The role
The Dubai office seeks a confident, experience and proactive company services professional to join our corporate team. The individual must be fluent in English and Arabic to support the corporate team with public relations and administrative tasks. The role involves company set ups, producing and managing corporate documents, liaising with colleagues and clients, and supporting the wider team in a fast-paced legal and corporate environment, offering opportunities for long-term career growth in the region.
Key Responsibilities
Company Formation, Foundations & Structuring Support:
- Assist with company incorporations across UAE mainland, DIFC, ADGM and other regional jurisdictions.
- Support the establishment and ongoing administration of foundations and similar structuring vehicles.
- Prepare incorporation and foundation application packs, authority forms and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate directly with registrars, foundation authorities and relevant government portals.
Corporate Actions & Governance:
- Prepare corporate and foundation documentation including share transfers, board and shareholder resolutions, and changes to directors, managers, council members or guardians.
- Maintain statutory registers and corporate records.
Filings & Regulatory Compliance:
- Manage licence renewals, amendments and routine regulatory filings.
- Track deadlines and ensure timely submissions to relevant authorities.
- Support ongoing governance and compliance requirements for companies and foundations.
Client Interaction & Delivery:
- Respond to routine client queries and provide clear process updates.
- Coordinate documentation, signatures and execution requirements.
- Support the smooth delivery of high-volume company services and foundation work.
Operational Support:
- Maintain accurate internal trackers and document management systems.
- Assist with preparation of client packs and completion documents.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, templates and internal know-how.
The team
Our Dubai office, located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is home to a well-established and high-performing corporate team. Led by Darren Harris, Managing Partner and Head of Corporate, the team brings deep regional expertise across M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and general corporate law.
Darren is joined by Nora Al Muhamad, a partner with the corporate team with extensive experience on corporate restructuring. Nora also focuses on private clients and family-owned businesses in relation to succession planning, governance across sectors including education, healthcare, infrastructure, real estate, retail and consumer.
The wider team includes legal directors, together they have built a strong reputation for delivering strategic legal advice to clients across the Middle East and work closely with our Dubai-based partners and the wider Corporate Platform under the leadership of UK-based Beth Mather.
The person
We’re looking for a confident and proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced professional services environment. The successful candidate will be fluent in English and Arabic and have minimum three years experience in company services working in all freezones, and mainland across the UAE, ideally within a legal or corporate setting. Experience in company services, company set up/formation is required. UAE experience is essential.
Particularly, we’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in company services, corporate administration or governance within the UAE.
- Practical experience with company formations and post-incorporation actions.
- Exposure to foundations or similar structuring vehicles (DIFC or ADGM experience desirable).
- Familiarity with UAE mainland processes and financial free zones such as DIFC and ADGM.
- Experience with managing free zones portals.
- Strong relationship with local authorities.
- Experience within a law firm or professional services environment preferred
- Proven experience in producing and amending corporate documents and presentations using PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
- Lead end to end document production workflows for technical, marketing, legal and regulatory documents.
This role is ideal for someone looking to build a long-term career in a dynamic and growing office, supporting high-quality corporate work across the region