General Legal Counsel

Faraj Elshafey

CORPORATE LEGAL COUNSEL

General Legal Counsel ABV Rock Group Ltd. – KSA

(Dual resident in KSA & Qatar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpdTGpbPaRQ

Egyptian born in 17-04-1967 G

Based in KSA: (Mob +966-*********) and my mobile in Egypt is +201*********)

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

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PROFILE

A highly motivated bilingual (Arabic/English) and business oriented legal counsel backed with extensive legal experience in global business development, infrastructure and construction based on FIDIC & generally EPC contracts. Established development strategies for various contracts.

Experience of + 24 years in various legal fields in MENA; and GCC regions. Participated in international arbitration and amicable settlements took place in Qatar; KSA; UAE; Bahrain; Africa; Syria; Italy; Germany; Thailand and China.

Director of Justice Centre for Legal Studies & Training successfully launched since 2004.

Management on targets basis focused on proven ability to drive business processes efficiently. Excellent communication skills across all levels of management from ordinary worker to chairman; ministries and presidents. Success in co-ordinating regional activities with international aspects.

Anti-corruption policy maker for the business organizations.

CAREER HISTORY

(I)

Employer

ABV Rock Group Ltd.

www.abvrock.com

Post

GROUP GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL

Duration

From 1st August 2015 - Ongoing

Job Description & Responsibilities

ABV Rock Group is a construction contractor that operates in several interlinked sectors covering buildings; civil works, and acts as a main and specialized contractor.

Its core activities are underground storage including tunnelling, road construction and pipelines. ABVRG has got ISO 9001:2008 certified by SGS SA.

My role as the company general legal counsel is to:

Supervises & directs and reviewing contracts & providing a legal consultation service to Chairman.

Monitors compliance to, and execution of, the Upstream & downstream Agreements.

To work in Saudi Arabia in the legal field you should enjoy with Islamic Sharia experience and linguistic talent in both Arabic and English; I can claim that I am the person such tasks need.

Participates in legal actions, Litigation & Arbitration, and follow up the law cases with the external law offices under my guidance.

Strategically; I am working on restructure the group of companies; Reviewing their finance facilities to be in its utmost protected status; to establish a set of governance policies; and to redraft the side agreements with foreign companies to secure the company’s and partners’ legal safety

Updating and monitoring the legal database which captures legal references, areas of law of special interest to the company to ensure that adequate legal information is available for reference.

Oversee financing transactions and banking facilities serving the company’s projects.

(II)

Employer

ALDOLAIMI Holding Group – Doha – Qatar

(Oil & Gas group of company)

Aldelaimi is the controlling Shareholder of NPS (http: www.npsintl.com)

Post

GROUP GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL

Duration

From 1st September 2013 – 31 August 2015

Job Description & Responsibilities

To restructure the group of companies; Reviewing their finance facilities to be in its utmost protected status; to establish a set of governance policies; and to redraft the side agreements with foreign companies to secure the company’s and partners’ legal safety.

Supervises & directs and reviewing contracts & providing a legal consultation service to Chairman.

Monitors compliance to, and execution of, the Upstream & downstream Agreements.

Participates in legal actions, Litigation & Arbitration, and follow up the law cases with the external law offices under my guidance.

My Accomplishments; includes, but not limited to:

Group restructuring to include trading arms in UAE as an off-shore company and mining arm in Africa;

Representing the group in arbitration case in Beijing – China subject to CIETAC;

Establishing and heading the legal department in the group;

Making internal policies;

Reporting structure;

Representing the group in civil & criminal cases;

Drafting agreements; contracts; MOU; and MOA; and

Initiating filing systems.

(III)

Employer

JUSTICE CENTER FOR LEGAL STUDIES & TRAINING.

Post

Chief Legal Officer

Duration

OCTOBER 2010 – August 2013

Job Description & Responsibilities

Managing & directing the center activities to achieve the best legal services in legal contracts related services for JUSTICE clients.

Support the overall process of management and corporate decision making to ensure the organization optimizes short, medium and long term profitability.

Liaise with executive heads on the implementation of Centre's strategy and operational plans;

Management of marketing function

Develop strategies for new geographic market penetration.

Develop the company’s project pipeline, driving the sales initiative, building and maintaining client relationships.

Internally identify improvements in standards, efficiencies and profitability.

My Accomplishments; includes, but not limited to:

Developed legal & contractual studies for academic and business purposes...

Conduction claim reports for clients in and outside Egypt as listed below:

Client

DAR ALARKAN Co. (S.S.C) Certified Company (ISO 9001:2000) KSA

Duration

From 1st June to 30th August 2012

Task

Drafting; review the leasing; sale and construction model of contracts;

Preparing claim report based on FIDIC/ EPC and arbitration concepts for a prospective dispute against a project main contractor;

To review the company policies and to suggest the necessary amendments to enhance the company efficiency and governance orientation

The above assignments entrusted and followed directly with the CEO.

Client

Simplex Infrastructure – Dubai

Date

December 2011

Task

Pre – Arbitration consultancy services for their confidential project.

(IV)

Employer

Alkhalij Holding Co. (Q.S.C) Later on (Qatari Investors Group)

The Sole Owner of Gulf Cement Co.

Post

Legal & Contracts Manager - Company General Secretary.

