Mustafa Elbashier, Owner

Mustafa Elbashier

Owner

My Own Law Office

Location
Sudan
Education
Diploma, E.commerceand IP
Experience
43 years, 10 months

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Total years of experience :43 years, 10 months

Owner at My Own Law Office
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • My current job since April 2014

active practice entering appearances in courts on behalf of various corporate and natural clients. Providing legal advice and guidance and preparing and leading judicial and arbitration proceedings.

General Counsel at Smeet Company Limited
  • Qatar - Doha
  • October 2013 to March 2014

providing legal advice to the management of the company on corporate and commercial matters beside vetting and drafting business contracts and overseeing the well being of the company and its employees from legal perspective.

Senior Legal Counsel at Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2008 to September 2013

providng counsel and opinion to the top management and the various deparments of the company in the fields of : contracting, construction, corporate and finance issues, acquistions, formation and establishment of joint ventures and subsidiaries, drafting and vetting of contracts and corporate instruments, overseeing litigation, arbitration and business negotiation and engagement.

consultant - litigator at Al Tamimi &Co. in association with Adv. Mohd. ALmarri
  • Qatar
  • January 2007 to May 2008

providing counsel and opinion to clients, preparing and drawings court memos and directing process of litigation and arbitration. drafting of contracts and other instruments in the fields of construction, finance, Intellectual Property...etc.

Senior Counsel and Litgator at Emirates International Law Firm
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2004 to March 2006

training and leading a team of three lawyers. Position involved provision of advice and opinion, drawing, vetting and review of contracts and documents, attending meetings of corporations and negotiation, drawing memos of appeal and cassation beside general litigation work.

Director of Legal Department at OITC Group of Companies
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 1998 to July 2004

Position required furnishing advice and counseling for the Chariman/CEO and other managers beside representing the interests of the Group before the courts of law and boards of arbitration and drawing, reviewing and vetting of contracts and other deeds. Fully exposed to fields of construction, services, insurance, employment, management and technical contracts. Well acquainted with the local norms of business and the relevant legislations both in Qatar and the region. Arabic and English are used side by side in the course of business.

advocate and commissioner for oaths at Own Office
  • Sudan
  • July 1994 to July 1997

Litigated with success cases involving business, corporate law, real and personal property, employment disputes, insurance, along with cases of administrative and constitutional issues. Incorporation and formation of corporate bodies and drafting of articles for the same was a regular practice.

the only Inhouse Legal Advisor at Blue Nile Bank, Khartoum
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • December 1993 to June 1994

Providing the normal banking legal work and problem solving plus the court work follow up with the court lawyers. Reviewing contracts and renovation of standard agreements and articles of bankers and the follow up of the ICC directives and regulations beside reporting to the board of directors and the Central Bank on legal issues.

owner of law office and leading and managing lawyer at Own Office
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • January 1986 to November 1993

active in civil litigation and drafting of memoranda and articles of association for corporate bodies and the authentication of the same according to the Sudanese legislation based on the oldest English Companies Act. Providing an authentic translation in this field from Arabic to English and vice versa was a normal practice.

owner of law office and leading and managing lawyer at Own Office
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • January 1986 to November 1993

active in civil litigation and drafting of memoranda and articles of association for corporate bodies and the authentication of the same according to the Sudanese legislation based on the oldest English Companies Act. Providing an authentic translation in this field from Arabic to English and vice versa was a normal practice.

Junior Partner at Awad el Geid and Partners Law Firm
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • July 1982 to December 1985

Junior partner in a Sudanese well established firm conducting the regular court work and the firm office management and financial resources. Translation, interpretation of texts and handling of advice requests and written opinion for prominent business interests.
Among those prominent business interests were Air France (Khartoum), Danish Embassy (Khartoum), Ali Dongula Enterprises (Khartoum) and many others.

Trainee then Junior Partner at Ahmed Ibrahim EL Tahir Law Office
  • Sudan
  • January 1979 to June 1982

Trainee and later junior partner in a reputed law office I completed successfully my training period in an outstanding law office in the commercial city of Elobeid, central west of Sudan. I learned and practiced the drafting of opinions, briefs, memos, submissions, pleadings and much of the written work. I did the preparatory work for the criminal cases and the superior courts work. After passing the training I was admitted to the bar and awarded the license to practice independently. I joined my master lawyer as a junior partner and did much of the office and court work. I conducted many criminal cases with high success including murder cases and tribal fights. I conducted civil cases in the area of tort and compensation, bank facilities, business and commerce.

Education

Diploma, E.commerceand IP
  • at WIPO international Academy
  • November 2007
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration : Finance and Accounting
  • at American Management and Buisness Administration Institute University
  • May 2002
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration : Finance and Accounting
  • at American Management and Buisness Administration Institute University
  • May 2002
Diploma, Intellectual Property
  • at WIPO international Academy
  • March 2002
Bachelor's degree, Law
  • at Faculty of Law / University of Khartoum/ SUDAN
  • April 1978

Specialties & Skills

Arbitration
Contract Review
Counselling
Legal Consulting
Litigation Management
Ms Word
legal translation English to Arabic and Arabic to English

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
German
Beginner
French
Beginner

Memberships

Internaitonal Bar Association
  • member / committee member
  • January 2007
sudanese bar association
  • member
  • January 1980

Hobbies

  • reading and writing
    i'have published articles in my previous employers' newsletter (Al Tamimi & Associates) and have to my credit various unpublished material about to be released to my colleagues.