A Dubai-based boutique law firm is seeking an experienced Bilingual Legal Assistant to become a key part of its close-knit team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys coordinating people, managing priorities, supporting clients, and ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.

Working closely with the Principal and Senior Legal Consultants, you will play a pivotal role in managing daily operations, supporting legal matters, coordinating workflows, and maintaining exceptional client service standards. Therefore, this role is ideal for a professional with 2-3 years of experience and who combines strong administrative ability with commercial awareness, discretion, and a genuine interest in the legal sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a key point of contact for the internal team and externals clients, ensuring professional and timely responses in both Arabic and English.
• Coordinate daily operations and provide high-level administrative support to the Principal and legal team
• Track legal assignments, deadlines, deliverables, and internal workflows to ensure matters progress efficiently
• Maintain accurate client files, matter records, databases, and digital/physical archives
• Monitor time entries, billable work, and task completion to support accurate and timely invoicing
• Support client onboarding processes, including KYC documentation, agreements, and client communications
• Prepare, review, translate, and proofread bilingual correspondence and legal/business documents
• Manage the Principal’s calendar, priorities, follow-ups, and business development activities
• Support knowledge management by maintaining legal templates, precedents, and internal resources

Required Experience:

• 2- 5 years’ experience as an Office Coordinator, Executive Assistant, Legal Assistant, or similar role within a UAE law firm or corporate legal department
• Fluency in Arabic and English, with strong written and verbal communication skills is mandatory for this position
• Experience supporting senior professionals and managing multiple priorities
• Familiarity with legal documentation, client onboarding, billing processes, and time recording systems
• Strong attention to detail with a proactive, solutions-focused approach
• Professional, discreet, and able to handle confidential information with maturity
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and confidence using digital systems. Those with Victory and Opus 2 system knowledge are highly advantageous

Ref: TH188532