In-house Legal Intern at Deloitte in Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan

What impact will you make?

Deloitte is one of the leading international professional services firms that offers Technology & Transformation, Strategy, Risk & Transactions, Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal Services to many Azerbaijani as well as Global clients. Our vision and strategy, developed in collaboration with leadership and member firm partners from around the world, focuses on working together as One across geographic, functional, and business borders to deliver excellence in all of the services provided by the member firms.

As a member of Deloitte Azerbaijan team, you will have the opportunity to work under the close supervision of managers, directors, and partners, help to manage and implement our engagements. In return, you will receive on-job learning tailored to your unique interests and aspirations, and get all the necessary skills, knowledge, and opportunities to progress professionally and personally. As you build up on your competencies and experience, you will become a trusted professional adding value to our engagement teams every day.

The role will involve:

• Assist with the legal review of client and vendor agreements and standard contract templates, identifying issues and preparing initial comments for the legal team;
• Research Azerbaijani legislation and prepare concise written summaries to support the legal team in responding to queries from local departments, regional teams and other Deloitte offices;
• Prepare drafts of corporate documents for review, including resolutions, meeting minutes and powers of attorney, and assist with documentation for corporate and commercial matters;
• Assist with reviewing internal policies, procedures and other documents for compliance with Azerbaijani legislation;
• Monitor relevant changes in legislation, flag developments that may affect the firm and assist with updating legal documents where needed.

Requirements:

• Graduate degree in law;

• Prior legal experience is welcome but not required; experience gained through an internship, legal clinic, or entry-level role is a plus;

• Strong written and spoken Azerbaijani and English, with the ability to communicate clearly and accurately in both languages;

• Good legal research and analytical skills, with the ability to present findings clearly in writing;

• Attention to detail and the ability to organize work, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines;

• Clear, professional communication and the initiative to take responsibility for assigned work and follow through.

Corporate citizenship

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live by our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society, and make an impact that matters. Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model in terms of quality, integrity, and positive change.

At Deloitte we are completely committed to attracting and retaining professional and ambitious talent and as such we are absolutely dedicated to investing in and helping our people to excel. The fact is we believe building strong relationships with our people is as important to the success of our business as building strong relationships with clients. We are flexible in our approach and are committed to changing, adapting and improving both internally and with regard to the services we offer our clients. As a result, we look for candidates who are not only skilled professionals in their field, but who can also partner with us - candidates who are able to adapt, change and drive this exciting improvement forward with us. We are dedicated to giving you all the tools available to fulfil your potential and we are able to offer you our 100 percent commitment as your career partner for the journey.

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Our strategy and our aspiration is to be the undisputed leader in professional services. One of Deloitte’s key business leadership priorities is to attain a globally uniform level of quality in each of our core services. Development of the Talent Standards is a global initiative which aims to define and activate a consistent standard for talent around the world for each of our global core services and service lines, and across all of our Member Firms.