mahmoud shaarawy

I’m currently the Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of the huge conglomerate Hayel Saeed Anam (HSA), HSA is composing of 58 companies, with around 17, 000 employees and working in the Cement, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, logistics, trading and Oil & Gas services. He is heading a team of 42 lawyers and compliance specialists.

Managing a Mid-Size team of 18 lawyers serving 85 Companies inside and outside Egypt, responsible for all corporate legal affairs (including establishment of new companies, BODs, GAs, EGAs, POAs, organizing the managers authorities, licenses, permits and other official entities procedures), introduce legal advises to different departments (Financial, sales and Technical), drafting, reviewing and negotiating all type of contracts in tri-lingual (Arabic, English & French), negotiating complex agreements with clients, contractors and partners. Cooperate with the top management to legally enhance the group policies and regulations. Assure the compliance of Corporate Governance and Egyptian Stock Exchange rules.

Managing a mid-sized team of 12 Lawyers responsible for all corporate legal affairs (including establishment of new companies, BODs, GAs, EGAs, POAs, organizing the managers authorities, licenses, permits and other official entities procedures), introduce legal advises to different departments (Financial, sales and Technical), drafting, reviewing and negotiating all type of contracts in tri-lingual (Arabic, English & French), negotiating complex agreements with clients, contractors and partners. Cooperate with the top management to legally enhance the group policies and regulations. Assure the compliance of Corporate Governance and Egyptian Stock Exchange rules. and Board of Directors Member in 3 Companies of the Group.

responsible for all corporate legal affairs (including establishment of new companies, BODs, GAs, EGAs, POAs, organizing the managers authorities, licenses, permits and other official entities procedures), introduce legal advises to different departments (Financial, sales and Technical), drafting, reviewing and negotiating all type of contracts in tri-lingual (Arabic, English & French), negotiating complex agreements with clients, contractors and partners. Cooperate with the top management to legally enhance the group policies and regulations. Assure the compliance of Corporate Governance and Egyptian Stock Exchange rules.

DRAFTING:
- Reviewing and drafting of contracts/agreements in multi fields (Services, Supply, Consulting, purchasing, Labor, Marital, MOUs, NDAs, Contracting, Agency and Shareholders).

ADVISING:
- Providing legal advices concerning all parts of the business including contracting, services, consulting, purchasing, corporate, construction and company functions.
NEGOTIATIONS:
- Coordinating settlement of disputes with third parties including operators, contractors, suppliers, and partners internally and externally.
- Negotiating non-complex contracts and participating in negotiations for higher complexity contracts.
LIAISON:
- Preparing instructions for and monitoring external lawyers for new companies Setup in Tanzania, Burkina Faso, UAE, Niger, Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Iraq, Kuwait, Sudan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Monte Negro, Senegal, Tanzania, Madagascar and Qatar.
- Liaising the organization departments, functions and legal process internally and externally to assure proper application of policies.

- Validate and obtain approvals (as required) for engagements around MEA.
-Draft contracts based on input from the business using standard templates/options; draft subcontractor agreements with both French and English languages.
-Negotiate contracts terms with customers
- For applicable non-standard contractual terms/options liaise to various support functions (legal, finance, tax, etc)
- Procure Oracle and customer signatures.
- Enter and maintain certain contract information in the ERP System.
- Verify accuracy of data and maintain project funding and billing according to contractual terms.
- Monitor project status and report to management on any issues identified.
- Provide month end close reports to management.

Lawyer at ElDib Advocates Bureau - Cairo Branch, which is one of the ‎leader law firms in Egypt, instituted year ‎‏1875‏‎, my field of work is mainly ‎concerning another leader company in investment field AMIRAL Which is a ‎mother company contains other companies as:‎
‏ ‏‎ ‎‏1‏‎- SPDC (Sokhna Port Development Company) this company instituted ‎under law no= ‎‏8‏‎ for investment, is granted a concession agreement with ‎RSPA Red Sea Port Authority for ‎‏25‏‎ year under B.O.T system for managing ‎and operating the Sokhna Port. Also the concession agreement includes ‎another agreement concerning investments in this area with licenses for many ‎projects.‎
‎ ‎‏2‏‎- Royal Maritime: Its field of work is Maritime transportation and ‎customs procedures.‎
This company had chosen ElDib Advocates as its Legal Consultants who ‎selected me as their sole legal representative inside the company for its legal ‎affairs, ex: legal opinions, negotiations prior to companies institution as they ‎had foreign associates, Joint Venture Agreements, Consultant agreements, ‎Port users Agreements, Employment contracts, Rent contracts, Equipment ‎purchasing contracts and contractors contracts.‎

Handling Claims against P&I clubs or shipping lines, drafting settlement agreements with insurance companies and legal opinions for same.
Labor Affairs:
Handling labor claims and legal opinions for same.
Commercial : With Banks and Commercial institutions:
Drafting settlement agreements, handling checks misdemeanors and legal opinions for other related issues.
Handling marital affairs for foreigners and Egyptians.
Execution of Foreign Judgments & Arbitration
Handling procedures and litigation process for the enforcement of foreign judgments/Foreign Arbitration Awards.
Intellectual Property
Handling patents and intellectual properties claims and legal opinions.

Employee at Minister of Administrative Development' s Bureau (Mohamed ‎Zaki AboAmer ), my field of work was appointment of official officers in ‎all governmental authorities .Ex: National Appointment Project for ‎‏115, 000‏‎ officer issued by ministry of administrative development year ‎‏2003‏‎. ‎

Lecturer of Law courses in French language for faculty of law French ‎department’s students in the following subjects: - ‎
Criminal Law (Loi Criminelle), Administrative Law (Loi Administrative), ‎Commercial Law (Loi Commerciale) and Arbitration Law (Loi ‎d’Arbitration) ‎

Training at ElDib Advocates Bureau - Alexandria Branch, working in ‎insurance, re-insurance, maritime, indemnity cases.‎