mouawad el hajal, Legal Consultant

mouawad el hajal

Legal Consultant

Antelias and Naccache municipality

Location
Lebanon
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Law
Experience
15 years, 0 Months

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Legal Consultant at Antelias and Naccache municipality
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2017

Cooperation with Antelias and Naccache municipality in different fields:
• Legal consultancy.
• Social support.
• Press releases.
• Photography.
• social aid during the Corona virus pandemic,
• Management of social media applications.
• Awareness campaigns,
• Conferences.
• Drafting contracts and research.
Main achievements in cooperation with Antelias and Naccache Municipality:

- 17th of April 2017: Baldati Association organized a trip by bus to visit different metn municipalities like Zalka, Sin el Fil, Burj Hammoud, Jdeideh, etc. The main objective was to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining a clean environment and explain the crucial role of municipalities' employees and police in creating campaigns notifying citizens to help maintain a clean environment.
15th of January 2018: one-day session explaining to Antelias and Naccache municipality members and employees the importance and their role in digital transformation, especially regarding the importance of social media to listen to and receive complaints and suggestions from citizens instead of depending on traditional methods and techniques.

1st of June 2018: one-day session in Fawar Antelias restaurant in participation with Antony municipality. The main objective is to explain to municipality members and employees the history of Antelias and Naccache village.
4th of March 2019: one-day session with Antelias and Naccache municipality employees explaining the importance of jumelage between two cities like that signed with Antony-France.
15th of March 2020: two-day session explaining to employees their role during the Corona pandemic and the techniques to deal with citizens' requests and questions.

20th of March 2020: one-day session explaining to employees their role and protocols when organizing campaigns to face Corona: PCR, vaccination, and distribution of safety tools.
17th and 18th of August 2022: two-day session explaining to Antelias and Naccache municipality employees the importance of the public procurement law, its advantages and disadvantages, and listening to their challenges.

Lawyer at Kaspa law firm
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2019 to June 2023

• Providing legal advice and representation to clients.
• Playing an important role in society by upholding the legal system, advocating for my clients' rights, and ensuring the fair application of the law.
• Possessing in-depth knowledge of legal principles, regulations, and procedures, allows me to provide guidance and assistance in a wide range of legal matters.
• Providing our clients with the necessary legal opinion on time and in a professional manner.
• Proactively assist in the management of several clients.

Lawyer(internship) at NADER LAW FIRM
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2017 to July 2018

• Conducting legal research.
• Analyzing cases.
• Drafting legal documents.
• Negotiating settlements.
• Representing clients in court.
• Providing counsel on legal issues and due diligence.

Lawyer(internship) at kareh law firm
  • Lebanon - Baabda
  • February 2014 to April 2017

• Conducting legal research.
• Analyzing cases.
• Drafting legal documents.
• Negotiating settlements.
• Representing clients in court.
• Providing counsel on legal issues.

LEGAL COORDINATOR/EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT at Computer Information Systems
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2008 to October 2011

• Assisting the head legal counsel in analyzing, managing, and advising on diverse legal and compliance matters.
• Advising on legal matters pertaining to the following legal domains: Labour law, corporate and commercial laws, and international ventures and partnerships, among others.
• Drafting and reviewing all types of commercial contacts and notices to meet business and legal requirements and to achieve acceptable risk levels in accordance with internal approval processes.
• Identifying and implementing approved contracts, policies, and processes.
• Researching and evaluating different risk factors related to business decisions and preparing risk reports.
• Assisting the head legal counsel in setting up companies locally, regionally, and internationally, in addition to drafting and preparing all corporate legal documentation and liaising with external lawyers in order to ensure the documents’ conformity with local laws, whenever necessary.
• Assisting the Head Legal Counsel in the legal restructuring and engineering of the group’s companies.
• Researching and evaluating different legal risk factors, preparing legal risk assessment reports, and ensuring effective legal and compliance risk management.
• Liaising with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority, etc.).
• Performing other legal-related tasks as they arise and as delegated by the management.
• Keeping up-to-date on regulatory and policy developments involving laws and regulations; thinking ahead; seeing around corners; and helping prepare for and minimize risks that may arise in the future.

Administrative Officer at Ministry of Defense lebanon
  • Lebanon - Baabda
  • March 2004 to January 2005

i had the chance to work as an administrative officer at the Lebanese ministry of defense during my military service period which is one calendar year.
My main duties included: drafting documents, proofreading, support, communication, translation of official documents, organization of conferences...

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Law
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 2003

Specialties & Skills

Analytical Skills
Dynamic Leader
Media Research
Legal Research
Contract Drafting
civil law
contract drafting
research
team work
english typing
corporate law
arabic typing
strong analysis
legal writing
commercial law
criminal law
advisor
team leader
legal research
coordinator
social support
management

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

MOUVEMENT CULTUREL ANTELIAS
  • Secretary of youth generation.
  • October 2016

Hobbies

  • Photography