Welcome to Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi

Learn more about our Training Contract based in Abu Dhabi.

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The Abu Dhabi graduate programme is part of our MEA offering and runs out of our Abu Dhabi office. You will experience some of the most exciting legal work in the world in a dynamic regulatory landscape and develop a practical understanding of the law alongside lawyers with over 30 years’ experience working in the region.

Abu Dhabi Training Contract

We offer a Abu Dhabi focused Training Contract, leading to qualification as an England & Wales qualified lawyer. A training contract is a two-year placement that is undertaken by trainee solicitors who have completed the PGDL and SQE LLM in Legal Practice for non-law graduates or SQE LLM in Legal Practice for those that hold a law degree. For those that accept a trainee contract with us Clyde & Co will provide support your tuition fees.

Applications are currently closed.

The final step before qualification

It can be likened to an apprenticeship: an opportunity to put all your academic knowledge to vocational use. Trainees will spend two years getting a practical legal education overseen by senior solicitors at the firm.

More information

As a trainee lawyer, you can expect tasks to be very varied. To keep things simple, here are a list of tasks that you can expect to encounter during your time at Clyde & Co:

Legal research
Drafting documents as part of transactions and litigation, including facility agreements, witness statements and pleadings
Communicating and meeting with clients
Document review
Bundling documents in preparation for trial

Assisting case-handlers with active files
Upholding the firm's reputation at external events
Developing legal knowledge by attending both internal and external training sessions
Managing workload as well as getting involved in pro bono activities

We’re looking for candidates genuinely interested in the law and committed to a career in the Middle East upon qualification. Whilst our programme is open to both law and non-law students and graduates from universities near and far, regional focus is important to us.

Candidates will require advanced or fluent Arabic language skills.
You will need to have a law degree or a non-law degree plus the PGDL (Post-Graduate Diploma in Law). You would then start your SQE course, ready to join us as a trainee following completion.
You will be expected to have AAB at A-level and a 2:1 degree, although we will take into account mitigating circumstances using the Rare contextualised recruitment system.
If you are currently studying or have achieved an LPC qualification, please ensure you document this on your application form.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package as a newly qualified solicitor. As a trainee, you will also be entitled to a range of rewards and benefits:

Private medical including health checks
Financial support relating to tuition fees 
Maternity and paternity pay 
Flexible working arrangements

We'll make sure you have plenty of support and guidance throughout your programme. You can also look forward to a tailored induction programme and on-going internal training designed to ensure you have the skills, knowledge, and commercial acumen you need to become a well-round solicitor.

Application process

Applications open

For all programmes, you’ll need to make your application online via our online application system. At this stage you’ll just need to complete your basic personal information. No lengthy written tasks for you to complete here.

Online assessment

If you meet our eligiblity criteria, you will be invited to complete an online assessment. This includes a critical reasoning test, as well as our Clyde & Co strengths-based assessment, which contains a mix of question types including written and order ranking. It is designed to present you with some of the challenges you can expect to face at Clyde & Co.

Video interview

If you perform well in our initial online assessment, you will then be invited to complete a pre-recorded video interview. This means that you will be asked questions and will need to record your spoken response via video interview on our assessment platform. Some of these questions will be situational, but others will focus on your motivations for the role and Clyde & Co.

Assessment centre

As part of the assessment day, you will take part in a preparation task which includes a written and presentation element, plus a group exercise and a strengths-based interview. For our Abu Dhabi training contract there is an additional Arabic assessment, this is to understand more about your written and spoken Arabic.

Offer

Our favourite part – the offer. We’ll notify you by phone if you’re successful, if you’re not, we’ll offer you some feedback for development.

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