Khalid Gharseldin, Legal Counsel

Khalid Gharseldin

Legal Counsel

J&T Express, Cargo, and Logistics

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, License of Law
Experience
14 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months

Legal Counsel at J&T Express, Cargo, and Logistics
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2017

● Provide strategic legal counsel to senior management on complex issues, aligning legal solutions with business objectives.
● Craft and execute robust defense strategies per the company's strategic goals.
● Design and implement comprehensive internal governance policies to ensure rigorous regulatory compliance.
● Conduct thorough risk assessments to inform decision-making and optimize the company's risk profile.
● Employ proactive risk management techniques to anticipate and mitigate potential legal challenges.
● Build and maintain strong relationships with external regulators and legal counsel.
● Draft and negotiate intricate legal agreements, safeguarding the company's interests.

Senior Legal Counsel at Coca-Cola Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2021 to July 2022

● Developed compliance strategies to navigate DFM, SCA, and DLD regulatory environments, ensuring executive alignment with legal frameworks.
● Conducted in-depth legal research, shaped legislative frameworks, and guided policy development.
● Led legal initiatives, advised senior management on strategic matters, and managed sensitive legal documentation.
● Coordinated with external legal authorities to optimize collaboration and ensure efficient outcomes.
● Meticulously reviewed tenders and contracts, guaranteeing strict compliance across all operations.
● Drafted and negotiated complex contracts in both Arabic and English, demonstrating linguistic and legal expertise.
● Streamlined processes for obtaining permits, registrations, and approvals by liaising with local regulatory bodies.
● Oversaw external legal firms, ensuring alignment with the company's legal strategies.
● Managed legal department administration, including trade licenses and contract records.
● Prepared comprehensive reports on legal department activities and achievements.

Legal Counsel at Azizi Developments -Dubai, UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2015 to March 2017

Legal Advice: Providing legal advice and counsel to management and overseeing all dispute and litigation matters.
• Implement and manage an effective legal compliance program
• Develop and review company policies
• Drive and ensure consistency in legal services and advice provided by the local in-house lawyers in his or her Country.
• Monitoring legal affairs, including but not limited to litigations and activity reports, and organize regular meetings with the country teams.
• Advise management on the company’s compliance with laws and regulations through detailed reports.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Participate in analyzing, research, drafting regulations, policies, circulars, imposing appropriate action to ensure improvement and issues addressed promptly.
• Identify the impact of introducing policy change, process change, and regulation change at a federal level, state level, and free zone level to identify the most effective approach
• Assess company operations to determine compliance risk.
• Ensure all employees are educated on the latest regulations and processes.
• Provide legal advice & support on the day-to-day operations in terms of the company registry (including but not limited to Company Incorporation, Formation, Registration, Changes, De-registration, etc.
• Provide legal support - with use of the external and internal resource- on a range of other matters, including litigation, licensing

Legal Counsel at British Embassy Dubai, Foreign and Commonwealth
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2012 to March 2015

Contract drafting, review, and negotiation: Drafting, review, and negotiating frame agreements and other contracts in collaboration with relevant business managers.
• Provide operational and practical input to support the Authority’s regulatory standards, evaluate inconsistencies and ambiguities, and clarify queries and policies.
• Legal strategies: Anticipating and identifying legal issues of concern to management and proactively develop effective legal strategies and practical solutions.
• Provide legal advice and guidance to the Group Management.
• Advise management on the company’s compliance with laws and regulations through detailed reports.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Assess company operations to determine compliance risk.
• Provide specialist advice on local law matters across the region, public procurement laws, competition laws, data and privacy laws, civil and commercial codes, and integrity laws (anti-bribery and anti-corruption).
• Monitor the performance of all activities under Registration and Licensing and prepare periodic reports.
• Establishes and maintains effective relations with government and legal authorities.
• Update all-new U.A.E. legislations about labour, immigration, and other relevant laws.

Legal Counsel at Simatech Shipping and Forwarding LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2010 to March 2012

Dealing with all government issues based in U.A.E. and G.C.C. country, labour law, immigration law, commercial law, and cooperate requirements.
• The advice provides for a company with any legal or government issues.
• Draft, review, and participate in negotiating a broad range of value routine commercial contracts with customers and suppliers (service agreements, confidentiality agreements, tolling agreements, general services agreements, etc.).
• Support the Counsel - Legal on the drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of commercial contracts.
• Assist in the development of contract templates, proofread translated vital legal terms in bilingual documents.
• Provide legal advice and support to Corporate Governance/company secretarial.

Education

Bachelor's degree, License of Law
  • at Cairo University
  • March 2002

License of Law

Specialties & Skills

International Law
Government
Insurance
Immigration
Legal Documentation
Commercial Law
Legal Affairs
Immigration Law
Government Relations
Labour Law
Company formation

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Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Blogging
    https://productivetihube.wordpress.com