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KHL PartnersBoard Member- Legal
Aug. 2024Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLegal Oversight: Provide strategic direction and oversight on all legal matters relating to clients, including corporate governance, compliance, intellectual property and contracts. Risk Management: Identify and assess legal risks and recommend strategies to mitigate those risks. Corporate Governance: Ensure that the client’s governance framework complies with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Compliance: Monitor changes in laws and regulations and ensure that all business aspects are in compliance with laws & regulations. Contract Review: Review and provide guidance on significant contracts, agreements, and other legal documents. Policy Development: Assist in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and standards.
PETRO WORLD CO W.L.LGeneral Counsel
Sep. 2023United Arab EmiratesAt the helm of Petro World's legal department, my focus is steering the oil and gas conglomerate through the complex legal landscapes of the UAE, Bahrain, India, and Poland. My tenure has been marked by crafting robust compliance frameworks, governance structures, and risk management strategies. These initiatives have not only fortified the Group's legal standing but also facilitated expansive growth. I have also established and managed legal compliance, governance, and risk management systems and policies for the Group, and handled complex arbitration cases.
Harlow GroupLegal Manager
Feb. 2022 - Sep. 2023United Arab EmiratesActed as a legal advisor to the COO, CEO, and Chairman on complex contractual matters, ensuring that terms and obligations with international clients such as CITIC, Hyundai, China Energy, and HANWHA are meticulously negotiated and align with strategic corporate interests. Comprehensive Legal Oversight: Oversaw all legal aspects of corporate operations across the group, with a focus on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, due diligence, and cross-border legal obligations, guaranteeing robust legal health and integrity of business processes. Legal Support & Liaison: Provided legal support to various company departments and subsidiaries, liaising with external law firms to manage litigation, arbitrations, and tax compliance across the group's international presence, including the UK and UAE. Legal Governance & Compliance: Managed legal governance for the company’s workforce, crafting agreements with stakeholders while ensuring ongoing compliance with legal standards. Proactively identify and mitigate legal risks to safeguard the company’s operations. Regulatory Compliance & Representation: Offer strategic guidance on regulatory compliance related to the company's varied operations, products, and services. Advocate for the company’s interests in all legal proceedings, negotiations, and high-stakes meetings, ensuring robust representation. Legal Policy Development & Training. Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Collaborated closely with other departments. Key Achievements: Developed comprehensive contracts and agreements for the pipeline project spanning from Basra Port, Iraq, to Aqaba Port, Jordan. Formulated legal tender documents and engineered, procured, and constructed (EPC) contracts for the Al Khairat Thermal Mega Power Plant. Established all corporate compliance policies in accordance with regulatory requirements. Successfully restructured the company, coordinating multiple affiliates in the Isle of Man, UK, and DIFC, Dubai.
WOQOD (Qatar Fuel)Senior Legal Counsel
Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2022Doha, Qatar•Supervising Corporate Compliance for WOQOD and subsidiaries. •Drafting all the contracts and agreements setting forth terms and conditions the suites company’s interests. •Providing legal opinions and risk analysis to the management. •Liaise with external law firms in regards to legal cases and arbitrations. •BOD, AGM’s governance and the related formalities. •Maintaining legal manuals, policies and formalities. •Providing legal presentations on various topics that suites the various divisions enquiries. •Circulating legal updates and news. •Litigation and arbitration advisory. •Drafting legal documents such as resolutions, deeds and POAs’.
European Business Office-OmanManaging Director-Legal
Feb. 2019 - Feb. 2020Muscat Governorate, OmanIndustry: Corporate Services Provider with multiple branches in the Middle East and Europe Legal Strategy Development: Responsible for setting legal strategies to protect the company's interests and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Developing policies and procedures tailored to the specific needs of the company and its clients. Legal Documentation Management: Oversaw the maintenance of legal manuals, policies, and formalities for the company and its clients, ensuring that all legal documentation is up-to-date, accurate, and accessible. Client Advisory Services: Provided legal presentations on various topics suited to the client's inquiries, ensuring they are informed about the latest legal developments affecting their business. Litigation and Arbitration Advisory: Offered expert advice on litigation and arbitration, preparing the company to handle disputes effectively and minimizing legal risks. Contract Drafting: Drafted and reviewed legal documents, contracts, and agreements such as resolutions, deeds, and powers of attorney (POAs), ensuring they meet legal standards and serve the company’s and clients’ best interests. Key Achievements: Partnership and Joint Venture Agreements: Prepared several critical partnership agreements, joint ventures, and build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreements, facilitating business expansion and collaborative ventures. Legal Updates and News Circulation: Kept the company and its clients informed about relevant legal updates and news, enhancing their ability to respond proactively to legal changes.
