Sole Legal Counsel
Cure.fit
Total des années d'expérience :10 years, 0 Mois
Oversaw the incorporation of mainland and free zone entities for the UAE operations which included Fitness centers, Cafés & e-commerce marketplace.
Prepared Master Service Agreement templates & created a documents repository, to track negotiated AMCs, LOIs, NDAs, MOUs, Vendor, Lease, Advertising, Licensing, Collaboration, Sponsorship, Freelancer & Consultancy Agreements. In addition, drafted & negotiated key operational agreements with appropriately structured relationships between stakeholders & partners.
Drafted & negotiated key operational agreements with appropriately structured relationships between stakeholders & partners. Worked closely with the Real Estate, Finance, Marketing Departments & other BUs to identify legal risks & solutions.
Managed all the legal matters in Middle East, Far East, Europe, Africa & South America as the sole legal counsel, for the group of companies in alcohol, tobacco trading as well as cigarette manufacturing & travel retail business. Advised on all legal & legal ancillary tasks for all our 40+ entities.
Drafted, reviewed & vetted agreements like, distributorship, lease, machinery procurement, joint venture, contract manufacturing, purchase/supplier, loyalty bonus, loan, repayment, settlement, NDAs & non-circumvention agreements & drafted legal notices, cease & desist notices.
Advised on compliance of Excise Tax & Value Added Tax (VAT) implementation & maintenance, & liaised with Federal Tax Authority (FTA), Dubai Customs, Free zone Authorities & government bodies.
Conducted commercial & legal feasibility studies, prepared management reports for expansion projects.
Directly involved in company incorporation in UAE, Burkina Faso, Canada, Hong Kong, BVI & Indonesia.
• Responsible for representing firm to new clients, coordinating and building a rapport, overall case review and client initialization.
• Coordinating sales and customer service activities on client’s accounts.
• Directly support lawyers and their teams to acquire new clients and retain current clients.
• Area of Focus: Auto Accidents, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Termination, Insurance.
• Drafting of various agreements, legal documents, Deeds, Bonds, Affidavits and MOUs.
• Coordinating between the operations, support and technology teams to ensure efficiency and seamless execution.
• Area of Focus: Property, IPR, Commercial, Media & Advertising, Employment, NDAs.
• Filing and prosecution of Trade Marks, Copyrights and Designs globally.
• Responding to Examination Reports and appearing for Trade Mark hearings at the Chennai, IP Office.
• Managing a portfolio of 15, 000 filings with strict adherence to deadlines along with legal advice allowing clients to successfully pursue applications.
• Drafting Cease and Desist notices and IP litigation management including preparing case briefs and arguments for Trade Mark and Design infringement.
• Area of Focus: Trademarks, Copyright and Design.
• Litigation experience through interactions with clients, maintenance of court diary, preparation of documents and drafting contracts for various corporate challenges.
• Enforcing Non-compete clause, divorce, trademark infringement and suppression of evidence, partnership deeds, agreement to sell and breach of contract towards a private company.
• Area of Focus: Divorce, Non-Compete Clause and Trademarks.
• Research experience for instituting an insurance claim for maritime insurance, removal of partners under the U.A.E law, shipping and admiralty law privy to the English High Court.
• Organized an international conference of ship insurers and oil and gas companies in the Middle East.
• Research and preparation of an article on the UN, EU and USA sanctions imposed on Iran and its effects.
• Area of Focus: Piracy, Arbitration and Government Contracts.
• I researched various issues for clients of which a major issue researched was whether attorney fees incurred during civil litigation could be included as restitution in related criminal charges. There were two clients dealing with the same matter. This is an extremely grey area of law in Michigan.
• Litigation and Corporate experience within the US legal system through interactions with attorneys, judges and clients
• Assisted in a Mock Investigation Testimony for the Police Cadet Academy.
• Area of Focus: Civil and Criminal Law, Inter-State Motor Vehicle Tax and International Fuel Tax Ac
• Prepared an Article on the Sanctions imposed on Iran and its effects.
• Researched on two cases: Health, safety and insurance and the other on marine insurance.
• Attended a seminar/workshop on INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND CONVENIENCE IN FORUM SHOPPING.
• Compared the legal systems in Switzerland, UAE and UK to institute a claim for damages.
• Research experience for required laws for drafting, DMCA take down notices.
• Area of Focus: Enforcing Copyright Infringement within film, media and sport
Presented to the management of the company on the new banking laws.
• Area of Focus: Banking and Real Estate Law
BBA LLB (Hons) - 2010 – 2015 Various Internships across employers in 3 jurisdictions, UAE, USA & India, working in Corporate Law depts, Civil & Criminal Litigation, Arbitration, Tax Law & IP. Qualified to practice law in India - November 2015