Customer Service Representative

Selamawit Ayana

**** ***** ** ********** *.C

714-***-**** **********@*****.***

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/selamawit-ayana-20696963

Education

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

LLM, Masters of Law

Honors: Merit scholarship

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

LLB (equivalent to JD), July 2012

Experience

Yizhak & Epstien PC, Great Neck,New York

Legal Intern

•Immigration-filing different forms for clients who are facing deportation and with expired work authorization

• Assist with settlement procedures and documentation for mortgage finance transactions, Loan modification

•Research on Lexis nexis and west law for case laws

Hofstra University office of Event Management

Customer service representative (May - August 2017)

•Booking Conference venues

•Administrative office work

•Handling customer accommodations

Ethiopian Investment Commission, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Legal expert/Legal assistant, September 2012 - July 2016 (4 years)

•Manage Organization and retention of corporate documents, including tracking corporate contracts and agreements.

•Prepare and review legal documents, contracts, resolutions, memoranda, legal opinions, meetings minutes, correspondence,Bilateral agreements, regulations at the direction of and under supervision of corporate counsel.

•Negotiate on Contracts and Bilateral Investment Agreements

•Respond to requests for information from internal groups and external entities

•Update and maintain the Legal Department Procedures Manual.

•Negotiated on trade and Investment deals and cooperations with other nations

• Fund raising for government projects and initiatives. Worked in collaboration with a number of international organizations to improve government service on World Bank’s Initiative of Doing business ranking

•Assistant In house counsel for the commission and represent the commission in court.

Skills

• Excellent knowledge of West law and Lexis Nexis (Lexis Legal Research Certification)

•Strong Verbal and written communication skills

•Attention to detail and Strong organizational skills with a focus on document management.

•Excellent Interpersonal skills

•Ability to work under tight deadlines and to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with little supervision.

•Strong working knowledge and capability in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Trainings

Executive training on Investment Arbitration, August 1-6/16

Columbia Centre on Sustainable Investment and Colombia Law school (New York)

Contract Negotiation, September 20-22/15

Columbia Centre on Sustainable Investment and AFDB, Pretoria,South Africa

References

1. Becky M.Gabriel

Director of Event Management,Hofstra University

Phone: 516-***-****

Email: *****.*.*******@*******.***

2. Abebe Abebayehu

D/Commissioner at Ethiopian Investment Commission

Mob. +251-**-*******

Email. ***********@*****.***

2. Prof. Juliana Campagna

Professor of law at Maurice A. Dean School of Law

Email: *******.********@*******.***

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