Amr Ghazy, Legal Department Manager

Amr Ghazy

Legal Department Manager

SAK Holding Group

Location
Qatar
Education
Master's degree, Law
Experience
16 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 7 Months

Legal Department Manager at SAK Holding Group
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since January 2019

A. Litigation and Arbitration:

- Conducting pre-claim investigation, legal research, and initial case assessments.
- Drafting pleadings, motions, and memorandums of appellate, the court of cassation, and arbitration for the various cases of the company (criminal, civil, commercial, and labor disputes)
- Liaising with the Experts and other discovery requests.
- Handling the case settlements.
B. Corporate and Commercial:

- Drafting bilingual Templates of Contracts and other legal documents.
- Reviewing, Negotiating, and preparing tender documents and agreements ex. (PPP, BOT, main and subcontracting contracts, back to back, etc…)
- Drafting, Reviewing and negotiating all main and strategic Agreements, for example without limitation; Joint Ventures agreements (JV), Facilities and Financing Agreements with Commercial banks and Islamic banks., Hotel Management Agreements, Main Contracting Contracts, Sub-contracting Contracts, etc, ...
- Planning and implementing the legal compliance program for the Company.
- Drafting and overseeing authority matrix of SAK for effective governance and compliance within the business.
- Visiting construction sites and meeting with stakeholders periodically to monitor progress and get ahead of any future issues that may arise.
- Solving the disputes with the other entities using negotiation and mediation and drafting the settlements agreements.
- Liaising and negotiating with civil authorities to obtain planning permission and building approvals
- Advising on health and safety, insurance, liability, and environmental matters relating to each project.
- Proceeding workplace investigation process and fact-finding investigation procedures.
- Acting as secretary of the board of directors’ meetings and the general assembly of the Company and preparing the resolution of the board according to the corporate law
- Managing all matters related to labor law, employment disputes, and legal strategies that mitigate liabilities and cut costs.
- Updating the Managements by the new laws and legal matters related to the Company business field to comply and mitigate risk.
- Contributing in formulating strategic plans and advising on company’s policies and regulations to maintain legal policy guidelines implementation and adherence as per required standards.
- Consulting with outside accountants for audit, preparation of tax returns, and the production of other reports as required by law.

Senior Legal Counsel at SAK Holding Group
  • Qatar
  • June 2013 to December 2018

Drafting pleadings, motions, and appellate for various cases ex: real estate
properties cases, criminal, civil, and labor cases at all judicial stages.
- Negotiating with debtors to sign a settlement agreement suitable for the parties
among different options to facilitate the payment process.
- Advising the impacts of some business transactions, liabilities, and lawsuits.
- Negotiating all legal and commercial aspects of all different Agreements ex
(HMA, TSA, and TMLA agreements, etc…. ).
- Drafting MOUs, LOAs, NDAs, JVs, and all bilingual contract templates.
- Drafting all legal documents such as the memorandum of associations, board
resolutions, agreements for a pledge of shares/debentures/ securities, etc.
- Overseeing the legal procedures related to the real estate registration such as
transferring the ownership, mortgaging, redemptions of the title deeds, and all
procedures relating to the real estate registration.
- Doing legal researches related to the company activity in various legal
branches, corporate law, leasing law, civil law, etc.)

Legal Counsel at Abdullah Taher Law Firm
  • Qatar
  • September 2012 to June 2013

Duties and Responsibilities:
- I was responsible for civil and commercial cases of VIP Clients and reporting
directly to the CEO
- Drafting all bilingual legal documents (English and Arabic)

Lawyer at Ghonaim Law Firm
  • Egypt
  • October 2007 to August 2012

Managing a high volume of cases for local and the Middle East clients in different
industries with a very high success ratio.
- Providing legal studies to clients at all branches of laws and Investments.
- Drafting bilingual Agreements as Construction Agreements, Investments,
Lease, Purchase and, Supply Agreements ·

Education

Master's degree, Law
  • at Alexandria University
  • January 2011

Diploma, Private Law
  • at Alexandria University
  • January 2010

(Civil Law, Business Law, arbitration law and Private International Law) Alexandria University with grade (A).

Diploma, Administrativescience (public andadministrative law)
  • at Alexandria University
  • May 2009

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Bachelor's degree, law
  • at Alexandria University
  • May 2007

Faculty of law – English department

Specialties & Skills

Legal Advice
DRAFTING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MICROSOFT OFFICE USER SPECIALIST
NEGOTIATION
REAL ESTATE
SECURITIES
INVESTMENTS
MANAGEMENT
REPORTS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert