Amr Al Habit, Senior Legal Advisor

Amr Al Habit

Senior Legal Advisor

Classical Palace

Location
Qatar
Education
Diploma, Arabic calligraphy
Experience
19 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months

Senior Legal Advisor at Classical Palace
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since April 2018

• Develops and reviews all basic legal documentations starting with company licensing.
• Drafts and interprets all legal deeds, advising the company and ensuring company is legally sound in terms of all the required legal documentation as well as providing drafts for the same.
• Provides legal opinions and proposes solutions that allow management to take appropriate action and reach proper decisions.
• Attends meeting as necessary with respect to finalization of agreements.
• Discusses, negotiates and follows up on legal issues with internal and external parties/ lawyers and
• Ensures the filing of all legal and regulatory documents and monitors compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Undertake legal tasks of a routine nature and general administrative duties which require a knowledge of legal and specialist legal paperwork.
• Organize and manages the legal office material allocation and usage.
• Research changes and updates to local and Federal laws and regulations. May be required to search international laws and regulations as directed.
• Oversee various procedural activities with official or government departments or external organizations.
• Ensure all Company correspondences is in correct legal terminology and meets the requirements of the legal framework in which company operates.

Legal Advisor at Al Mashora Law firm
  • Qatar - Doha
  • July 2013 to March 2018

• Conduct extensive research, finding case laws and assist the external counsel during arguments and advise firm as needed.
• Provide effective day-to-day advice on corporate & commercial laws as well as legal matters including liaison / instruction with external counsels.
• Adept in evaluating the findings, developing plans and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases and examining legal data to determine advisability of depending or persecuting lawsuit.
• Prepare legal notices, complaints and replies in connection with the legal affairs / cases of the company.
• Draft and vetting of legal and commercial documents inclusive of Confidentiality, Non-Compete, Joint Venture Agreements, Agency Agreements, Power of Attorney, Shareholders Agreements, Rental Agreements, Service Agreements, Labor Contracts, etc.
• Make sure that the documents of all deals & transactions (agreements, contracts, legal correspondences, etc.) to which the company is a party to ensure that company’s interest are well protected.
• Render initial legal advice to all clients on all legal matters & all documents having legal implications as and when requested.
• Check and draft contracts, agreements & internal policies and insure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal procedures.

Legal Counsel at Education Technology (EDU-TEC)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2010 to May 2013

• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights.
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust.
• Give accurate and timely counsel to management in a variety of legal topics (labor law, commercial law, banking norms etc.).
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance.
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to management.

Legal Counsel at Group of Companies
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2005 to December 2009

Qatar Company for the garment industry.

Education

Diploma, Arabic calligraphy
  • at Ministry of Education
  • January 2001

• Diploma in Arabic calligraphy, the Ministry of Education, Egypt, 2001

Bachelor's degree, Arabic
  • at Al-Azhar University
  • June 2000

• Bachelor of law and Sharia, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, in 2000.

Specialties & Skills

Family Law
Labor Law
Criminal Law
Civil Law
POLICY ANALYSIS
RESEARCH
ASSETS RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
BANKING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
ATTORNEY
INSTRUCTION

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

• Commercial International Arbitration (Training)
Training Institute:
Education Technology
• Microsoft Office (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft

Hobbies

  • Writing, Reading,