Ahmed Zedan, Legal Counsel

Ahmed Zedan

Legal Counsel

Elsewedy Electric

Lieu
Egypte - Le Caire
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Law
Expérience
18 years, 8 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :18 years, 8 Mois

Legal Counsel à Elsewedy Electric
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • Je travaille ici depuis octobre 2013

Managing the Legal affairs of more than 48 companies in more than 48 countries around the globe through a team of lawyers with different backgrounds, cultures and experiences located in the headquarters in Egypt as well as local in-house lawyers and outside counsels in every jurisdiction.

Legal Counsel à Aramex-Mashreq for logistics services (S.A.E)
  • Autre
  • novembre 2008 à novembre 2013

Contracts:
1. Negotiating cross-borders contracts.
2. Drafting, reviewing and advising for contracts/agreements. (Commercial Contracts, Joint ventures, Commercial agencies, Distribution agreements, Employment / compliance law).
3. Negotiating and Registering exclusive commercial agencies contracts in Egypt.
4. Drafting company's policies in accordance with the current laws, decrees and regulations.

Incorporation:
1. Evaluating and advising on the legal risk associated with business operations / opportunities.

2. Ensuring the legal compliance of the companies’ operations with laws and regulations.
3. Developing legal strategies and plans
4. Incorporation of companies in Egypt and abroad.

Intellectual property:
1. Crafting an Intellectual Property strategy
2. Preparing, Filing, follow up and managing trademarks and industrial designs domestic and international applications

Litigation/ General tasks:
1. Resolving disputes/ Litigation.
2. Executing legal tasks with Banks, the Public Notary Office, Commercial registry, and social insurance, public registry of deeds, employment offices, the general agency for Investment and Free zones, and other public authorities.
3. Supervising annual Inventory committees.
4. Conducting internal investigations.
5. Pursuing legal procedures in connection with commercial fraud cases and IP infringements.
6. Supervising the standardization of new imported products according to the Egyptian authorities’ standards.
7. In charge of coordinating and carrying out special tasks that requires precession and compliance with a strict time frame. (E.g. Establishment of new multinational companies and acquisition of companies and factories).

Legal counsel à Mashreq For industrial and commercial investment (S.A.E)
  • Egypte - Alexandrie
  • juin 2008 à septembre 2013

Contracts:
1. Negotiating cross-borders contracts.
2. Drafting, reviewing and advising for contracts/agreements. (Commercial Contracts, Joint ventures, Commercial agencies, Distribution agreements, Employment / compliance law).
3. Negotiating and Registering exclusive commercial agencies contracts in Egypt.
4. Drafting company's policies in accordance with the current laws, decrees and regulations.

Incorporation:
1. Evaluating and advising on the legal risk associated with business operations / opportunities.

2. Ensuring the legal compliance of the companies’ operations with laws and regulations.
3. Developing legal strategies and plans
4. Incorporation of companies in Egypt and abroad.

Intellectual property:
1. Crafting an Intellectual Property strategy
2. Preparing, Filing, follow up and managing trademarks and industrial designs domestic and international applications

Litigation/ General tasks:
1. Resolving disputes/ Litigation.
2. Executing legal tasks with Banks, the Public Notary Office, Commercial registry, and social insurance, public registry of deeds, employment offices, the general agency for Investment and Free zones, and other public authorities.
3. Supervising annual Inventory committees.
4. Conducting internal investigations.
5. Pursuing legal procedures in connection with commercial fraud cases and IP infringements.
6. Supervising the standardization of new imported products according to the Egyptian authorities’ standards.
7. In charge of coordinating and carrying out special tasks that requires precession and compliance with a strict time frame. (E.g. Establishment of new multinational companies and acquisition of companies and factories).

Assistant legal Manager à Rachid Mashreq Group
  • Egypte - Alexandrie
  • avril 2009 à septembre 2013

- In charge of Intellectual Property, international agreements and contract management division.

- Contracts and drafting:
1. Negotiating international contracts.
2. Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and executing contracts/agreements.
3. Drafting company's policies in accordance with the current laws, decrees and regulations.
4. Reviewing and drafting various legal documents, letters.

- Compliance:
1. Evaluating and advising on the legal risk associated with business operations / opportunities.

2. Ensuring the legal compliance of the companies’ operations with laws and regulations.
3. Developing legal strategies and plans

- Incorporation:

1. Incorporation of companies in Egypt and abroad.

- Intellectual property:
1. Crafting an Intellectual Property strategy
2. Preparing, Filing, following up and managing trademarks and industrial designs domestic and international applications.

- Litigation/ General tasks:
1. Resolving disputes/ Litigation.
2. Executing legal tasks with Banks, the Public Notary Office, Commercial registry, and social insurance, labor offices, the general agency for Investment and Free zones, and other public authorities.
3. Supervising annual Inventory committees.
4. Conducting internal investigations.
5. Pursuing legal procedures in connection with commercial fraud cases and IP infringements.
6. Supervising the standardization of new imported products according to the Egyptian authorities’ standards.
7. In charge of coordinating and carrying out special tasks that requires precision and compliance with a strict time frame. (E.g. Establishment of new multinational companies and acquisition of companies and factories).

- GAMs, EGAMs, BODs and AOAs:
1.Drafting and preparing minutes of GAM, EGAM and BOD.
2.Drafting company’s AOAs and shareholders' agreements.

Lawyer à Mashreq for Commercial Investment
  • Egypte - Alexandrie
  • avril 2007 à avril 2009

1. Resolving disputes/ Litigation.
2. Executing legal tasks with Banks, the Public Notary Office, Commercial registry, and social insurance, labor offices, the general agency for Investment and Free zones, and other public authorities.
3. Supervising annual Inventory committees.
4. Conducting internal investigations.

Lawyer à Penta Group for legal services
  • Autre
  • septembre 2005 à avril 2007

1. Reviewing contracts/agreements.
2. Executing legal tasks with Banks, the Public Notary Office, Commercial registry, social insurance, public registry of deeds, employment offices, The general agency for Investment and Free zones, and other public authorities
3. Preparing, Filing, follow up and managing trademarks and industrial designs domestic and international applications.
4. Conducting internal investigations.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Law
  • à Alexandria University
  • mai 2005

LL.B

Specialties & Skills

Joint Ventures
Legal Agreements
Legal Compliance
Intellectual Property
Computer skills
Problem solving skills
Strong communication skills
Management skills
Analytical thinking skills

Langues

Arabe
Expert
Anglais
Expert

Adhésions

Egyptian Bar Association
  • Licensed lawyer
  • January 2006

Formation et Diplômes

High Diploma in Bilingual translation (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2004
Valide jusqu'à:
May 2004