Public Relations Officer

About The Role

The role

Gateley Legal Dubai is seeking a proactive Public Relations Officer to support their Corporate team with government and regulatory interactions across the UAE and MENA region. This full-time role involves liaising with various government bodies to facilitate company formation, visa processing, document notarisation, and compliance management, ensuring smooth client service delivery.

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

The role will involve working on a broad range of matters including mergers and acquisitions (acting for sellers and buyers) and on shares and business transactions. Our successful candidate will have NQ-3 years PQE and be a very personable, bright and confident individual. They will be a robust individual and will have the strength of character to interact effectively with colleagues and clients at every level.

We’re keen to speak with candidates who bring:

• Proven experience in a PRO or government liaison role, ideally within a legal or professional services environment.
• Strong knowledge of UAE government procedures, particularly in Dubai.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Confidence in dealing with government officials and external stakeholders.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset and the ability to work independently. Good IT skills
  
  
  

You'll also bring:

• Strong communication skills in English and Arabic (spoken and written).
• A professional, discreet, and client-focused approach.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with ease.
• A collaborative attitude and willingness to support across teams.
  
  
  

About Us

The benefits

With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.

In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.

We are Gateley

We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion and well being

Diversity, inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role t­o apply for any of our vacancies.

We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.