marwa alghawi, Paralegal

marwa alghawi

Paralegal

Twofour54

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Law and Politics
Experience
4 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 8 Months

Paralegal at Twofour54
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since November 2020
Legal Intern at White & Case LLP
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 2020 to July 2020

Worked on four different corporate projects that included transaction structure chart and management, researching, preparing, and presenting potential solutions to corporate matters in any given project, as well as corporate governance and prospectus drafting

Legal Trainee at Al tamimi & Co
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • December 2019 to March 2020

1- Prepared shareholders agreements and employment contracts
2- Conducted several legal researches using major legal databases like LexisNexis, Westlaw and Practical law to answer clients’ queries
3- Assisted in preparing powers of attorneys
4- Legal translation (English to Arabic)
5- Drafted letters before action
6- Drafted advice letters that were directly sent to clients
7- Assisted in preparing due diligence reports which included liaising with Al Tamimi teams in Iraq and Saudi
8- Prepared TMT agreements

Legal intern/assistant at zone contracting LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2019 to September 2019

1- Maintained and organized files
2- Conducted market researches
3- Assisted in drafting subcontractor contracts
4- Legal translation (English to Arabic)

legal intern at emirates international engineering consultancy
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2018 to January 2019

1- Reviewed and updated subcontract contracts
2- Conducted legal researches concerning property and real estate issues
3- Legal translation (English to Arabic)
4- Attended contract negotiation meetings

Education

Bachelor's degree, Law and Politics
  • at Queen's University Belfast
  • May 2019

A few of my legal researches that i got a distinction on were published in my law school's law journal for students to benefit from, and i was also a member of the competitive mooting programme.

Diploma, law foundation
  • at University Of London - Birkbeck
  • August 2016

Specialties & Skills

Teamwork
Technology
Legal Research
Legal Writing
teamwork
photoshop
Microsoft Office
Case Brief Writing
legal writing
legal terminology
legal research
legal translation

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker
Turkish
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Foreign Language Learning
    I'm passionate about learning foreign languages and my goal is excelling at 6 by the age of 30! I speak 3 languages fluently and currently learning the fourth. Learning languages strengthens the memory and is a great addition to any career.