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Group Legal Director في International Turnkey Systems Group - Other locations

• الكويت - الكويت
• أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ مايو 2005

 Handling all legal affairs related to the Company and its branches and subsidiaries including but not limited to setting up of new subsidiaries to enter into new regions, employment contracts, handling litigation matters in both civil and common law jurisdiction, trade mark registrations.
 Negotiate and draft commercial contracts and advise on commercial transactions including Information Technology contracts.
 Advise on Distribution Agreements, Software Licensing and Implementation Agreements, Hardware Acquisition and System Procurement Agreement for Telecommunications and Banking sectors.
 Advise on Joint Ventures / Marketing Agreements and other operational issues including marketing and subscriber management issues, dealer and sub-distribution agreements, property matters etc.
 Advise on Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringement and Trademark matters including piracy and unauthorized distribution issues.
 Providing general corporate secretarial support (attending Board and General Assembly Meetings and drafting Minutes of Meetings.
 Advise and finalize Escrow Agreement deposits with Client and Escrow Associations.
 Advise the legal team on Document Management strategy and update the team with the recent developments in the laws, rules, regulations and international technical treaties in the Information Technology sector.
 Handling all legal affairs related to the Company and its branches and subsidiaries including legal forms, legal registration, responsibilities and liabilities.
 Handling all the litigation, mediation and arbitration matters of the Company. Coordinate with the external appointed law firm(s) and prepare Company’s and subsidiaries defense in litigation matters both in Civil and Common law jurisdictions.
 Draft complaints, policies, circulars, memos and motions in Arabic and in English.
• Handled role as BOARD SECRETARY TO THE ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BoD)
 Responsible to handle and take care of all correspondence and coordinate both internally and externally related to all aspects of the BoD meeting.
 Recording the minutes of the board meetings and safekeeping of records, books and reports submitted by or to the Board.
 Responsible to coordinate with auditors during internal and external audits pertaining to board functions.
 Legal compliance with Article of Association and Regulations.
• Role as AUDIT COMMITTEE SECRETARY
 Responsible to arrange all Internal Audit Committee meetings and to notify all relevant members/departments.
 Provide detailed documentation and minutes regarding any discussion of the criteria set forth in the Committee.
 Execute the decisions passed by the Audit Committee.
• Role as COLLECTION MANAGER
 Supervise the financial collection of the Company and responsible for ensuring that revenue from debtors is being collected properly and in a timely manner.
 Develop ongoing training modules, implement industry standards according to the latest updates in collection department.
 Drafting and Implementing policies and procedures given by the Company Management to monitor all financial, fiscal documentation, statistical and analytical collection reporting. Also, bring in new and effective policies and litigation escalation processes to resolve the bad debt cases.
• IMPLEMENTING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN ITS
 Implemented the Corporate Governance rules issued by the Capital Market Authority and Parent Company i.e. Kuwait Finance House.
 Was the focal point of contact from ITS with external professional firm/advisor to identify the gaps in Company’s Corporate Governance framework and to bring the operations in line with the Capital Market Authority rules and Kuwait Finance House guidelines.

Legal Counsel في Adnan Al Ajeel & Waleed Al Tattan Law Firm

• الكويت
• مارس 2002 إلى أبريل 2005