litigation matters from initial consultation through resolution, including drafting and reviewing legal notices, pleadings, memoranda, applications, evidence, settlements, and other court-related documentation, while monitoring hearings, filings, judgments, and deadlines.
Maintain regular communication with clients, provide clear case updates, manage expectations, handle objections professionally, and identify opportunities to convert pre-litigation matters into litigation or additional legal services.
Coordinate with lawyers, advocates, courts, experts, translators, government authorities, and other stakeholders while ensuring accurate case records, procedural compliance, confidentiality, and timely completion of litigation requirements.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B. or equivalent) with a minimum of 3 years' relevant experience in a UAE-based law firm or legal consultancy, preferably within litigation and dispute resolution.
Strong UAE litigation knowledge, including court procedures, filings, case management, enforcement/execution, and preferably Civil, Commercial, Labor, Real Estate/RDC, and Debt Recovery matters.
Proven sales and client-acquisition ability is essential, with demonstrated experience conducting consultations, following up leads, handling fee objections, converting prospects into paying clients, and working toward revenue or conversion targets.
Strong legal drafting, research and organizational skills, with excellent English communication; Arabic legal-language capability is highly preferred.
About the Company
RTC-1 Employment Services is a licensed recruitment firm based in Dubai, UAE. Our team has been in the market since 2004 and we are supporting various industries with their staffing needs across the Middle East and Africa.
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