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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kuwait

Alghanim Industries is a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with over 15,000 employees, operations in 40 countries, and more than 30 businesses dealing with close to 400 brands, including retail, electronics, food and beverage, automotive sales and services, engineering and maintenance, insulation, pre-engineered steel building, logistics and warehousing solutions, office automation, advertising, consumer credit, and travel.My wide-ranging practice at Alghanim focuses on cross-border… Show more Alghanim Industries is a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with over 15,000 employees, operations in 40 countries, and more than 30 businesses dealing with close to 400 brands, including retail, electronics, food and beverage, automotive sales and services, engineering and maintenance, insulation, pre-engineered steel building, logistics and warehousing solutions, office automation, advertising, consumer credit, and travel.My wide-ranging practice at Alghanim focuses on cross-border transactions. I act as a legal business partner for various business units and internal divisions including industrial businesses, automotive, facilities, real estate, supply chain, engineering, contracting and business development. Show less

Kuwait

• Drafting and reviewing most of the company’s contracts, ensuring risk mitigation strategies as well as formal compliance with applicable laws and regulations.• Providing daily legal assistance to the different departments within the main company and its subsidiaries.• Coordinating and assisting the company’s legal counsels based in different jurisdictions, whilst also reviewing the progress of ongoing litigation cases. • Advising the board of directors on conflictive business… Show more • Drafting and reviewing most of the company’s contracts, ensuring risk mitigation strategies as well as formal compliance with applicable laws and regulations.• Providing daily legal assistance to the different departments within the main company and its subsidiaries.• Coordinating and assisting the company’s legal counsels based in different jurisdictions, whilst also reviewing the progress of ongoing litigation cases. • Advising the board of directors on conflictive business issues as they arise in relation to their legal implications and possible outcomes.• Actively coordinating tenders, in particular PPP Projects, reviewing, and providing legal advice regarding related documents and agreements in compliance with applicable timelines, as well as ensuring all bidding technical legal requirements are fulfilled. Liaising and monitoring external legal consultant as required. Mediating, assisting in negotiations and communicating with the relevant authorities and stakeholders, as per project requirements.• Continuously monitoring compliance with statutory obligations and advising the management accordingly.• Preparing monthly and quarterly reports for the Legal Department for the executive management meetings. • Advising and cooperating with the different departments on the planning and implementation of the company’s structure and restructure for different projects, including the establishment processes and draft of all parties agreements (i.e.: management agreements, shareholders agreements, development agreements and joint ventures).• Drafting and reviewing a wide range of Agreements concluded by the Company with its clients, business partners, service providers, agents and governmental authorities. Show less

Kuwait

• Performing researches, drafting high impact agreements, advising and mediating in clients’ matters; Which involved the application of civil law, commercial law, corporate law and local regulations.• Handling matters in coordination with firms abroad regarding multiple applicable jurisdictions; particularly in relation to investment structures.• Providing daily legal assistance to financial entities, such as exchange companies in their transactions with business partners and… Show more • Performing researches, drafting high impact agreements, advising and mediating in clients’ matters; Which involved the application of civil law, commercial law, corporate law and local regulations.• Handling matters in coordination with firms abroad regarding multiple applicable jurisdictions; particularly in relation to investment structures.• Providing daily legal assistance to financial entities, such as exchange companies in their transactions with business partners and clients.• Drafting legal articles in relation to legal innovations in the country, and within the region. The articles have so far been published in national press, Germela association publications, the-european.com news portal, Kuwait Times and Markaz’ newsletter. Show less

Argentina

Education record

The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) provides an opportunity for lawyers from various countries around the world to qualify.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Anglia Ruskin's MBA (law)

Qualified Argentinean Lawyer, Law

Activities and Societies: Professor's assistant for the Corporations and business law class Six years law degree from UNT (Argentina).