SENIOR LEGAL CONSULTANT
Nestlé Middle East
Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months
(Arbitration - Drafting Agreements - Litigation)
Al qasemi Advocates & LEGAL Consultancy
Advise Company concerning claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuit, or legal rights and
obligations.
Interpret laws, rulings and regulations and scholars' opinions.
Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
Lawsuits and statements of Claims, and legal defenses & responses, to be submitted at competent courts in UAE in
various types of cases & the courts, Knowledge of criminal and civil procedures within courts of the UAE, and the
different degrees of litigation (First Instant, Appeal and Cassation Court), Examining the implications of all the legal
issues before the clients and to recommend with appropriate action, like:
✓ International Arbitration. ✓ Criminal&Misdemeanor.
✓ Commercial. ✓ Civil.
✓ Labor. ✓ Administrative.
Manage a case from beginning to end, conducts research to properly advise clients, develops litigation strategies,
gathers evidence to support claims and prepares legal documents, provides updates and regularly consults,
supervising a paralegal or legal assistant is often an added responsibility of the job.
Manages all legal and relevant litigation work including attending the meeting of experts for the several kinds of case
(Real Estate, Banking, Criminal, Commercial, Labor and CivilCase)
Draft and review of all types of commercial and civil contracts, advise the management concerning business
transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
Negotiate settlements of civil and commercial disputes.
✓ Commercial retailleases. ✓ DraftMOU(MemorandumofUnderstanding)
✓ AssociationofCompanyContract. ✓ DraftNon-Disclosure, Non-CompetentAgreement.
✓ NewTradeLicenseprocedures. ✓ Trade LicenseRenewals.
✓ CompanyFormation(non-freezone). ✓ Free ZoneCompany formation.
✓ Minutes ofMeeting. ✓ Drafting Powers of Attorney.
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✓ KnowledgeofRERAandDLDprocedures. ✓ KnowledgeofRentDisputeCommittee.
Legal Advice to various law, help them in interpreting legal documents to ensure the knowledge of all the client are
familiar to avoid any errors or risks, recommending legal action necessary for the client and ensure compliance with
the regulations and procedures of occupational safety and health for employees to increase their capacity.
Issuing recommendations for client to ensure compliance with regulations and law used and the absence of conflict
or legal problems.
(Arbitration - Drafting Agreements - Litigation)
IN SAUDI ARABIA - CONTRATING COMAPNY
More than (3) Years in Legal Department In Contracting Company in Riyadh (K.S.A)
(Legal Advisor - Legal Interpreter)
Lawsuits and statements of Claims, and legal defenses & responses, to be submitted at competent courts in KSA in
various types of cases & the courts, Knowledge of criminal and civil procedures within courts of the KSA, and the
different degrees of litigation (First Instant, Appeal and Cassation Court), Examining the implications of all the legal
issues before the clients and to recommend with appropriate action, like:
✓ International Arbitration.
✓ Commercial.
✓ Administrative.
✓ Criminal&Misdemeanor.
✓ Civil.
✓ Labor.
Draft and review of all types of commercial and civil contracts, advise the management concerning business
transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
Negotiate settlements of civil and commercial disputes.
✓ Commercial retailleases. ✓ DraftMOU(MemorandumofUnderstanding)
✓ Association ofCompanyContract. ✓ DraftNon-Disclosure, Non-CompetentAgreement.
✓ New TradeLicenseprocedures. ✓ Trade LicenseRenewals.
✓ CompanyFormation(non-freezone). ✓ Free ZoneCompany formation.
✓ Minutes ofMeeting. ✓ Drafting Powers of Attorney.
✓ KnowledgeofRERAandDLDprocedures. ✓ KnowledgeofRentDisputeCommittee.
Legal Translation (Legal interpreter) in both languages (Arabic & English) to all documents and international
Contracts & Agreements with foreign parties.
Legal Advice to various departments in Company, help them in interpreting legal documents to ensure the
knowledge of all the Company's employees are familiar with them to avoid any errors or risks, recommending
legal action necessary for the Company's employees and ensure compliance with the regulations and
procedures of occupational safety and health for employees to increase their capacity.
Issuing recommendations for internal legal departments of the Company to ensure compliance with
regulations and law used and the absence of conflict or legal problems.
Review the necessary documents to extract the licenses for Company and necessary for registration of a trademark
to maintain the Company's rights guarantees.
