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Rawd Al-Sayed, Group Head of Legal and Compliance

Rawd Al-Sayed

Group Head of Legal and Compliance·Obegi Chemicals Group

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Law

Work experience

Total years of experience: 20 years, 2 months

Group Head of Legal and Compliance

January 2013 - Present

Obegi Chemicals Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2013 - Present

- Draft, negotiate and review contracts,
- Draft Memorandums of Understanding and internal or external official legal documents,
- Conduct legal research and provide legal advice,
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations,
- Maintain an effective system for contract management,
- Work with external lawyers to review, index, and track memos, legal reports and all matters in relation to the company’s legal files,
- Manage company’s legal hold and records management, processes and systems,
- Perform fact gathering,
- Identify potential legal and technical risks, issues and opportunities for internal process improvements,
- Support the implementation of corporate compliance and corporate governance best practices,
- Play an active role in handling the projects and tasks assigned by Obegi Chemicals Group’s Risk and Internal Audit Departments.
-Negotiate Settlement Agreements.
- Trademarks registration experience.

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Legal

Legal Associate

April 2006 - December 2012

United Nations Development Programme

Damascus, Syria

April 2006 - December 2012

1.Review contracts, draft Memorandum of Understandings, Project Documents and official correspondence,
2.Conduct Legal research and provide legal advice on:
- Trade Policy Reform and WTO Pre-Accession,
- Enhance the Investment Environment,
- Public Private Partnership,
- Legal Empowerment of the Poor and Formalising the Informal Sector,
- Establishment of Database for Comprehensive Labour and Employment Policy in Syria,
- AL Ghab Development Programme.
3.Supervise and monitor the progress and the achievement of the planned outputs and outcomes in relation to the abovementioned national Projects.
4. Support formulation of programme strategies and implementation of the Country Programme Action Plan,
5. Budgeting and financial planning,
6. Support resource mobilization focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Analysis of information on donors, preparation of donor’s profile.
- Track and reporting on mobilized resources. Review of contributions agreement, managing contributions in Atlas.

7.Ensure facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the CO focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Organization of legal and technical trainings for the operations/ projects staff on programme.
- Synthesis of lessons learnt and best practices in programme.
- Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

Company industry:
Management Consulting
Job role:
Management

Part time - Legal Associate

January 2007 - January 2010

Ghadi Fakhri's Law Office

Syria

January 2007 - January 2010

- Study legal cases and preparing memos and necessary legal documentation,
- Follow up on administrative issues related to commercial, civil and personal cases in the Syrian courts.
- Review contracts,
- Manage legal files and record.

Company industry:
Law Firm
Job role:
Legal

Education

SOAS

October 2006

October 2006

Master's degree, Law

United Kingdom

Degree: LL.M. (Master in Laws)

School of Oriental and African Studies

October 2005

October 2005

High school or equivalent, Commercial and Economic Laws

United Kingdom

Skills

Legal Issues
Expert
Legal Issues
Expert
Contract Drafting
Expert
Contract Drafting
Expert
Legal Advice
Expert
Legal Advice
Expert
Legal Writing
Expert
Legal Writing
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
Expert
ACCOUNTING
Intermediate
ACCOUNTING
Intermediate
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Expert
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Expert
CLIENTS
Expert
CLIENTS
Expert
CORRESPONDENCE
Expert
CORRESPONDENCE
Expert
FILING
Expert
FILING
Expert
OPERATIONS
Expert
OPERATIONS
Expert
TRANSLATING
Expert
TRANSLATING
Expert
TYPING
Expert
TYPING
Expert
CASES
Expert
CASES
Expert
BUSINESS PLANS
Expert
BUSINESS PLANS
Expert
Legal Issues
Expert
Legal Issues
Expert
Contract Drafting
Expert
Contract Drafting
Expert
Legal Advice
Expert
Legal Advice
Expert
Legal Writing
Expert
Legal Writing
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

French

Expert

Spanish

Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Euromoney Legal Training
May 2013 - May 2013
PRINCE 2
APM Group
Feb 2007 - Feb 2007