Hamza Maqsood, Legal Assistant

Hamza Maqsood

Legal Assistant

Rising Sun international

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, commercial Laws
Experience
6 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 5 Months

Legal Assistant at Rising Sun international
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • August 2015 to May 2017

• Involved in reviewing, negotiating and advising on various commercial agreements, contracts & litigation matters.
• Negotiate, write, and execute agreements and contracts.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
• Advise executives on contract status, legal risks and business terms of various deals.
• Provides legal advice in a variety of areas of business law, including employment law, wage and overtime law, labor law, licensing and administrative law.
• Prepare legal documents for the business, which include employment contracts, written agreements between the company and its clients, merger and acquisition contracts and reorganization paperwork.
• Responsible for the management of Commercial Contracts.
• Assisting with the completion of Confidentiality Agreements.
• Explain legal language.

legal Assistant at ST LAW SOLICITORS
  • United Kingdom
  • January 2014 to May 2015

• Assisting clients in every appropriate way, and taking legal action to protect their interests.
• Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.
• Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case.
• Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations.
• Prepare and draft legal documents, such as wills, deeds, patent applications, mortgages, leases, and contracts.
• Negotiate settlements of civil disputes.
• To conduct legal research by utilizing various resources and selecting the relevant material to analyze the legal information.
• To assist in reviewing the legal material and any other relevant documents and to identify the most important issues that need to be sorted out on a priority basis.

Legal Assistant / PRO at Al Nahar Prefab Houses Hamriyah Free Zone Sharjah
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • February 2012 to December 2013

• Draft, review, negotiate and administer legal and transactional documentations.
• Provides internal legal advisory services on legal matters related to Joint Venture, mergers, registration of new products etc.
• Works on legal matters such as new agreements, reviewing existing agreements, issue necessary documents to meet the requirements of multinational laws & maintain the International companies correct legal position.
• Maintains custody of legal documents to ensure copyright handling.
• Assists HR on revising employment contracts to facilitate the recruitment or dismissed of employees and to insure its conformity to Labor Laws.
• Liaise with external legal counsel and/or specialists.
• Provide legal advice and support to legal issues.
• Analyze and identify legal risks and implications.

Advocate at Muhammad Kazim Khan Law Associates
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2010 to January 2012

• Provide the legal field with a wide range of services.
• Represent clients in court or before government agencies.
• Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.
• Act as agent, trustee, guardian, or executor for businesses or individuals.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
• Providing secretarial & paralegal support to a team of solicitors.
• Search for and examine public and other legal records to write opinions or establish ownership.
• Research unique legal issues impacting the organization by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions, and codes.

Education

Master's degree, commercial Laws
  • at bpp university London
  • May 2015
Bachelor's degree, Civil and Criminal law
  • at University of the Punjab
  • August 2011

Specialties & Skills

Legal Research
Legal Documents
Civil Litigation
Criminal Litigation
Comparative Studies
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DRAFTING
LETTERS
LITIGATION
MEETING FACILITATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
NEGOTIATION
PARALEGAL

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Punjab bar Association Pakistan
  • Practicing lawyer in all districts of Punjab province
  • August 2011
Lahore Bar Association Pakistan
  • Practicing in lower courts
  • August 2011
Lahore High Court Bar Assosiation Pakistan
  • Practicing in High courts
  • June 2014

Hobbies

  • playing indoor games like chess snooker etc
  • reading