Said Youssef

• Lead litigation and ADR strategy across UAE and GCC, ensuring favorable
outcomes aligned with business goals.
• Negotiate and finalize complex commercial agreements, reducing legal
exposure and enhancing profitability.
• Lead cross-border legal projects spanning multiple jurisdictions, business
models, and subject matter areas.
• Advise internal stakeholders across all departments on multifaceted legal issues
at local, federal, and international levels.
• Research and analyse legal implications of organizational operations, strategic
initiatives, and jurisdictional expansion.
• Execute special legal projects and fulfill additional duties as assigned.
• Direct external counsels and ensure quality control on relevant legal
documentation.
• Oversee legal entity formation and expansion initiatives across MENA.
• Provide senior advisory on local commercial and corporate laws across UAE,
Egypt, and GCC.
• Effectively manage legal disputes and enforce judgments.
• Lead legal proceedings related to real estate and premises assets.
• Actively engaged in Mergers and Acquisitions deals including drafting and
negotiating Share Purchase Agreements (SPA), Asset Purchase Agreements
(APA), Disclosure Letters, Letters of Intent (LOI), Term Sheets, Non-Binding
Offers, and ancillary agreements (e.g., Non-Compete, Employment, Escrow,
Transition Services). Oversaw legal due diligence, board/shareholder
resolutions, regulatory filings, and closing memoranda. process including legal
due diligence.
• Recover significant financial assets through litigation and negotiation.
• Coordinate with law enforcement on matters involving employee misconduct,
fraud, or breach of trust.
• Provide highly trusted advises on employment law, workplace disputes, and
employee complaints, over UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Egypt,
MENA.

•Delivered senior legal advisory to Board of Directors and top management and business leaders on commercial and corporate law.
•Managed litigation and coordinated with external counsels.
•Negotiated and finalized complex commercial agreements.
•Participated in the meetings of Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Remuneration Committee, and Steering Committee, and accurately recorded minutes and formal resolutions in both English and Arabic, ensuring legal precision and bilingual compliance.
•Managed timely and accurate disclosure of Board resolutions to Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM).
•Served as the primary point of contact with SCA and DFM ensuring full regulatory compliance and timely fulfillment of statutory obligations.
•Led the preparation and execution of AGM and EGM including drafting shareholder resolutions.
•Timely prepared the annual Corporate Governance Report, while overseeing full compliance with Corporate Governance laws

• Drafted legal memoranda for civil, commercial, and labor cases.
• Handled real estate litigation and criminal complaints.
• Supported advocates in court procedures and judgment enforcement.
• Executed court's judgments for collection of amounts granted by courts.

• Appeared before all courts in Egypt.
• Handled Civil, Criminal and Commercial cases.
• Draft various contracts and legal documents.
• Approach Police Department and Public Prosecution office in order to file the
cases.
• Follow up the clients cases on a daily basis.