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Rashdan AL-Rashdan, Attorney at Law

Rashdan AL-Rashdan

Attorney at Law·Al Shawarbah Law Firm

Jordan

Doctorate, International Patents Protection among TRIPS and Paris Treaty

Work experience

Total years of experience: 28 years, 7 months

Attorney at Law

October 2020 - Present

Al Shawarbah Law Firm

Amman, Jordan

October 2020 - Present

Corporate Commercial Attorney, Civil law Attorney, Litigation, Intellectual property Attorney and expert, Arbitration Attorney.
Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

Consultant and head of Comparison Legislation Department

September 2020 - October 2020

International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

September 2020 - October 2020

Study all legal legislation in terms of developing model laws compatible with Islamic jurisprudence and statutory law at the same time in order to serve the Islamic countries and their peoples.
Cooperation with the various structures of the organization particularly in preparation of different legal studies in all updated issue around the entire world not only the Islamic once in order to clarify the position of Islamic Fiqh from these issues.
Publicize researches in cooperation with both distinguish legal and Islamic sharia expert to discuss issues of interest to Islamic Ummah and express their opinion in such matters.
Providing legal advice in all legal concerns at Islamic Fiqh Academy.
Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Legal

Assistant Professor

August 2018 - July 2019

Commercial Law, College of Law, Abu Dhabi University

United Arab Emirates

August 2018 - July 2019

Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Assistant Professor

September 2014 - July 2018

University of Modern Sciences

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

September 2014 - July 2018

Company industry:
Higher Education
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Legal Advisor

April 2012 - August 2013

Reed Smith LLP

United Arab Emirates

April 2012 - August 2013

Specialise in company set-ups UAE Free Zones and off-shore jurisdictions, and manage the process from start to finish for the following Company types:
UAE onshore companies - LLC and branch offices
UAE Free Zones FZCo., Branch office e.g. TECOM, JAFZA, DAFZA, Health Care City.
UAE offshore companies - Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) and Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAKFTZ) (Registered Agents).
Advise on, assemble documentation, and draft standard documents such as POAs, Board Minutes and Resolutions, working together with fee earners.
Arrange for necessary approvals and submission of applications through official channels.
Verification of activities with government authorities
Drafting of standard incorporation documents
Labour and Immigration establishment cards and general manager residence/work permits
Annual trade license renewal
Amendments to trade license
Share transfer
Liquidation
Providing assistance to the real estate and corporate departments on a vast array of deals and works in tandem with government bodies such as the local authorities, free zones and Federal ministries.
Preparing board minutes and powers of attorney and ensuring they are in acceptable forms;
Dealing with corporate approvals, applications and amendments and providing dispute resolution assistance where necessary;
Liaising with public notaries, document attestation companies and visa agencies;
Participate in all aspects of the legal process.
Add value to customers’ cases by adopting a personalized approach to their needs
Develop the mechanisms of the Department by assuring excellent services to customers
Assign workload as per experience.
Divide work based on load.
Follow up status
Providing training to the team.
Building knowledge base among the team
Creating Matters Templates.
Creating and updating precedents:
•Company set up, renewal, amendment, liquidation.
•Documents legalization
•Notaries public
•Governments liaison
•Company and agency search
•Accompany clients to authorities to assist in resolving disputes; file complaints with local police
•Facilitate and accompany clients and partners to initially approve and notarize documents before the Notary Public.
•Obtain information and verify procedures through discussions and face-to-face meetings.
•Help find solutions to a diverse range of other client situations through experience of what happens in practice.
•Attest documents and obtain visas at Embassies, Consulates, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
•Prepare, submit applications, obtain agency and trademark searches and pay trademark registration fees.
•Prepare, submit letters and obtain company searches from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
•Submit applications to Dubai Labour departments.
Analyze and research data on legal codes, legal articles and documents and any other ministry work and advice as required.
Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

Managing Partner

November 2010 - April 2012

Premier Legal Consulting & co. Law Firm

Amman, Jordan

November 2010 - April 2012

Highlights:
•Provided accurate legal advice and support to clients, reviewed and drafted contracts, documents, resolutions, agreements, official correspondence and amendments to safeguard clients' interests in compliance with applicable laws.
•Demonstrated proficiency in commercial litigation, corporate law and companies law, Social Security law, Tax laws, Intellectual property laws, civil law as well as Jordanian labor law and Jordanian constitutional law, Anti-Trust Law, Unfair Competition Law, Construction Law, construction disputes, construction contracts.
•Proffered professional, commercial and contractual support and solutions to most legal issues across public, private sector, and civil society including community based organizations, local communities, local government and donors.

Key Responsibilities:
• Providing counsel and guidance to clients on various matters involving large and complex corporate structure, legal agreements, commercial and corporate transactions, construction, IP, real estate, labor law, commercial law and a variety of additional legal issues to clients.
• Preparing and negotiating agreements for a variety of business units, such as those related to Construction contract (FIDIC), PPP's and BOT contracts, Jordanian administrative law and Jordanian international private law, etc.

