Khalid Gharseldin

• Provided strategic legal advice to executive leadership on regional expansion,
regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation across the UAE and GCC.
• Designed and implemented tailored legal and compliance frameworks aligned
with UAE and GCC regulations, strengthening corporate governance and risk
management.
• Established and maintained strong working relationships with UAE regulatory
authorities to secure business permits and ensure ongoing compliance.
• Negotiated and structured complex commercial contracts in Arabic and
English to support business growth and strategic partnerships.
• Collaborated with external counsel to address specialized legal issues,
including UAE Labour Law, Companies Law, and other GCC regulations.
• Oversaw the legal aspects of commercial transactions, ensuring full
adherence to UAE and GCC legal requirements.
• Advised on key business matters such as employment law, corporate
governance, commercial transactions, and dispute resolution.
• Designed and implemented internal compliance programs and policies to
proactively address legal risks.
• Conducted thorough legal research on UAE, Saudi Arabia, and GCC
commercial laws, contributing to legislative insights and policy development.

● Conducted in-depth legal research on UAE and GCC commercial laws, shaped legislative frameworks, and guided policy development.
● Led legal initiatives, advised senior management on strategic matters related to UAE and GCC operations, and managed sensitive legal documentation.
● Coordinated with external legal authorities to optimize collaboration and ensure efficient outcomes within the UAE legal system.
● Meticulously reviewed tenders and contracts, guaranteeing strict compliance with UAE Labor Law, Commercial Companies Law, and other relevant GCC regulations.
● Drafted and negotiated complex contracts in both Arabic and English, demonstrating linguistic and legal expertise essential for UAE and GCC business operations.
● Streamlined processes for obtaining permits, registrations, and approvals by liaising with local regulatory bodies such as the Dubai Department of Economic Development and the UAE Ministry of Economy.
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● 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 companys legal strategies.
● Managed legal department administration, including trade licenses and contract records.
● Prepared comprehensive reports on legal department activities and achievements.

• Developed compliance strategies tailored to DFM, SCA, and DLD regulations,
aligning executive actions with applicable legal frameworks.
• Conducted comprehensive legal research, contributed to shaping legislative
frameworks, and guided policy development initiatives.
• Advised senior management on strategic legal matters and managed critical
documentation with confidentiality.
• Collaborated with external legal authorities to enhance outcomes and
maintain compliance.
• Reviewed tenders and contracts to ensure strict regulatory adherence across
operations.
• Drafted and negotiated complex contracts in Arabic and English, showcasing
linguistic and legal proficiency.
• Simplified processes for securing permits, registrations, and approvals
through effective coordination with regulatory bodies.
• Supervised external legal firms to align services with the companys legal
strategies.
• Managed legal department operations, including oversight of trade licenses
and contract records.
• Prepared detailed reports highlighting legal department activities,
accomplishments, and insights.

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

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.

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.