Legal Assistant
Sobha LLC
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :7 years, 10 أشهر
Assisting a team of three lawyers and the group legal advisor by conducting legal research;
* Attending meetings when required and taking minutes of meetings;
* Following up with different internal departments for legal administrative works;
* Assisting in creating preliminary documents for company set ups in UAE and GCC;
* Blacklining agreements for the attention of the senior lawyers;
* Drafting basic agreements such as Non-Disclosure Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements,
Employment Contracts etc;
* Liaising with external counsel, internal PRO’s, governmental authorities to ensure the smooth
functioning of the legal department.
The role required me to draft policies in conjunction with that of the requirements of the
organisation
* I also drafted project and funding proposals which were then submitted to various government
organisations and corporate houses for funding and project partnerships
* I was responsible for liaising with the government representatives in every community where I
conducted training over a course of two days with batches of 30 to 45 women per training
* All administrative and logistical aspects of the trainings being conducted were handled by me
such as arrangement of venue, refreshments, training material etc.
* I employed my legal skills to educate the women about their rights, obligations and the
governmental support that was available to them.
Drafting Affidavits, Contracts, Deeds and Agreements
* Mortgage searches and reports- Searches: the searches included visiting estate offices and
inspecting files for clients
* Mortgage reports: Rajesh Goel and Co., empanelled as lawyers with Non-Banking and Banking
Financial Institutions, was engaged by these institutions to search and compile mortgage reports
which represented the legal and financial standing of requisite properties vis-a-vis their
ownership structure and current encumbrances.
* The reports were streamlined by a three pronged process of First Line Review (FLR), Quality
Control (QC) and Quality Audit (QA). I introduced and pioneered the FLR-QC-QA process in this
field. This process drastically improved the quality of reports expedited by our office.
R.S. WALIA (ADV.) AND SUBODH WALIA (ADV.
Drafting applications, and appearing in court for clients, and helping senior advocate with case
law research as regards cases fixed in appearance with the Rent Controller (Punjab and
Haryana), Chandigarh
* Drafting applications and notices, and researching relevant case laws for matrimonial disputes
affixed with the District Court, Chandigarh
* Expedited legal matters for clients (drafting initial applications/statements, courts appearances,
fine settlement etc.) with the Motor Vehicles Tribunal, Chandigarh
Governance, Risk and Compliance
* Due Diligence process for a major financial institution. This project included establishing the
jurisdiction and the specific type of the entities subject to Diligence
* Exhaustive financial (company financials, company structure etc.) and legal (multiple legal
database search) risk analysis and screening reports for a major oil and gas company.
* The screening projects come within the ambit of Anti Money Laundering (AML) control
* Know Your Customer (KYC) process - First Line Review and Quality Control for various oil and gas
companies, which requires legal, financial, and operational assessment on entities
* In addition, the profile included a compilation of information of various agreements and
business undertakings, size of the entity, list of products and services, and information on the
subsidiaries of such entity
* Running projection models on specific strategies to meet the clients deadline, also trained the
team members as per clients instructions on specific projects with emphasis on UK and US
Corporate laws
* Worked in teams ranging from 6 to 18 members different projects within Governance, Risk and
Compliance, Corporate Secretarial and Business Intelligence departments
5 Year Arts and Law Degree (B.A. LLB.) from Amity Law School, Amity University, India, received in 2011.