Regional Legal Counsel
Americana Restaurants Group
Total years of experience :8 years, 3 Months
• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating various types of agreements and contracts including but not limited to Real Estate Lease Agreements and Commercial Contracts including supply, fit-out, marketing, contractors, distribution, IT, services agreements as well as other various types for Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Levant Area, and KSA.
• Secured more than 100 NSO Leases and more than 200 lease renewals throughout 2022 and 2023.
• Collaborating with Real Estate Teams inside and outside Egypt (UAE, Bahrain, KSA, Levant Area and Qatar) for securing Real Estate Leasing Agreements, as well as collaborating with different company’s stakeholders for securing different types of agreements.
• Reviewing agreements’ legal documents and securing their validity.
• Participating in negotiation settlements.
• Ensuring contracts comply with state regulations.
• Providing legal consultation and advisory on a wide range
of issues.
• Drafting and preparing legal documents and handling
company’s secretarial matters.
• Securing compliance of business operations with relevant
laws and regulations.
• Training and supervising company’s new joiners.
• Collaborating with management to devise efficient
strategies to develop company policies and procedures.
• communicating and negotiating with external parties and
creating relations of trust.
• Advising and drafting documents for IPO Projects.
• Experience in reviewing & drafting franchise, employment, secondment, sale, lease, partnership, commercial agreements, etc...
• Reviewed ongoing cases and advice management accordingly.
• Liaised with clients to ensure that legal risks have been identified and determined the appropriate legal actions.
• Advised clients on significant legal issues impacting the business, including the drafting and hands-on negotiation of diverse commercial agreements with global parties.
• Provided legal support on a broad range of corporate and operational documents.
• Reviewed and analyzed pending or new legislation and advised clients of changes that affect their objectives.
• Handled corporate secretarial services for multinational
clients.
• Advised on trademarks registration.
• Assisted in and drafting expert witness reports and
witness statements for UK Courts.
• Drafted legal opinions and reviewed agreements for
several projects including the nuclear energy project (ROSATOM) at Al-Dabaa, Russian Covid-19 Vaccine project, etc...
• Trained and supervised junior lawyers and interns.
• Successfully advised on the incorporation of the Russian Industrial Zone Development Company in the Suez Canal Economic Authority “RIZ” and reviewed related agreements.
• Incorporation of Jidar Wall Art.
• Drafted corporate documents and contracts.
• Registered Jidar Wall Art's trademark.
Contracts review including supply, employment, sale, training, and maintenance services.
• Conducted legal research in different fields.
• Drafted and reviewed different types of contracts including distribution, services, agency agreements, etc...
• Worked on immigration matters.
• Drafted legal opinions and reports on different fields.
• Legalizing documents.
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Department – Grade: Very good