Managing Partner
Nadeem Rafiq & Partners
Total years of experience :22 years, 6 Months
Responsible for planning strategic business objectives and also implementing systems and processes to monitor and report on performance against agreed Key Performance Indicators across all the business sectors.
Duties:
Responsible for driving the growth of revenue and profit margins.
Responsible for all contracts and lease agreements.
Interpreting financial data and drawing conclusions.
Analysing operating costs and efficiency.
Identify skills gaps and devise hiring strategies.
Winning business from key target clients.
Implementing systems that reward good staff performance & competence.
Liaising with key strategic suppliers and customers to define Key Performance Indicators'.
Reviewing and monitoring all budget expenditure.
Motivating & providing strong leadership to all departments.
Developing the company’s commercial processes including account management and marketing.
Legal Advisor
Main Practice Areas: Corporate/Commercial/Civil Providing proactive legal assistance and advice on various legal issues like commercial contracts, disputes resolution, agreements, regulation, employment and governance. Working with other members and departments on particular projects such as fundraising, policies and procedures, taxes etc Assisting the business in compliance with all various legal requirements. Advising on minimal liability and legal exposure for business Ensuring that the legal documents and other contractual documents are effectively drafted, reviewed, interpreted and vetted. Taking decisive actions on various legal matters and assessing contentious and uncontroversial issues Managing internal and external legal resources where required Assessing and advising effectively to minimize a control risks to company and ensuring that the system, controls and processes are appropriate as relevant Representing the Group and the subsidiaries in ensuring the efficient handling and winning resolution of all negotiations and disputes Advising and ensuring the business in compliance with the necessities of legislation involving data protection Supervising, researching and analyzing implication of legislation and regulatory matters that affect the company and reporting them back to higher management. the day-to-day supervision, management and providing prompt, sound and strategic legal advice to aid top management in decision-making as well as legal advisory services to all subsidiaries at management level. Manage and oversee the Legal Affairs Division and ensure that the various activities of the Group and the subsidiaries are conducted in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State of Qatar Draft, review various types of contracts and agreements and participate in its negotiation.
Admin Manager
Manage all day-to-day general administrative activities. Direct or co-ordinate the support service departments - HR, Procurement and IT and set goals for these departments. Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency of these departments. Analyze internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve the Admin, HR, Procurement and IT operations. Plan, administer and control budgets for the support service departments. Hire and termination of Group’s Employee. Vehicle Management. Any other assignments by the management from time to time.
Main Practice Areas: Corporate/Commercial/Criminal
Responsibilities include preparing case briefs, advising, representing clients at both judicial and quasi-judicial authorities.
Contentious
Generally experienced in representing and advising clients on various disputes including rental claims, contractual claims, construction disputes, shareholder’s disputes and other civil and criminal cases.
Responsible for preparing, filing or otherwise initiating proceedings in a range of matters including enforcement of arbitral awards, freezing/attachment injunctions, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, mergers, wind-up proceedings, criminal complaints.
Non-Contentious
Advisor to the Consultancy Department on various matters including practice of Qatari governmental authorities.
Advised on a diverse range of Qatari laws and regulations including the Commercial Companies Law, Commercial Agents Law, Environmental Laws, Commercial Law, Civil Procedure Code, Civil Law, Shipping Laws, Rental Law, Penal Code, Labour Law, Qatar Central Bank Law, Intellectual Property Law, Sponsorship Law and Foreign Investment Laws.
Recent Transactions/Cases
Involved in the due diligence for a US$ 80 Million merger.
Prepared and finalised documentation and procured the relevant approvals for the acquisition of a Qatari company by a U.A.E. company.
Prepared and filed various mortgage applications for a well known Qatari Bank.
Procured the removal of an attachment order for a multinational construction company.
Defended a contractor in a contractual dispute worth US$ 40 million, filed by a Qatari authority.
Involved in an agency dispute of a multinational infrastructure company.
Farooq Law Associates has been in practice for the last about forty years and is involved in civil, banking and corporate sides of the legal market in Pakistan. This firm handles both transactional and litigation assignments and its litigation attorneys specialize in lower court trials as well as appeals before the superior courts.
As an Associate at the firm, I was assigned to appear in the civil and banking courts as well as to draft pleadings and opinions and conduct research.
Main Practice Areas: Corporate/Commercial/Criminal
Type of Work:
Drafting pleadings, opinions and conducting research.
Reviewing the relevant documents for mortgage and drafting Mortgage deeds.
Representing firm's clients and appearing before Banking Court, Civil Court and Criminal court.
The Pak-American Institute of Management Sciences (Pak-Aims) was established in Lahore in 1986 and runs both undergraduate and graduate programs in management and computer sciences.
As a Teaching Assistant, I assisted teachers (Tort Law and Company Law) at the LL.B. level. Further, I acted as a legal researcher for cases of the school's law clinic which was referred cases from an alliance of reputed law chambers and qualified legal practitioners. I was also involved in counseling students and sharing administrative responsibilities.
Main Practice Areas: Tort Law and Company Law) at the LL.B & A level
Type of Work:
Researching for cases of the school's law department, which was referred cases from an alliance of reputed law chambers and qualified legal practitioners;
Counseling students and sharing administrative responsibilities.
Loutfi & Darwish ranks among the renowned firms in Egypt and is managed by Professor Mohammed Hossam Loutfi. The firm practices general civil law with a focus on intellectual property rights and corporate law.
I was trained at the firm in drafting pleadings, opinions and agreements in both the English and Arabic languages. Within three months of joining, I was given assignments requiring representation of clients in courts.
Main Practice Areas: Corporate/Commercial/Civil
Type of Work:
Drafting pleadings, opinions and agreements in both English and Arabic.
Representing firm's clients before the relevant governmental bodies and before the Courts.
Establishing Corporate entities.