Junior lawyer in Legal Department

Responsibilities:

• To provide legal advice and to conduct legal research on various legal issues;
• To draft, amend and translate legal memorandums, reports, various types of contracts, corporate and other documents (English-Russian languages);
• To prepare legal opinions and memorandums;
• To conduct legal due diligence of companies and prepare the legal due diligence reports;
• To lead various consulting projects and to assist the senior manager with the management of projects and junior personnel;
• To handle the e-mail correspondence with local and foreign clients, potential clients, foreign offices of KPMG and foreign subcontractors;
• To participate in conference calls with local and foreign clients and subcontractors;
• To develop and maintain good relationship with clients and subcontractors;
• To guide and train the junior personnel and interns by reviewing their work and constantly providing feedback.

Requirements:

• A bachelor degree in law from a leading university;
• LLM from a leading foreign university (preferable);
• Work experience of 1-3 years (experience in consulting companies is highly desirable);
• Sound knowledge of Uzbek legislation and international business law;
• Strong analytical skills, attention to details and ability to use legal databases and other sources of information;
• Experience in working as part of a team, with the ability to build effective internal and external relationships;
• Experience in corporate and labor issues, M&A and financial transactions, insolvency & debt restructuring, deal structuring and contracts drafting, real estate and EPC contracts, court proceedings;
• Excellent communication skills in English and Russian, including Uzbek (preferable);
• Ability to manage several assigned tasks in an assertive, efficient and timely manner;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills demonstrating professionalism in all dealings;
• Excellent leadership and management skills.