Offices: Dubai, Paris

Areas of Concentration

• Cross-cultural contracts, especially:
  • Review,
  • Negotiation,
  • Drafting,
  • Amendment,
  • Enforcement
  of corporate, commercial and financial contracts involving parties from different jurisdictions and cultures, in particular Middle Eastern jurisdictions and cultures
• In-house Legal Services
  • Setting-up of in-house legal departments
  • Legal department management
  • Restructuring
  • Cross-cultural dispute resolution
• Government Procurement & Public Tenders in the Middle East
• Investment Protection
• Technology Transfer
• Intellectual Property
• Corporate & Corporate Finance

He is listed for commercial, corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 in Egypt.

Bar Exam

• 1994: Germany (2. jur. Staatsexamen, Ministry of Justice, Hesse)
• 1995: France (Aptitude à la profession d’Avocat, Ecole des Avocats, Dijon)

Career

• MIDEAST Law, since 2015
• HalVent Beratungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany), CEO, July 2014 to date
• HalVent Limited (UAE), Managing Director, 2012 to date
• du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC, Dubai), Vice President – Legal Operations, 2006-2012
• Andreas Neocleous & Co, (Limassol, Cyprus), Senior Legal Consultant (2004-2005)
• Acker Choquette – Thomas Forsch (Dubai; independent, legal cooperation), Legal Consultant, 2002-2004
• Galadari & Associates, Dubai, Legal Consultant, 2001-2002
• Al Suwaidi & Company, Dubai, Legal Consultant, 1999-2001
• Alem & Associates, Dubai/Beirut (Lebanon), Legal Consultant, 1997-1999
• Law Office of Emil Epp, Strasbourg (France), Advocate, 1996-1997
• Fingerhut, Karg, Maul, Dresden (Germany), Advocate, 1995-1996
• Law Office of Fritz Ranke, Paris, Advocate, 1994-1995
• University of Burgundy, Faculty of Law, Dijon (France), Lecturer, 1990-1991

Education

• Leadership, Global MBA Program, Manchester Business School, 2010-2011
• University Exam (1. Staatsexamen), Ministry of Justice, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 1994

Professional Activities & Memberships

• The Economic Council, Germany (Wirtschaftsrat der CDU, e.V.)
• Europa Union (integrated in the Union of European Federalists), Head of the EU-Middle East resort in Hanau (Germany)
• The Taxpayers Association (Bund der Steuerzahler), Hesse, Germany
• The German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft), Frankfurt, Germany

Languages

English, German and French