International Court for Dispute Resolution (INCODIR)Adjudical In The Court
Jan. 2017London, United KingdomThe International Court for Dispute Resolution (INCODIR) is a private body of eminent ADR experts operates nationally and regionally through its Fora, and operates internationally through its whole formation. Whereas growth of economy, peace and harmony in the society of every nation and internationally are essential. Whereas the fundamental objective of the International Court for Dispute Resolution, is to act as an ADR experts appointing authority, to appoint experts in all forms of ADR, as long as it have such experts on its lists. Alternative Dispute Resolution methods are laying an important role in expeditious and fair settlement in commercial disputes within a country, internationally with parties from different countries and jurisdiction either commercial or international investment in nature to smoothening the paths of trade and commerce.
TMKLegal Counsel- Compliance Officer at Board of Directors- TMK GIPI
Feb. 2013 - Feb. 2019omanMy role involved providing professional legal advice for all the business activities related to legal rights, obligations and privileges, and monitoring all legal and risk related to transactions/operations in order to ensure that my company’s processes, policies, procedures and standards are in compliance with the working laws and regulations within the Sultanate of Oman and other jurisdictions. • Provide legal advice to CEO and Head of Divisions on contractual business terms and condition determining agreements obligations to clients such as PDO, Shell, OXY, Saudi Aramco, Pertofac and others. •Oversee all legal requirement’s related to business operations for both TMK Middle East Division and TMK MENA region Division. •Identify and monitor contractual business risks to desired transactions/operations in order to ensure compliance with laws and regulations to management. •Advise the Board of Directors on matters concerning compliance to relevant legislation. •Coordinate with company shareholders Legal Departments in Russia, Geneva, Korea and Kuwait for resolving related resolutions and deeds. •Manage and follow-up litigation before courts at various levels. •Liaise with external legal consultants to maintain cases supporting documents, setting defense strategies and hearings at courts. Attend arbitration panels where ICC rules and other jurisdiction rules is applied. •Supervise the enforcement procedures of court orders and arbitration awards before the Enforcement Department at the specialized court. •Head of Risk Committee which is membered by directors of HSSE, Administration, and Production Departments. •Review and approve written correspondence between company and third-parties to avoid potential legal implications and ensure compliance with applicable legal requirements.
General Electric & Trading Co LLCLegal Manager
Aug. 2007 - Feb. 2013Oman• Established corporate Legal Department along with setting up all the required P&P and manuals. • Led corporate contractual documentation covering drafting & vetting contracts, MOUs, Agreements such as partnership JV, shareholders, services, agency, and credit facilities such as Letter of Credits and bonds. • Formulated policies and procedures with respect to contracting, e.g. ethics matters, consultant appointment, document retention etc. • Disseminated legal instructions, circulars and information to address new rules and regulations when necessary, keeping company staff abreast of latest legal polices and applications. • Oversaw all Legal aspects related to subsidiaries Oman, UAE and Qatar for all integrated divisions (Engineering projects, Properties Management Projects, Construction and Home Appliances trade Business). • Managed and followed-up litigation before courts at various levels. • Coordinated with external legal firms to maintain cases supporting documents, setting defense strategies and hearings at courts. Attended arbitration sessions. • Controlled the clientele credit facility agreements and processing Bad Debts collection. • Supervised corporate Shareholders assemblies (AGM). Key Achievement: successfully established number of affiliates in Oman, UAE, and Qatar which I had to analyze and study the all legal aspects for processing related formalities.
Dhofar Insurance Company S.A.O.G.Legal Advisor
May. 2001 - Aug. 2007Oman• Represented the company in the negotiations with insured parties regarding claims resolving. • Involved in setting the claims provision prior settlement. • Interviewed Clients/Insured Parties for determining their claims for further assessment process. • Finalized compensation agreements with insurance beneficiaries. • Prepared, analyzed and interpreted a variety of legal documents such as wills, commitments and admissions from company’s debtors. • Attended court sessions on behalf of the company where it is the defendant or the plaintiff. • Prepared legal reports by collecting information to insure compliance with the CMA rules. • Led the Collection Department which handled the recovery claims and processing Bad Debts collection. Key Achievement: successfully managed approaching courts in litigations phase and obtained outstanding court orders that have resulted a huge savings for the company.
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