Legal Translator
Communication Legal Translation
Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months
Translating and proofreading all types of documents
Translating all types of documents including powers of attorney, court applications, court judgments, medical reports, laws and regulations, employment contracts, investments agreements and all types of documents in general
- Translating all documents including legal letters, correspondence, commercial agreements, corporate documents, press releases, court pleadings, judgments, expert reports, board resolutions and powers of attorney etc.
- Liaising and coordinating with official legal translators for translation and reviewing all translations to ensure proper translation is consistently delivered.
- Assisting the Group Legal Counsel in relation to the Group restructuring: collating and organizing the corporate documents of all the Group’s subsidiaries; liaising and assisting in-house and external counsels with all requests and providing all documents needed;
- Assisting the Group Legal Counsel and Board Secretary in relation to the Board and General Assemblies meetings: handled all related matters regarding Board and General Assemblies meetings including preparation of bi-lingual (English & Arabic) documentation in accordance with applicable Board or Committee Agendas, drafting Attendance Registers, Proxies and Invitations arising from the same;
- Translating on a full time basis and on a freelance basis all types of documents such as powers of attorney, articles of association, court documents, judgments, expert reports, legal correspondence, press releases, kitchen appliances instruction manuals etc.
• Legal Department Research, Coordination and Document Quality Control
- Working with Group General Counsel on all legal department such as required company formations within the UAE or abroad, legal correspondence, internal group communications, coordination with external local counsel and translation offices, interpretation of local law legislation requirements;
- Progressed to supervising and being in charge of all document quality control ensuring that all internal translations made by applicable staff and external official translations via established applicable offices are consistently delivered, all authorities and company documentation are up to date and valid, correspondence and legal project files were properly maintained in line with set protocols by the legal department document controllers;
- Responsible for the supervision and correct execution of all company documentation requiring notarization, legalization and attestation before applicable Notaries Public, Ministries, Authorities, Economic Departments, Consulates;
- Assisting in court cases, filing of documents. maintaining proper indexed files, preparing and updating case summary, following up deadlines, liaising with external counsels, internal departments and clients re requests;
- Coordination with internal departments to assess and respond to all assigned legal notices from external third parties. Interaction with authorities such as UAE Chambers of Commerce to obtain company related information regarding those parties that have expressed intent to commence proceedings.
• Corporate Secretariat Board and Committee Executive Assistant - reporting to Board Secretary and Compliance Officer
- Handled all related matters regarding Board and Committee meetings including preparation of documentation in accordance with applicable Board or Committee Agendas, drafting of anticipated Board Resolutions, drafting Minutes of Meeting, Attendance Registers, Proxies, Invitations and Action Lists
- Assisted in preparation of applicable matters relating to General Assembly meetings including the Notice of General Assembly Meetings, coordination of distribution and collation of shareholder proxies, newspaper announcements, contacting shareholders to ensure that quorum for the General Assembly is achieved, corroboration of identity or authority papers for shareholders or authorized proxies;
- Responsible for bi-lingual (English & Arabic) communication and coordination with executive assistants to the members of the Board and Committees in relation to any meeting formalities including arrangement of venue when required, requests made by members, delivery and receipt of documentation relating thereto;
- Involved in the drafting and revisions to bi-lingual (English & Arabic) correspondence with the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) in relation to Board Meetings and General Assemblies as well as preparation and coordination of Ministerial Resolution requirements set by SCA;
- Elected Committee Secretary to the Audit Committee in order to record applicable minutes of meetings, action lists and invitations to its members as well as coordination of applicable documentation with the Compliance Officer in attendance under his separate function;
- Assisting the Corporate Compliance Officer with all corporate governance initiatives, policies and procedures in line with SCA and DFM requirements including bi-lingual documentation such as revisions to Corporate Governance Manual, Annual Corporate Governance Reports, correspondence to regulating authorities regarding compliance related matters and associated meetings;
- Corporate documentation control and review ownership of all Board and Committee Meeting documentation, SCA DFM and regulating authorities’ correspondence, Powers of Attorney, Articles of Association and amendments thereto, Shareholders Resolutions and Authorized Signatories for the Holding entity and related Subsidiaries