An articulate, focused professional who has a proven history of gathering and analyzing information and then using the results to make effective decisions and find innovative solutions to legal problems. A highly accomplished Lawyer, currently employed by OMV Abu Dhabi. During my experience with the organizations, I have enjoyed a high level of autonomy and responsibility, working closely with teams to deliver professional corporate legal services.
During my professional experience, I have firmly established myself as a key contact to develop, prepare and review legal agreements in accordance with clients' commercial strategies, and I have had the opportunity to hone my skills in building and maintaining positive client relationships all of which have been professional and cordial.
My experience in corporate law extends to undertake Legal Researches, handling of regulatory/commercial cases, dispute resolution, and all legal compliance under the applicable laws.
My goal is to continue learning and developing my expertise, and to work for a company with stimulating work.
Working for Libya Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Projects with Joint Project Team of Libya and OMV.
Job description includes;
1. To draft, negotiate & revie legal and commercial documents in a timely and effective manner. Such documents include various agreements, MOU, settlement agreement, amendments etc. along with review and fine-tuning of all other day-to-day contracts. The job role is also for developing templates for various Departments in order to remove any ambiguity so that to manage business risks.
2. To maintain Commercial and current Legal status of agreements, licences and leases.
3. Prepare presentations & reports to assist the management and Peers on various issues.
4. Prepare and present the change in laws/rules/PCA affecting the petroleum industry along with advising the business on Concession Management and the governing documents. Job role also includes preparation and development of OMV activities compared to that of the oil & gas sector in Pakistan
5. To monitor all general/local Litigations for and providing external counsel guidance and monitoring their progress and reporting the same to the Management on a weekly basis.
6. To prepare, review, analyze, update, monitor and make recommendations to the Legal Compliance System in line with the changing Laws/Regulations. Such revisions to be circulated amongst the management for compliance of the same.
7. Liaison with relevant department managers to collect data for update of the Legal Compliance System. Key responsibility is to ensure that the data is uploaded efficiently and is correct so that in case any corrective/mitigation measures are needed the same is done on a priority basis in order to decide future action plan.
8. Coordination with industry Regulator.
Worked as Assistant Manager Legal for more then 2 years. There i enjoyed high level of atonomy and assigned with various reponsibilities which includes Drafting of agreements, addendums etc, Advising of various legal queries, Managed complex multi-party contracts, Vetting of Contracts, Letter of intents/ letter of awards, RFPs/RFQs, NDAs, MOUs, lease agreements and Undertaken Legal Researches, Preparing presentation to represent before management.
Leading the Negotiations and Major Deals with end users to finalize the major contract.
Providing regular assistance in handling of regulatory/commercial and land cases, Appeared before different courts for the same and Liaising with lawyers and law firms to follow up the cases.
Worked as Law Intern and done following tasks:
• Analyzed decided cases of bank to form opinion on lacunas for cases decided against bank.
• Maintaining record of activities.
• Assist in Vetting of different documents.
• Worked on Law Manual & HR manual.
• Vetting of Rules & Policies
• Making Briefs of decided cases.
i have been working as associate and experienced in (i) litigation planning; (ii) drafting; and (iii) reviewing of plaints, petitions, writs, applications, injunctions (stays in financial, taxation and civil matters), bails, suits, etc. assist in preparation of cases, Litigation of cases, Legal opinion writing, Drafting, pleadings pertaining to civil, family, & criminal cases, attended courts