• Handling litigation-related matters, including commercial litigation and disputes, whilst analyzing legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
• Managing a variety of employee and compensation-related issues, including those related to labor law and company policies and procedures.
• Leading, coaching and motivating the team to achieve team objectives and consistently working towards adding value to the business in the capacity of Managing Partner.
• Ensuring that all staff managed professionally, consistently and fairly, in line with company policy, developing effective capacity building methods and assuring performance measurements are consistent and delivered throughout the department.
• Planning, budgeting and monitoring expenditure minimizing cost and maximizing benefit.
•Offering routine legal services to clients within the business in dealings with customers, stakeholders, vendors, governmental agencies and departments and outside legal counsel and regulatory bodies.
Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

TAG Legal America office & Contracts Department Manager

April 2009 - January 2010

Talal Abu Ghazaleh

Amman, Jordan

April 2009 - January 2010

Handled the whole spectrum of activities including, but not limited to, provided legal consultations in respect of all matters related to the group’s daily activates, in addition to drafting, or otherwise revising.
• Overseeing legal functions such as varied agreements without limitation, disruption agreements, supply contracts, company articles of association, etc.
• Rendered to the head office and to the varied offices thereof around the world and following up all legal issues and providing Personal Department with legal consultations related to labor law.
• Advising senior company leadership on legal risks associated with group business transactions and determined the conditions under which services and offerings are lawfully sellable and deliverable.
• Producing recommendations, guidelines, template materials and training necessary to empower the legal services, personnel department and contract management teams with appropriate legal knowledge and tools to support the business.
• Reviewed, drafted and amended agreements, services arrangements and vendor contracts with a view to advising on compliance and liability issues associated with Personnel Department.
• Delivered ongoing legal advice to various business lines on ad-hoc legal questions, and provided focused, comprehensive and pragmatic personnel advice and support to clients in line within existing labor laws and legal requirements.

Key Responsibilities - Personnel Department Legal Adviser:
• Supported the global organization and delivered legal advice and risk management within a wide range of legal issues.
• Demonstrating excellent project management skills, communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills, and contributing as a valued team member in resolving legal issues.
• Reviewing analyzed and drafted comprehensive legal business contractual terms, negotiating and coordinating the execution of new contracts amendments.
• Working in conjunction with legal counsel to understand and communicate current and future regulatory requirements for Jordan and other countries where the organization operates.
• Providing legal and regulatory support to individual and corporate clients for commercial transactions including joint ventures, agency relationships, acquisitions, mergers, corporate finance, leasing, partnerships, divestiture, real estate and construction related agreements, employment law related matters, intellectual property, agreements with customers and suppliers etc.
• Analyzing the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents. Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Company industry:
Financial Auditing
Job role:
Consulting

Group Internal Legal Consultations Department Manager and Personnel Department Legal Adviser

April 2009 - January 2010

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh organization

Amman, Jordan

April 2009 - January 2010

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Construction and Building

Legal Consultant

May 2008 - April 2009

Al-Riyadh Investment Companies Group

Jordan

May 2008 - April 2009

Overseeing all functional responsibilities including, but not limited to, preparing, filing and following up all legal cases and lawsuits, providing legal consultations related to establishing companies, drafting and revising contracts, agreements such as franchise and licensing, undertakings, cease and desist letters etc.
• Offered the group a legal consultation for all industrial activates the group involved with, general contracting, disruption agreements, supplying contract, companies' article of association, exclusively agreements, touristic investment agreement and all consultation the group need in the field of corporate and foreign investment
• Reviewing and proposing policy changes from compliance perspective and communicating potential impact on all aspects of corporate and commercial law.
• Advising on general corporate issues with their financial implications taking into account the local laws and practices as well as international flows, cross border transactions and the latest legal techniques.
• Providing legal and regulatory support to individual and corporate clients for corporate and commercial transactions including joint ventures, agency relationships, acquisitions, mergers, corporate finance, leasing, partnerships, divestiture, real estate and construction related agreements, employment law related matters, intellectual property, agreements with customers and suppliers.
• Formulating and reviewing all types of administrative and commercial contracts, agreements, undertakings, correspondences, notices, and any other legal documents, like articles of incorporation, sale and lease contracts, contracting contracts, supplying contracts, distributor agreements and mortgages.
• Preparing forms of legal opinions in all fields of laws and explained the legal contents of the contracts' texts, rules, regulations, and resolutions.
• Contributing to the development and provision of expert advice and services in respect of any area of statute, planning, and public law.
• Writing and filing law suits, complaints, and notices in civil law, appeals, legal research, judgment analysis, court and trial work in portfolio of corporate, financial, commercial, construction and administrative litigation through efficient means and a constructive approach to more and more complicated and interlinked litigation's.
• Anticipating legal developments relevant to the business and provided advice on their impact, both in the legal and in the regulatory sphere.
Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Legal

Legal Adviser

March 2007 - May 2008

Talal Abu Ghazaleh

Jordan

March 2007 - May 2008

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Legal

Manager

September 2006 - December 2007

Talal Abu Ghazaleh

Jordan

September 2006 - December 2007

for legal services (TAGLegal) - Jordan Office and Abu Ghazaleh professional consulting Company as well as a Legal Consultant.

Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing and following up all IP infringement (criminal) and unfair competition (civil) lawsuits, providing legal consultations for the purpose of establishing companies, drafting and revising contracts; agreements such as franchise and licensing, undertakings, cease and desist letters. Preparing and following up all IP infringement (criminal) and unfair competition (civil) lawsuits.
• Providing legal consultations related to establishing companies, drafting and revising contracts; agreements such as franchise and licensing, undertakings cease and desist letters.
• Liaising with official departments such as Customs Department, Jordan Institute of Standard and Metrology (JISM), Criminal Investigation Directorate - Intellectual property protection unit and Banks.
• Charged with advising the management units on all contractual and legal matters from inception to completion of a project.
• Advising internal and external clients on contract procurement strategy, contract administration.
• Handling all legal, business and contractual matters in the relevant commissioning areas as well as department and channel wide projects and initiatives.
• Ensuring that all legal documentation produced is of a high standard and that regulatory obligations well fulfilled.
• Keeping abreast with prospective regulatory and legislative changes that may affect the business and making recommendations for their implementation.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Department Manager and Legal Adviser, Abu-Ghazaleh Legal, Amman, Jordan.
Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Management

Chief of Consultants and Legal Adviser

December 2006 - March 2007

Prima Law and Consultations

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 2006 - March 2007

Reformed, analyzed and evaluated staff as well as the quality of services offered by the firm such as IP, banking and arbitration.
• Expanded and extended innovative services by utilizing the staff experience and recruiting the needed staff in addition to enhance and build up both quality and quantity of services at Jeddah office.
• Advising and providing consultancy on commercial and corporate law disputes and litigation's for clients who comprised small owner managed businesses, private and public companies, partnerships and civil society intermediaries.
• Representing clients and their officials in various legal proceedings and prepared legal pleadings, motions, discovery, stipulations, etc.
• Advocated clients for business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations. Also, interpreted laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
• Handled specific legal issues for the clients such as legal consultations, drafting commercial contracts and litigation support with hands-on experience in all aspect of commercial litigation.
• Supervised and coordinated the work of subordinate advisers and other staff, including reviewing work performance, motivating subordinates to work more effectively, identifying problems with performance, initiating informal measures to correct misconduct or making recommendations for formal discipline.

Training Department Manager and Legal Adviser, Abu-Ghazaleh Legal, Amman, Jordan.
Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

January 2006 - September 2006

January 2006 - September 2006

Overall Responsibilities:
• Gained knowledge from education and experience to set a strategic training plan, which based on best practices in distinguished law firm's management.
• Developed a marketing plan for the department, based on best methods of marketing legal training services, aimed at achieving competitive advantage of TAG Legal and TAG Org. as the lead law firm in the region.
• Prepared and directed training course entitled "Impact of Patents Concept Elaboration on Medical Drugs and Pharmaceutical Composition in the Developing Countries" in Jordan.
• Imparted five days’ lecturer and training course about legal contracts drafting and writing for the legal counselors’ employees at the Ministry of Municipalities and Agriculture Affairs in Kingdom of Bahrain

Attorney at Law

January 1997 - January 2006

January 1997 - January 2006

Job role:
Legal

Legal Adviser

January 2002 - January 2005

January 2002 - January 2005

Job role:
Legal

January 1999 - December 2001

KIA Motors

United Arab Emirates

January 1999 - December 2001

Company industry:
Automotive Dealership & Distributor

Legal Adviser

January 1997 - December 2001

Abu Al - Wafa Co

January 1997 - December 2001

Job role:
Legal

Legal Adviser

January 1994 - December 1995

United Arab Emirates

January 1994 - December 1995

Job role:
Legal

Education

Institute of Arab Research and Studies

June 2013

June 2013

Doctorate, International Patents Protection among TRIPS and Paris Treaty

Egypt

GPA (percentage): 90%

GPA (percentage): 90%

International Patents Protection among TRIPS and Paris Treaty

Institute of Arab Research and Studies

May 2000

May 2000

Master's degree, Commercial Law

Egypt

GPA (rating): Good

GPA (rating): Good

Board of Directors Duties & Responsibilities in Public Limited Companies

Beirut Arab University

January 1992

January 1992

Bachelor's degree, Law

Lebanon

GPA (rating): Satisfactory

GPA (rating): Satisfactory

Bachelor of Law

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Legal Advice
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ARBITRATION
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LITIGATION
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ATTORNEY
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CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
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CUSTOMER RELATIONS
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DOCUMENTATION
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DRAFTING
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IP
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LETTERS
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Languages

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Arabic
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