Executive Manager - Legal Affairs
Gulf Bank
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :22 years, 3 أشهر
• Draft / review contracts - service agreements, MOUs, subcontract agreements, JVs.
• Visiting the company’s branches’ in all GCC countries to follow up legal matters and disputes.
• Provide legal protection and risk management advice to the management on all negotiations related to the company’s business transactions, banking requirements and dispute settlements assuring protection of the company’s legal & financial rights & interests.
• Provide analysis and counsel on company’s legal and policy issues on mergers and acquisitions, financial structuring, non-disclosure agreements, outsourcing agreements and business strategic planning, employment and service related alongside labour regulations for the local office as well as offices globally.
• Executing the corporate governance regulations issued by CMA and ensuring full implementation.
• Ensuring compliance to statutory obligations, legal procedures and current legislations.
• Continuously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advise management accordingly.
• Review all contracts or any other documentation where the Company has committed itself and assess legal implications that need to be brought to the executive management’s attention.
• Coordinate with the Kuwait Stock Exchange and ensure compliance with all stock exchange regulations related to the listing of the company.
• Assist the Board of Directors and draft all Board resolutions. Prepare and submit periodic status & progress reports to the company’s committees and board of directors.
• Following up legal cases with external lawyer and providing the relevant documents in addition to writing memorandums and attending expert sessions.
• In liaison with other corporate functional managers, develops and advises company policy and position on legal issues pertaining to employee contracts, business plans, investment plans, operational issues … etc.
• Direct, conduct and finalize company’s insurance policies, agreements, renewal terms, waivers, releases and initiate periodical amendments.
• Assist HR on legal issues related to employment contracts, company policies, liaison with labour offices, emigration offices, any matters related to police cases and ensure compliances with social security and local nationalization regulations.
• Making registeration and renewal of huge profile of trademarks inside Kuwait.
• Following up the registeration and renewals of the trademarks in 14 countries.
• Reviewing official gazette to get weekly updates and ensure that there is no infringement of the company’s trademarks.
• Handling the recovery of dues from several markets by negotiations and litigation.
• Drafting all types of contracts and agreements including NDAs, MOUs, terms & conditions, co-packing contracts and supplying contracts.
• Visiting the company’s branches’ in UAE & Jordan on business trips to follow up legal disputes.
• Holding investigations with employees and applying the list of penalties.
• Providing legal consultation regarding Kuwaiti laws for all the departments.
• Managing all legal work of DUKKAN retail stores (sister company).
• Visiting the Environment Public Authority and the Public Authority for Industry to get approvals.
• Filing legal cases and handling litigation in GCC countries by & against the co.
• Following up legal cases with external lawyers and providing the relevant documents in addition to writing memorandums and attending expert sessions.
* Assisting all the departments of the co. to ensure compliance with local laws.
• Awarded “Certificate of Appreciation” for supporting sales team in 2011.
• Assisting the Commercial Manager in the legal clauses of NEC 3 & FIDIC Engineering & Construction Contracts with options
• Reviewing tenders, construction contracts & sub-contracting contracts
• Reviewing banking facilities agreements & all related banking documents
• Following up all the claims (construction - labour - commercial) in courts and experts’ division and providing the external lawyers of the required data, documents and memorandums for submission to court
• Handling all the procedures of a large construction arbitration case at KCAC
• Drafting all agreements including joint ventures, subcontracts, employment … etc.
• Translating any English documents & contracts into Arabic and vice versa
• Preparing the company’s BOD minutes of meetings, resolutions, ordinary & extra-ordinary general assemblies and registering them in the Ministry of Trade
• Ensuring the execution of the resolutions of the board and the policies of the co.
• Worked on the incorporation procedures of the company’s branches in other countries (Sudan, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Egypt) in addition to the preparation of the required documents for each country and the attestation of such documents
• Representing the Co. in follow-up and negotiations’ visits to UAE and Morocco for contracts executed by the Co.
• Prepared & reviewed franchise agreements
• Auditied any violations by the franchisees in Egypt & the Middle East
• Improved the sub-franchising and licensing system
• Developed collection process for defaulting customers
• Provided legal consultation for all other departments
• Drafted all types of contracts signed between the Co. and customers or vendors in addition to joint ventures enacted between the Co. and other developers
• Translated any English documents & contracts into Arabic and vice versa
• Followed up the status of the actions with the external lawyers
• Assisted the external lawyers by writing internal memorandums for the actions
• Verified the board of directors invitations and minutes of meetings
• Reporter of the administrative committee helping the BOD
• Awarded "Certificate of Excellence" in January 2007
• Attended court & arbitration sessions
• Translated several English documents & contracts into Arabic and vice versa
• Handled the correspondence between the Firm & the clients
• Drafted several types of contracts
• Provided legal consultation
• Met with the corporate clients
• Prepared reports about the clients' actions in the Firm
• Gathered the required documents for the actions before their sessions
• Wrote memorandums
• From Oct 2005 till Jan 2006, worked for Calyon Bank - Egypt, Legal Department as a Corporate Lawyer representing Farag Law Firm (part time) :
o Reviewed all kinds of contracts including the credit facilities guarantees
o Prepared reports to the Bank's Head Office in Paris
o Met insolvent corporate customers who desires to reach a settlement with the Bank
o Assisted in the due diligence by reviewing & preparing several types of legal documents relating to the Egyptian American Bank at the time of the merger between Calyon Bank and the EAB.
• Provided legal consultation
• Translated several English documents & contracts into Arabic and vice versa
• Handled the correspondence between the Bank & the external lawyers
• Reviewed and drafted several types of contracts
• Followed up the status of the actions with the external lawyers
• Gathered the required documents for the external lawyers before their sessions
• Prepared reports about the legal actions
• Met with customers
• Prepared letters & statements for the public prosecutions & hereditary council
• Prepared the replies to the Central Bank of Egypt about the bank's customers complaints
• Reviewed the bank's different systems to reply the Tax Authorities, court of appeal, public socialist prosecutor & CBE about the seizure & attachement orders and also, the inquiry requests
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