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Omar Taha Hanafi

Regional legal counsel & Board secretary at Alkan C.I.T group

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Regional legal counsel & Board secretaryFull Time

    Alkan C.I.T group

    Apr 2023 - Present -2 yrs, 2 months

    • Job Details:Responsible for the legal activities and corporate matters in 22 Countries across the regions of [Egypt, UAE, KSA, Oman, Algeria, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Canada, Tanzania, Chad, Kenya, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Niger, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Ethiopia, Senegal, and Angola] •Creating, updating, and modifying legal structures for companies as per shareholders direction and Board of executive's meetings including but not limited to "Transfer of shares, Investors legal studies, Adding/Removing shareholders, Capital raise, Capital decrease, Adding/ Removing managers, Company setup, Liquidation, Adding/ Removing activities, license management, Delegation of authority matrix, Shareholders agreement, Joint venture Agreements, Board Resolutions, Articles of associations, Board meetings, General assemblies, Compliance policies and charts" •Drafting, Reviewing, and negotiating group agreements to assure that company position is on legal track in the favor of shareholders. •Dispute resolution management across regions to decrease cost and risk. •Manage a network of 15 (Fifteen) law firms, and 7 (Seven) in- house lawyers.
  • Group legal & compliance counselFull Time

    Americana group

    Oct 2020 - Apr 2023 -2 yrs, 6 months

    • Job Details:• Reviewing, Drafting ,and localization of policies • Apply internal Regulations According to laws • Investigations process handling • Legal Advice, research, opinions • Litigation • Providing Training sessions for laws, regulations, policies. • Supporting function day to day comply to laws updates and supplementary decrees • Handling complaints related to laws violations • Risk management • Legal documents drafting
  • Legal team leaderFull Time

    Richbake

    May 2016 - Sep 2020 -4 yrs, 4 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:• Responsible for the company legal disputes and litigation for various cases such as (labor, civil, commercial, intellectual property and criminal cases). • Handling investigations and apply disciplinary actions according to labor law. • Drafting and reviewing various company contracts included but not limited to (Maintenance, supply, Lease, transportation, sales, etc.) and Advance payment for Employee forming bond and legal Guarantees. • General Assemblies (ordinary and Extra-ordinary meetings), Merging and acquisition and corporates status (drafting and registering at GAFI). • Keeping updated with the bounced checks due to non-sufficient funds or forgery to hold a misdemeanor. • Providing the Human resources department with legal forms for the employee’s relationship and Employment process with the corporate and advising with the legal opinions for legal situations according to the Egyptian laws to decrease risks. • Responsible for the police reports and investigations of the general prosecutors. • Keeping updated with the power of attorneys forming and renewing of the corporate. • Leading a legal team achieving the department plans and keeping the corporate business vision on the right track by law with daily records. • Responsible of the insurance plan and legalizing the employment process and legal documents for the audits and visits of the authorized parts or clients. • Responsible of the implementation of (policies, laws, data privacy). • Supporting The management and other departments with Legal Advices
  • Corporate lawyer & patent agentFull Time

    k.fahmy for ( intellectual property & corporates legal services)

    Oct 2012 - Apr 2016 -3 yrs, 6 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Providing accurate timely and effective legal advice to clients. • Advising clients on their legal rights and obligations. • Dealing with the Trademarks offices to inquire and register the logos and TM. • Gathering and organizing evidence on behalf of clients. • Registering inventions at the Academy of scientific research and preparing its papers. • Researching for legal in law libraries and then using the finding to provide a defense for cases. • Providing accurate and practical advice to clients on all legal aspects relating to their case. • Presenting evidence in court to support clients in legal proceedings. • Registering writers rights for books and poetry and mind creativity at the copyrights offices • Shaping a client's expectations on what can be realistically achieved. • Handling the attorney for different companies at the Economic court (Fish bone, Mexx, etc.)
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in faculty of law

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2012 

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Al-Amal Language School

      Jan 2008 

    Skills

    • Legal compliance
    • Contracts
    • Legal Research
    • HR Policies
    • Investigations
    • Contract Negotiation
    • Human Resources

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • French

      Intermediate

    Training & Certifications

    • Contract Bilingual drafting

      Mpl·2020
    • Insurance law N.o 148

      Governmental Insurance office·2019
    • Legal English

      Legal Translation Academy·2019
    • Labor Law and Employees relationship

      Ministry of Manpower·2018
    • Contracts and General Assemblies Meetings Drafting

      Dr. Samy El Emam law Academy·2015
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