Asociate General Counsel and Director
McKinsey and Company
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :13 years, 6 أشهر
- Part of the Global Corporate legal team, handling global markets/ offices in Middle east, and Africa, APAC, USA, Europe, .
- First Corporate lawyer for McKinsey in India/ Asia. Part of the US team, and direct reporting to US Head office.
- Advising on Corporate law matters for 250+ McKinsey entities located globally.
- Formation of companies, dissolution of company, support in M&A, JV, entity compliance, corporate governance, & much more.
- Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Contracts for Procurement Department.
- Handling Procurement Contracts for Business Units: Renal, Hospital Products, GS&T, and Corporate.
- Handling Legal issues for Renal: Acute Therapy, Global Home Therapy, In Center, Manufacturing.
- Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating Confidentiality Agreements.
- Project Management: Preparing Legal Trainings, Contract, Anti-Trust Law, Policies, Playbook, Reports.
Member of Fitness to Practice Panel, deciding cases on Medical negligence and Malpractice, with a team of Doctors.
- Member of Licensing Board, deciding if doctors meet the legal licensing requirement with DHCA to practice.
- Deciding cases if the Doctor or Hospital has violated the patient’s rights & regulation as per DHA and MOH laws.
- Handled more than 50 cases in past 3 years. General legal advice on all Government Healthcare related laws.
Reporting to the Commissioner, and General Counsel for Public Procurement Bids, Tender, RFP and RFQ.
- Drafting purchasing contracts for City Building Construction, Maintenance, Airport, services, parks, roads, police, fire.
- Working with Department of Law (Chicago Govt.) on new and existing court cases filed against the Chicago Govt. by vendors.
- Responding to Disputes, protest and debarment proceeding against the vendors.
- Responsible as the Freedom of Information Act officer, replying to all FOIA request to the public regarding public contracts.
- Preparing bid documents & contracts for tenders with the internal teams. Reviewing & Negotiating Contracts with vendors.
- Assisting the Illinois Office of Inspector General for reviewing bribery/ corruption complaints relating to government employees.
- Working closely with Mayor Office, Comptroller, and Commissioner of various department in City of Chicago on legal issues.
- Reviewing new laws, judicial decisions and legal codes and incorporate them into rules and public policy documents.
Handling payment, debt recovery cases, drafting and filling complaints, orders, dismissals, wage garnishment & trials in courts.
- Advising and handling credit card, bank loan, student loan, check bounce, corporate client’s default payment cases.
- Handed clients like Citi Bank, Amazon, Walmart, Chase Bank, HSBC, Discover, General Electronics, etc.
Drafting of Contracts for Clinical Trials; CTA, MCTA, Consultancy, Ad Boards, Amendments, MSA, CDA, etc.
- Drafting pharmacy sales contract with hospitals, physician, distributors, wholesalers, pharmacy specialty network, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care contracts, fee for service, research agreement, questionnaire licensing, rebates, discount, etc.
- Worked with Large CRO; INC Research, Parexel and Hospital; Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, University of Michigan, etc.
Reporting to Legal Director) Handling 4 companies & 45+ Countries; Middle East, & Africa.
- Working as Head of Legal dept., responsible for Canon operations in UAE, GCC, Middle East and Africa region.
- Handling directs sales office for Canon in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Saudi, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, etc.
- Drafting, Reviewing & Negotiating Legal Agreements & Contracts, approximately 1000+. Legal Advice on Corporate Laws.
- Entering & Negotiating Distributorship Agreement and Agency Contracts with Distributors and Customers in MENA region.
- Resolved legal issues and court cases against 30+ years Exclusive Distributors in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, and Lebanon.
- Entered into Joint Venture Agreement with Partner Salam technology and set up direct sales offices in Doha.
- Involved in drafting, signing agreement, obtaining company license, opening bank account, renting offices & transfer employees.
- Entered in Merger and Joint venture in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa, involved in setting up company, and obtaining license.
- Advised company on legal options for setting up direct office in Saudi, Foreign Investment and JV options with Saudi Partners.
- Participated in Global OCE Acquisition deal with Canon, responsible for MENA region acquisitions and legal formalities.
- Entered & Negotiated Govt. Tender Contracts with Dubai Airports, UAE Armed Forces, ADNOC, Qatar Gas, Saudi Aramco.
- Negotiated Global Contracts with Microsoft, Siemens, AECOM, Schlumberger, New York university, Radisson Hotel, etc.
- Entering in various Software and IT contracts; SaaS, Licensing Agreements, Cloud Services, IT vendor contracts, etc.
- Providing legal advice on Corporate Governance, appointment/ removal of directors, board resolutions, MOA, notary attestation.
- Responsible for Trademark, Logo, Patent registration, and action on Counterfeit products with local Authorities.
- Advising and entering marketing contracts with E-Commerce (Amazon/ Ebay), Social media and Marketing campaigns.
- Responsible for Environment Health & Safety laws compliance and ISO 14001 audits by external auditors.
- Assisting the Service department, in product warranty, product recall, informing authorities and customer complaints.
- Compliance for Competition law, Anti bribery, Corruption, SOX, US Sanctions, Export & Import regulations as per EU & US.
- Responsible for Canon Legal Training Plan, providing legal training to CEO and Employees on Anti Bribery and Corruption.
- Working closely with HR department on Labor Law legal advice, termination of employees and labor court litigation.
- Liaoning and meeting with local government department and officials regarding legal issues and resolving the problems.
- Seeking legal advice with local and International Law Firms on high risk and complicated matters and court cases.
- Working with various banks; Citi, HSBC, on Banking Compliance issues and Audit firms; E&Y, PWC on tax issues.
- Responsible to advice all the departments; Management, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Service, Admin, Product on all legal matters.
- Reporting to Legal Director in UK and Managing Director in Dubai.
Reporting to Director), Handling 100+ Countries; Middle East, Africa & CIS.
- Sole Lawyer for Sharp in the MENA region, started the legal department and compliance for Sharp in the region.
- Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating all types of Agreements & Contracts approximately 800+.
- Legal Advice on Corporate, Commercial, Agency Law, Intellectual property, IT, Social media, Marketing, Consumer Service, Environment, health & Safety Law & preparing for Audits, Employment, Immigration, Banking & Trade Finance, Insurance, etc.
- M&A negotiations with Dubai Distributor. JV contract with Saudi Arabia Distributors.
- Entering in Government Contracts, Tenders, and Global Contracts with companies.
- Conducting ISO 14001 internal audits for environment, health & safety laws.
- Providing Legal & Compliance Training to Executives & Employees on various legal courses; Competition law & Bribery.
- Seeking External Advice from International Law Firms, Audit Firms, and Meeting with Government officials.
- Providing Litigation support to pre-litigation matters & ongoing court cases.
- IP, Patent & trademark compliance, Software, Saas, IT Agreements. Conducting investigation & internal audits.
- Reporting to Director and Reporting to Managing Director. General Compliance, Risk Management, and Internal Control.
Reporting to Director), Advising on Trademark & Patent matters in MENA Region.
- Registration of Trademark & Patent. Trademark Infringement cases. Drafting IP Licensing Agreements. Counterfeit issues.
- Setting up of Company in UAE, obtaining license from Ministry, contract with sponsor, rent contract, & visa for employees.
Masters in Law