Experienced Legal Consultant in the Tax & Legal Department

Əsas vəzifələr Build and maintain productive working relationships with clients. Establish credibility, influence where appropriate and provide excellent client service; Researching and analyzing the law on complex issues and writing briefs for submission to a supervising lawyer in the firm; Analyzing and summarizing complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggesting alterations to those documents; Conducting legal research in legislation and case law; Draft contracts, legal memorandums, papers, reports, presentations etc. Prepare fee matter estimates and quotations; Performing due diligence in legal matters; Provide legal advice on respective areas of civil law;Participate in client’s meetings, provide the substantive input and draft the preliminary opinions; Help in preparing various legal documents; Proactively assist the team in various aspects of the project; Contribute to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen; Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues; Ensure you are adhering to compliance matters; Acquire skills and knowledge in legislation research, legal analysis and legal writing skills; Develop your technical skills on a daily basis by supporting projects and by interaction with our professional team; Work on developing internal relationships and your PwC brand. Tələblər A top graduate degree with major in Law; An LL.M. degree from overseas (preferably US or leading European) University would be an advantage; Attorney, member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association is an advantage; 1 to 3 years of professional experience from a leading law firms as a practicing (consulting) lawyer; Excellent research, drafting and writing skills. A record of undertaking research and writing of legal memorandums, papers, reports, presentations will be an added advantage; Ability to write simply as part of outreach and advocacy, while also skilled at serious research-based writing; Ability to formulate, consider and select the most appropriate solutions; Strong command of spoken and written Azerbaijani, English (Russian will be an advantage); Proficient knowledge of MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Power Point); Strong analytic and good problem structuring skills; Strong communication and negotiation skills; Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be effective independently; Willingness to undertake new and challenging tasks; Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion; Ability to demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response