Safi Hyder

Office Manager at Al Ghazzawi Group

• Saudi Arabia
• My current job since January 1990

During this long tenure of around two decades, I have handled different admnistrative and paralegal functions including the following:

- preparation of proposals and pitches for different types of legal services
- preparation and updating of credentials in different practice areas
- running conflict check within the organization and with associated law firm
- negotiating and finalizing a variety of fee structures
- communicating with the clients for different reasons
- reviewing & revising invoices for the clients
- follow up with the key clients to get the invoices settled in time

- preparation of basic contracts & agreements
- preparation of summaries of cases to ease the work of partner & associates
- preparation of summaries of various international treaties and protocols
- organizing documents both in paper and paperless forms

- negotiating and finalizing deals for procurement of office equipment
- handling printing of different stationeries, give aways, consumables
- handling corporate communication including advertisement in print media

- liaising with the branch offices for periodical business reports;
- ensuring that the corporate documents are renewed periodically
- organizing & attending board & other business meetings

- coordinating with recruiters over staff selection and appointments
- overseeing itinaries arrangements for the partners and associates

In short, I am aware of all of the administrative functions that typically emanates in a law office or any professional services company

p.s. : assisted the managing partner of the firm in completing LL.M. in International Commercial Law from a university in the United Kingdom by sourcing the materials required for the study as well as summarizing the laws, reviews, articles and commentaries.