Senior Legal Associate

As a Senior Legal Consultant, you will:

• Provide legal advice and to conduct legal research on various legal issues;
• Draft, amend and translate legal memorandums, reports, various types of contracts, corporate and other documents (English-Russian languages);
• Conduct legal due diligence of companies and prepare the legal due diligence reports;
• Lead various consulting projects and to assist the manager with the management of projects and junior personnel;
• Handle the e-mail correspondence with local and foreign clients, potential clients, foreign offices of KPMG and foreign subcontractors;
• Participate in conference calls with local and foreign clients and subcontractors;
• Develop and maintain good relationship with clients and subcontractors;
• Guide and train the junior personnel and interns by reviewing their work and constantly providing feedback.

You’re the perfect match for this role if you:

• A bachelor degree in law from a leading university, LLM degree will be a big advantage;
• Work experience of 4-6 years (experience in consulting companies is highly desirable);
• Sound knowledge of Kazakh 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;
• Excellent communication skills in English and Russian both written and verbal;
• 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.