Corporate and Litigation Paralegal
Ghassan Aboud Group
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :5 years, 0 أشهر
• Handled contentious matters such as litigation, arbitration & trademarks in UAE, GCC and Middle east as well as other jurisdictions whilst counselling with Internal and External Counsels and non- contentious matters such as corporate governance, due diligence, regulatory compliance such as reviewing Power of Attorney, Notices and Memorandum of Association along with drafting/ reviewing NDA’s, minutes of meetings, Commercial agreements, Agency agreements, Catering agreements, Lease agreements/ addendum, Service-Level Agreements (SLA), blogger/ influencer agreements and Annual maintenance contracts (AMC’s).
• Assisted in day-to-day adhoc requests as raised by the business.
• Reviewing and advising the signatories responsible to sign different corporate agreements, bank KYC’s and letters.
• Assisting in Tax advisory - such as ESR where applicable.
To oversee compliance activities within a Zenith Group of companies and to undertake approvals as per the Dubai Municipality & Dubai Development Authority (DDA) guidelines for construction. Liaised with the DDA to close non-compliances as raised.
-Maintained and built an effective relationship within company divisions so that the effective escalation of issues is achieved, and risk-managed.
-Conducted quarterly audits of sub-contractors for worker welfare requirements by Expo 2020 and adhered to the assurance standards as per the Expo guidelines.
-Proofread documents, letters, and presentations for typos.
-Managed all day-to-day short-term and long-term rental lease agreements, and drafted warning letters, notices, NOCs, PoA, MoA, MoU, review tender documents about Fidic laws, and prepared drafts for an employee handbook, including but not limited to a passport retention policy, Death in service policy, leave policy, passport consent form, grievance policy, anti-discrimination and harassment, child labor and human trafficking, recruitment policy, and recruitment fee declaration, etc.
-Assisted with KYC requests relating to group structure and its shareholders.
-Liaised with law firms on case updates and evidence gathering.
-Validated external translations.
-Drafted (legal notice, settlement letters, settlement agreements, code of conduct, company policies, corporate letters, and professional fee agreements).
-Proofread letters, documents, emails, case updates, etc.
-Validated legal translations, such as bilingually translated Power of Attorney, Memorandum of understanding, legal notice, settlement agreements, etc.
-Held meetings to discuss and negotiate payment terms for outside Court settlement etc.
-Assisted lawyers with contract analysis, document drafting and legal research.
-Preparing and organizing signature process and safekeeping of original documents.
-Maintained documents both electronically and hard file.
-Provided litigation team with due diligence of case documents and arrangement of documents to be translated.
-Coordinated with lawyers and updated clients with the details of ongoing cases with case summaries for the hearings held and assisted lawyers with execution procedures.
-Drafted purchase & sale agreements, non-compete agreements, NDA's, BOT agreements, and Professional fee agreements.
-Gathered and analyzed laws, decisions, and legal articles for the legal manager.
-Researched, analyzed, and applied laws about real estate, construction, and business development in the Middleast.
-Drafted service agreements and documents such as (Legal notice, declaration statements, professional fee agreement, NOC's, and authorization letters).
-Arranged for translation of documents from Arabic to English and English to Arabic.
-Proofread letters, agreements, contracts, and presentations for typos.
-Conducted legal research as may be required by the Senior lawyers including finding out relevant legal articles, and other writings related to specific legal research, in order to support the team.
-Managed day-to-day work, such as filing the application form, gathering documents for attestations, etc. to ensure a smooth and efficient interface with the clients.
-Data entry and scanning of applicant’s information.
-Received and registered applications at the submission counter.
-Forwarded applications to the Canadian embassy and prepared reports simultaneously coordinating with the embassy officers.
-Scrutinizing applicants’ sensitive data (e.g. passports, resident permits, bank details) and other travel documents to ensure they meet the visa acquisition criteria for the Canada area regulations.
Worked as an Intern at Barjeel Geojit in their Operations team. Worked closely with the Operations Manager to assist him in the day-to-day activities; Check the opening and closing pricing of different stocks in the market to analyze the reason for the increase/decrease in the share value and filed documents for the portfolios.
Relevant modules include Accounting, Economics, Marketing, Commercial and Company law, auditing, Banking law, and practice.
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