Riham Sakr, Paralegal, Manager

Riham Sakr

Paralegal, Manager

Emaar Misr for Development

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Alsun
Experience
23 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months

Paralegal, Manager at Emaar Misr for Development
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since August 2011

• Properly review, proofread and assist with any materials, including documents, reports, memos, briefings, forms and other items ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Responsible for issuing the alerts to the Legal Director on the upcoming board meeting and arrange for the agenda with the management.
• Preparing the Board of Directors and General Assemblies meetings by preparing all documents, in addition to the ratification process.
• IPO Project Manager from Administrative Legal perspective till the actual launch.
• Chasing the Law Firm for the litigation cases’ update.
• Creating the litigation/consolidated table for all cases filed by the company and other cases filed
against the company and maintaining their update on regular basis.
• Inserting all the cases/details in the Oracle application “Coordinating with the internal
departments to obtain the legal documents required by either the courts and/or the experts.
• Generating the legal reports) all different reports as per the necessary request either by the
management, and/or by the external auditors.
• Creating and updating on a regular basis (i.e. litigation reports on specific cases) required for the
committees.
• Reviewing, editing, proofreading, reformatting accurate punctuation for number of bilingual
documents, contracts, memos, letters, reports requested by the Senior Management or the external auditors.
• Tracking and following up until completion.

• Regular checking on the newly issued laws and regulations and cascading to relevant business unit.
• Checking daily on the EGX listing rules and regulations and prepare for the needed disclosures in coordination with the IR.
• Managing confidential data.
• External Law Firm Billing and Invoicing.
• Ensure accurate and timely update of all reporting systems (litigations, legal matters,
documentation; hearing updates).
• Contribute to department activities to ensure an efficient and cohesive team environment.
• Attending to other departments queries and ensure that it has been dealt with by following up with lawyers.
• Providing legal assistance and support for litigation matters; in terms of organizing the documents; communicating with external lawyer; memos; submission of documents needed for cases.
• Conducting legal research when required.
• Arrange for legalization of document.
• Arranging for notarization of documents.
• Translating Contracts, MOAs and Agreements in English & Arabic.
• Updating and maintaining all system information.

Legal and Compliance Executive at Palm Hills
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2008 to June 2011

• Creating Dispute Resolution and Litigation Tracker. Creating the filing control system for the invoices, POAs, all relevant legal documents. Communicating with all company’s offices to ensure the compliance of procedures system for the corporate values and policies.
• Creating the litigation/consolidated table for all cases filed by the company and other cases filed against the company and maintaining their update on regular basis;
• Inserting all the cases/details in the Oracle application “Coordinating with the internal departments to obtain the legal documents required by either the courts and/or the experts.

Legal, Compliance and HR Specialist at Al Noran Financial Investment Holding
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2007 to July 2008

• Arranging and handling the attestation process for the legal documents with the different official authorities.
• Preparation to the legal documents requested for the submission to the official Authorities to process all the different transactions related to the incorporation of the company.
• Attending meetings with the clients and raising reports to the Partners when it is necessary.
• Sourcing, candidate management and administration for multiple large volume contracts.
• Telephone and face to face interviews.
• Appointment making with potential employers.
• Writing job advertisements for online jobs.
• Responsible for the employees files.
• Assist in company’s performance evaluation system.

Corporate Legal and Compliance Executive at Novartis Egypt Healthcare
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2006 to August 2007

* Training Support for the Company’s code and other related trainings by
preparing the list of employees, material, venue and archiving the results.
* Assist the Legal & Compliance Department.
* Prepare and type legal and administrative correspondence and documents.
* Maintain accurate legal files.
* Organising and Scheduling meetings and writing the minutes.
* Manage the office requirements on a day to day basis.
* Handling diverse situations including emergency.
* Responsible for follow-up on all pending issues as assigned.
* Responsible for travel arrangements related to the department.
* Manage the Compliance Officer’s agenda and appointments.
* Manage and provide daily administrative support to ongoing office
operations.
* Write faxes, letters & related documents as requested.
* Organize & keep track of all work related documents / reports.
* Accurately help in establishing and enhancing a legal status report to all
lawsuits through the external law offices.
* Follow up on all lawsuits and their judgments and getting the new dates
* Assist in drafting and writing investigations and final reports.
* Maintain the legal documents within the company to be easily accessed when
ever required
* Accurately maintain local codes, policies & standards (adaptation and
translation)
* Develop the legal database which includes all the company’s litigation and
contracts through the legal software to be easily accessed
* Assist the Marketing Department by ensuring that all the marketing activities
approvals and full data are clearly archived.
* Perform other routine clerical tasks as assigned

Administration and HR support in Chairman’s Office at South Sinai Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2000 to January 2006

Chairman’s Office)
* Office administration including typing, photocopying and filing.
* Organising and Scheduling meetings and writing the minutes.
* Responsible for organising for national and international fairs.
* Translating from English to arabic and vise versa.
* Handling all phone calls, faxes, and incoming & outgoing emails.
* Setting appointments.
* Handling all phone enquiries and dealing with public.
* Hotel reservations(local and international), airlines reservation.
July 1999 Master Egypt Heliopolis
Sales Representative(Training)
* Responsible for the company’s stand during the Tourism and
Shopping Festival.
* Sales representative for the company’s products
* Dealing with all customers enquiries.

Sales Representative at Concord Co. Heliopolis
  • January 1999 to January 1999

Training)
* Responsible for the company’s stand during the book fair.
* Sales representative for the company’s products
* Dealing with all customers inquiries

Education

Bachelor's degree, Alsun
  • at Education School: English SchoolAin Shams University
  • May 2002

Specialties & Skills

ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
CLERICAL
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
DRAFTING
MEETING FACILITATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
SCHEDULING
TRANSLATION

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
German
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