Group Legal Director
ITWorx
Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months
Managing ITWorx Legal Department including our global accounts in Egypt, UAE, Qatar, KSA, USA, UK, and Canada
o Establishing the legal department at the company with its all branches; Litigation, Corporate, Contracts and Legal Consultancy.
o Reporting directly to the CEO in Egypt and the Legal Counsel in Qatar.
o Till Current I finalised important tasks including:
1- Drafting the standard properties Sales and Purchase Agreement that will be used by QDE group in all its relevant projects in addition to all the other forms needed in the sales and customer relations process.
2- Negotiating on behalf of the company with regional and international investors who are willing to hold development joint-ventures with QDE in Egypt.
3- Redrafting QDE employment contracts and company bylaws.
4- Performed a corporate inspection detecting all the corporate gaps and errors that might affect the group legal position, gave the legal opinion to fix such errors and start working on them through BODs, OGMs and EGMs.
5- Giving important legal opinions related to QDE lands acquisition, Construction disputes in addition to other topics related to the properties field.
6- Trademarks registration for the coming QDE developments.
7- Reviewing Hotel Management Agreements.
In addition to other various tasks in the in-house legal context.
o Drafting various types of Contracts and Agreements, terms and conditions for different transactions, and official letters.
o Reviewing, redrafting and translating all documents provided from Headquarter and insuring the compliance of documents with all applicable Laws and regulations in Egypt.
o Reviewing and drafting corporate documents including minutes of Board of Directors meetings, Ordinary General Meetings and Extra Ordinary and coordinating with corporate law out sources in this regard.
o Translating Legal documents and all other documents from Arabic to English and vice versa.
o Preparing Legal Reports.
o Providing and drafting legal advice to the management and other departments in the company.
o Handling client’s legal requests.
o Coordinating with external legal advisers.
o Holding official meetings with clients, governmental and non- governmental authorities.
o Handling clients legal cases and requests in various fields of law;
Drafting various types of Agreements including:
• International Business Transactions
• Properties Sales and Purchase Agreements
• Technology Transfer Agreements
• Supply Agreements
• Share Holder Exit Agreements
U.S.A and UK Immigration Law (filing appeals against the rejected visa decisions).
Negotiating and drafting terms of assignments in Oil and Gas Concessions.
Drafting and reviewing international business transactions and handling cases arising out of them.
Drafting various types of Agreements and terms and conditions for different transactions.
Writing legal essays, concluding legal researches.
Coordinating with foreign affiliate law offices and international networks.
Holding official meetings with clients.
My job at Indiana was a requirement after I got a full scholarship in the program as an LL.M. Scholar
Duties and responsibilities
o Developing the program’s sources of funds.
o Recruiting LL.M. Candidates.
o Holding presentations, seminars and conferences to represent the program in various events and universities.
o Providing marketing solutions for the program.
o Translating documents from Arabic to English and vice versa.
o Drafting official letters.
o Attending at the courts and different judicial authorities in various cases on behalf of the company.
o Drafting various types of agreements including broadcasting agreements.
o Translating Legal documents and all other documents from Arabic to English and vice versa.
o Holding official meetings with clients, governmental and non- governmental authorities.