Abdullah Majed Alsharikh, Legal and Compliance Director

Abdullah Majed Alsharikh

Legal and Compliance Director

GE Saudi Advanced Turbines

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Bachelor's degree, sharia (Islamic Law)
Experience
11 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 7 Months

Legal and Compliance Director at GE Saudi Advanced Turbines
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since January 2022

Established and managed the Legal and Compliance dept at GESAT.
• Directed and applied corporate governance by servicing, managing, and monitoring the governance affairs of the Board of Directors; ExCom; Audit Committee; Compliance Committee; Nomination & Remuneration Committee, and other Management Committee.
• Directed the Shareholders' affairs and worked closely with the Shareholders' legal and governance teams to align the Company with the Shareholders' compliance and governance standards.
• Managing all legal activities to ensure accurate and timely legal advice and support the Company on a broad range of matters of significant strategic and/or financial value.
• Drafting and negotiating all relevant agreements and supporting documents relating to the manufacture and sale of heavy-duty Gas Turbines, Skids and other products.
• Create the Company's set of legal policies & procedures to ensure they meet business needs while complying with KSA laws & regulations and governing documents.
• Revising policies and procedures for implementing the Company's Code of Conduct and its related activities to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct.

Group Legal Manager at Khalid Ali Alturki and Sons Holding Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • December 2017 to January 2022

• Overseeing legal and Compliance dept. at Alturki Holding and its Subsidiaries and JVCo.
• Ensure effective legal control of Agreements by drafting, reviewing and negotiating major account Agreements, Partnership Agreements, NDA, MSA, SLA, Terms sheet and Agency Agreements.
• Manage outside counsel.
• Driving contract lifecycle from drafting through completion of the negotiation process, and/or contract execution.
• Maintaining legal risks and liability, a deep understanding of contract templates, contracts policy and company position on various matters.
• Manage claims at the group level, both offensive and defensive.
• Represent legal expertise and act as an ambassador for the internal and external legal community.

Associate legal advisor at GAM Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • February 2016 to February 2019

Build and established the legal department in GAM Arabia;

Advise in commercial/corporate and labor issues, banking and government regulatory projects.

Drafting and negotiating business development and sales-related agreements.

counsels businesses on an array of organizational corporate matters.

Practice of law under the license approved by the Ministry of Justice.

pleading before different courts in Saudi Arabia, commercial and enforcement, represent the company at any legal despise:labor, banking and government regulatory projects.

Legal Adviser at Eastern Aluminum Extrusion Factory EAEF
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 2016 to December 2018

-Personally conduct legal cases in commercial and enforcement courts in KSA.
-Managing commercial disputes in gulf countries such as Bahrain and UAE, and Oversee the selection, and management of the outside counsel.
-Solving labor issues and drafting sales agreements and international contracts.
-Providing legal assistance to the board of directors regarding new laws and regulations affecting
the company.
-Re-writhing and transforming the collection/sales policy to include legal instrument to be used in enforcement courts.
-Coordinate the legal affairs concerning the operations of the company

Lawyer at Alsaleh law firm
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • October 2012 to February 2016

I was working as a lawyer at Khaled Alsaleh Law Firm which is one of the top law firms in eastern province/KSA.


My duties are the following:
- Establishing and Registering the Clients new Companies and new foreign branches inside KSA.
- Providing legal consultations, drafting and reviewing agreements.
- Arbitration and mediation.
- Giving legal opinions on matters relating to commercial, civil, labor and family laws.
-Drafting and reviewing legal documents and memorandums.
-representing the client's legally in a proper way.

I'm Briefly an experienced commercial attorney who counsels businesses on several matters including corporate law, litigation and arbitration, employment Law, Due Diligence, pleading before all kind of courts in KSA.

My main focus was on the pleading before the courts and drafting the legal documents for the firm's top clients cases more the the others, although I'm not an expert on drafting contracts but I believe my passion and dedication will make me overcome my weak points.

Education

Bachelor's degree, sharia (Islamic Law)
  • at كلية الشريعة والدراسات الإسلامية بجامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود
  • June 2012

المؤهل بكالوريس تخصص الشريعة من كلية الشريعة في جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود

Specialties & Skills

Commercial Law
Pleadings
Family Law
Employment Law
القانون الجنائي
فن التحدث والإلقاء
الديناميكية وسرعة الإندماج مع فريق العمل
القراءة السريعة

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

نظام التنفيذ السعودي ولائحته التنفيذية (Training)
Training Institute:
Asharqia Chamber - غرفة الشرقية
Date Attended:
March 2019
Duration:
12 hours
Drafting Commercial Agreements in English (Training)
Training Institute:
Cambridge Law studio
Date Attended:
November 2019
Duration:
36 hours
شهادة ممارسة المحاماة صادرة من وزارة العدل - license approved by the Ministry of Justice (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999