Legal Senior Manager
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :10 years, 10 أشهر
• Managing the Legal Department
• Legal member of Grievances Committee in NTRA.
• Legal member of License drafting Committee (4G, 5G, VAS, .....etc)
• Legal member of the committee of Drafting of Towers Protocol and Telecommunication Towers Notarization.
• Represent the NTRA in all tendering process and review the tendering documents and pre-contracts documents.
• Perform compliance review in general and operations compliance and/or special research and implementation of additional compliance requirement as assigned.
• Develop, manage and maintain strong, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders with regard to managed Legal Areas to ensure a good working association and communication of needs and positions throughout.
• Identifying, assessing, managing and reporting on the key compliance obligations according the Compliance Obligations Registry and associated risks in their area of responsibility, in addition to Ensuring rollout and implementation of the compliance program across NTRA and facilitate awareness and training at NTRA
• Legal representative in daily management operation related to NTRA and competition issues and legally draft any strategic correspondences of NTRA with Mobile operators, Customer Protection Authority, Competition authority, and all governmental authorities to ensure NTRA legal Directions.
• Managed staff using targeted approach to training, hiring and employee engagement.
• Provided practical in-house legal advice and support on mergers and acquisitions both domestic and cross border, including representing the company in corporate transactions.
• Negotiated, Translated, Reviewed and drafted contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that comply with all statutory regulation and other formalities.
• Developed productive relationships with internal stakeholders (Business Development, Operations, Finance, and Marketing) to ensure agreements align with overall company strategy, requirements, and policies.
• Developed the company position on legal issues and provided analysis and advice to internal stakeholders on contractual and legal compliance issues, including matters of data privacy, regulatory, employment, disputes, and vendor management. handled risks in business process and decision making by developing a quarterly Risk Control Assessment (RCA).
• Prepared monthly and quarterly reports for executive management meetings (General and Extra ordinary assembly meeting).
• Prepared the Ordinary and Extra-Ordinary General Assembly meeting and registered it in GAFI.
• Safeguard the Company interests and rights by assuring that all corporate activities adhere to Applicable laws and complying with NTRA Directives.
• Play a key role in Finalizing the following distinctive contracts after a long negotiation:.
1. The Telecommunication Infrastructure agreement with a lot of Developers (ex: Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD), Misr Italia Developer, ….etc.).
Installation and Hardware agreement with ZTE.
2. Etisalat Cash service Agreement with Banque du Caire and Fawry to provide Etisalat Cash Service to Etisalat Customers.
3. Facilities Agreements with a lot of Bank (ex: FAB. Credit Agricole Bank, …etc).
Sponsorship agreements with a lot of Celebrities (ex: Ahmed Helmy, , …..etc).
IOT agreements with a lot of Operators all over world.
• Coordinated with other team members to complete projects within set time limits.
• Managed a lot of projects to meet budget and timeframe constraints and oversaw project staff schedules.
• Managing a team of five persons.
• Developed, assessed and negotiated contracts on non-disclosure, consulting, service, consignments, terms and conditions and commercial documents for business units in many areas.
• Kept up with current changes on all relevant areas of laws and contributing to the enhancement of the knowledge base of the company's legal function§ Performing necessary factual investigations and analyzes facts from multiple legal perspectives (HR Investigation).
• Served as an in-house counsel to company decision-makers, providing comprehensive information and advice.
• Ensured the legality of all commercial decisions and transactions and advised Ghabbour on legal rights and duties.
• Engaged in drafting, negotiating and reviewing of a wide variety of
• corporate contracts, including share purchase agreements, ancillary documents, disclosure letters, engagement letters and confidentiality agreements, ensuring they were fit for purpose. ex:
1. PPA drafting with Phoenix - one of the biggest companies in the field of solar energy (Service provider) - and signing it to provide the solar energy to our factories.
2. Distribution agreement drafting and reviewing with Mazda
(Automotive company), Higer for Commercial Vehicles, Eicher for Commercial Vehicles, Volvo for Commercial Vehicles, IVECO for Commercial Vehicles, Geely for Automotive
3. Marketing Agreements with a lot of Vendors and Advertising
Agencies.
• Worked closely with the General assembly to review the implications of internal policies and procedures.
• Drafted legal documents such as contracts, statements,
agreements etc.
• Establish Companies, merge and Acquisition of companies including all the legal works of it (due diligence, GAFI notarizations, ...etc) .
• Supervising and handling the status of current and new litigations.
• Consult and handle all corporate legal processes (e.g. Intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, financial/securities offerings, compliance issues, transactions, agreements, lawsuits, patents).
• Maximizing the partnership with all departments by providing the Legal Advice and Researches to increase the know-how to cover all booming service.
• Coordinate with foreign external counsel Ex:( UAE, KSA, Italy, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tunis, Algeria, Lebanon, United Kingdom…etc.), to understand local requirements and ensure compliance with such requirements.
• Represented the Company legally domestically and abroad and developed Solutions for legal problems.
• Put department budgets to project revenues and expenses.
• Legal Advice and Researches to increase the know-how to cover all booming service
• Perform a quality control to ensure documents are properly sorted and redacted according to systematic way
• Handling legal issues with Operators Worldwide (ex: Vodafone, Etisalat, Orange, DU, STC)
• Managed to finalize the following major contracts:
1. A Bulk SMS agreement with Etisalat Egypt with an approximate profit of 10 million EGP
2. A Ring Back Tones Platform agreement with Huawei Egypt with an approximate profit of 5 million USD.
• Handling all the legal issues with the clients (Companies) of the law firm.
• Performed general ad hoc clerical tasks with organization and diligence.
• Greeted and interacted with clients, visitors, and vendors with integrity and a high level of customer care.
• Identified suitable strategies to progress cases including claims agreements, distributions, creditor management and closures.
• Reviewed and approved draft documents prepared by junior team members and provided support to meet client requirements.
• Provided effective legal advice to clients while protecting their interests and adhering to all relevant laws and regulations.
• Delegated appropriate asset management tasks to paralegals and apprentices, improving firm efficiency.
• Advised customers about available products matching stated desires.
• Handled customer complaints to restore satisfaction and maintain loyalty.
• Worked with Partners to onboard new clients and workstreams, taking lead role in developing new client relationships.
• Drafted and negotiated complex asset management documents, exceeding client requirements.