Internal administrative investigations with the staff to issue necessary recommendations, to ensure the
problem-solving at the violation of these rules and procedures.
Full knowledge of English language and Computer skills and Information Technology.
(Arbitration - Drafting Agreements - Litigation)
IN "MARIDIVE GROUP"
MARINE & Oil SERVICES, MULTINATIONAL COMPANY
Drafting & writing Contracts, Agreements and Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) as well as editing
agreements by all its forms be they leases, construction/consultancy contracts, commercial contracts, purchase
agreements, licensing agreements, insurance, property matters, company law, labor law and service contracts, etc
either concluded with Middle East companies.
Lawsuits and statements of Claims, and legal defenses & responses, to be submitted at competent courts in
KSA in various types of cases & the courts, Knowledge of criminal and civil procedures within courts of the
KSA, and the different degrees of litigation (First Instant, Appeal and Cassation Court), Examining the
implications of all the legal issues before the clients and to recommend with appropriate action, like:
Drafting memorandum of association and appendices thereto for the Company and for the subsidiaries in terms
of alteration in the legal structure of the given Company and/or subsidiaries as per their requirements and
rendering the required amendments thereto in compliance with the updated amendments to the Law.
Identify areas of potential risk / exposure and ensure that safety clauses are built into the contract to protect UP
and its subsidiaries' interests.
Giving opinion after referral to and seeking consultation with the technical experts in the UP's other departments so as to
reach a fully integrated legal opinion as to which the financial entity and the legal interface entity constitute the one
and same interface.
Drawing up the letters that require legal replies by the CEO and General Manager and reporting to them what is
going on in the Department to be cognizant thereof.
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Drawing up powers of attorney on behalf of the Chairman to the CEO vis-à-vis some terms of reference and drawing up
powers of attorney on behalf of the CEO to some officers in some departments in UP as well as the managers and
representatives of the 24 subsidiaries; making sure that the powers of attorney be effective foradefiniteperiodand
foradefinitepurposethatcoversalltheaspectsoftheattorney'sacts.
Following up the pending actions filed by and against UP with the law firms; editing the legal briefs to be produced
in the actions as well as the supporting documents; providing the in-charge firm with any corroborative exhibits at UP's
advantage in any dispute; giving opinions and rendering any amendments to any briefs; taking daily cognizance of all updates
as to the actions.
Coordinate with concerned departments and other parties in evaluation of potential litigation; develop
recommendations for appropriate proceedings including prosecution, dismissal or settlement of such
litigations, based upon UP'spolicy.
Establishing the legal administration in UP in terms of allocation of assignments unto the associate staff;
specifying the terms of reference and assignments for each associate and adviser in the Department;
ensuring the archiving and internal filings to make sure that any file is easily accessible and that it is streamlined
and include all the papers relevant to the intended deliverables.
Reviewing the contingent problematic issues and disputes that might be filed by or against UP's customers and
keeping in touch with them for reaching a compromise therewith via streamlining a strategy for negotiation and
convincing the customer with the best solutions or any other alternative solutions in the settlement scheme so that the
maximal profits can be attained in UP's favor to solicit the opposing party into solving the dispute the amicably.
Keeping in continuation of communication with the other departments in UP, harboring keenness on being
cognizant of any problematic issues that may be encountered by such departments and giving the legal opinion
as soon aspossible.
Rendering proposals and drawing up models therefore that pertain to the mechanism of keeping in touch with
the Legal Department and seeking its Advice, ensuring reply thereto within a definite short time through
drawing up legal advice application form in UP.
CooperatingwiththeHRDept.fordrawingupandfinalizingtheUP'sInternalBylawsinconformitywith the Labor Law & General
Pension & Social Security Authority.
Reviewing the Board-of-Directors' resolutions and collating them with the instructions of the Securities and Commodities
Authority, the governance codes and the Companies Law to ensure the legality thereof.
Conducting reports on some projects, contractual arrangements as well as the legal aspects thereof and the financial
effects thereof on UP.
Coordinating with the Financial Department vis-à-vis some financial dispositions and borrowing and banking
finance transactions.
Communicating with the auditing firms, and introducing all model contracts, and replying to all inquiries in order to
assessrisks inalltheCompany'sdepartmentsandthe UP'sannualevaluation.
Communicating with the trademark companies and giving instructions as to some modifications of the Company's
trademark in some of GCC countries.
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