Duration

From January 1st 2009 to October 2010

Job Description & Responsibilities

Maintaining Pre-contractual negotiation & pre-litigation advisory services.

Clinker procurement contract for the Cement factory.

Leading the Negation with FLS, the Machinery supplier for the cement factory.

Planning the acquisition & merging process, preparing anti-concealing (side agreements) MOUs and other related Commercial agreements like sponsorship, agency and partnership (Real & Concealed/Silent).

Dealing with different disputes in this field. Drafting Policies, Contracts and decisions –

Conducting Islamic & Commercial financing arrangements/agreements, letter of Guarantees, its terms and conditions to be claimed/liquidated.

Identifies legal firms to represent the Bank and its SPVs in new territories.

Monitoring the contractors/subcontractors compliance with contracts.

Conducting reports, briefs, minutes in the Economic, legal and other legal aspects.

Supervising the Board Secretariat affairs for instance agenda, invitation and all related to the sessions.

Prepares board resolutions and organising AGMs/or EGMs.

Liaise with pressmen regarding the transparency; disclosure; and governance matters.

My Accomplishments; includes, but not limited to:

Leading the merging process between QIG & Alkhali Holding Co.;

Develop company policies and procedures;

Developing and converting the Legal Department to be a financial profitable unit in the holding Co. instead of being a non-profit Department. (How? This can be detailed in the Interview if any);

Managing the legal process & contractual aspects of the Syndicated loan of 0.8 billion Qatari Riyals with CBQ;

Amending the contracts terms with the main contractor in GULF CEMENT plant instead of imposing penalties to the interest of my Employer.

Other achievements can be provided later. and

Win an arbitration case in Frankfurt – Germany subject to ICC.

(V)

Employer

Qatari Investors Group LLC in Doha-Qatar

Post

Legal & Contracts and Administration Manager

Duration

From 1/4/2007 - 31/12/2008 (date of merging with Alkhalij Holding Co.)

Job Description & Responsibilities

Negotiation & Drafting Frame agreements, Contracts and decisions - Translating related issues and recommend solutions;

Co-ordinates legal due diligence on acquisition of corporate and real estate assets.

Preparing MOUs and other Commercial agreements.

Dealing with different disputes in this field.

Represent the Company from a Legal perspective in external Legal, Governmental and Regulatory Compliance matters;

Dominating and absorbing the anti-concealing terms & conditions;

Supervising the administration Department in all aspects starting from Municipalities, Staff Visa, & Leave plan and making the internal regulations.

Manage the entire Human Resource and administration functions,

Supplier identification and contract negotiations

Introduce policy and procedures for administrative functions.

Coordinate and manage expansion and new company establishments.

Implementation of policies and procedures to improve work flows and company efficiency.

My Accomplishments; includes, but not limited to:

Concluding an amicable settlement with a claiming contractor (ALMANAA Co.) to break their claim even with a surplus for QIG of about 6 Million QR.

Arbitration Award in Germany vis-à-vis SEIMENS Co.;

International Telecommunication Tenders; I have participated with AT&T teamwork in tendering for the second mobile license in Qatar during 2007; in cooperation with Clayde & Partners Int. Law office.

Successfully set up HR function for new office/facility.

Implemented review program for HR systems and strategies.

Set up an organisational chart for internal and external image.

Controlling and rationalizing the expenditure in all related aspects.

(VI)

Employer

Dolphin Development LLC in Doha-Qatar

Post

Post: Legal Adviser

Duration

From 1/12/2005 to 31/1/2007

Job Description & Responsibilities

Negotiation & Drafting Frame agreements, Contracts and decisions - Translating related issues and recommend solutions

Preparing MOUs and other Commercial agreements.

Preparing standard contracts for AOA; Agencies; Side agreements; Agency… etc.

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Dominating and absorbing the anti-concealing terms & conditions;

Introduce policy and procedures for administrative functions.

Coordinate and manage expansion and new company establishments.

Contract management.

My Accomplishments; includes, but not limited to:

Issuing standard policies;

Setting up law offices retainer agreements basis.

Registering international consultancy and construction companies in partnership with Dolphin Development.

Controlling and rationalizing the expenditure in all related aspects.

(VII)

Employer

Egyptian Parliament

Post

Legal Researcher & Parliamentarian Expert.

Duration

From March 1992 – on going as an employee in unpaid leave since 2015 wherein I started my career in GCC with Dolphin Development)

Job Description & Responsibilities

As a legal researching staff it was my responsibility to review Public works contracts with multi-international companies in various field including inter-alia power plants; Oil & Gas and infra-structure works.

I was mainly entrusted to conduct legal researches, reports, recommendations, briefs, minutes in the international agreements & contracts; Economic, petroleum; legal and parliamentary fields.

Reviewing Concessions agreements in exploration & exploitation for oil & gas and other mining activities with multinational companies submitted to the parliament for its review & approval on the light of the Egyptian domestic laws.

Translating legal agreements whether international treaties or contracts. Reviewing the original text to check the legal accuracy of the translation into Arabic.

Advise the Assembly and its Speaker on all Legal, and Regulatory matters affecting the Parliament;

Establish and maintain the policies, procedures and workflows for the Legal researching and report on the implementation of the same;

Supervising the secretary affairs for instance Agenda, MOM, invitation and all related to the sessions.

Co-ordinate and maintain relationships with regulatory & Public authorities.

Work directly with MPs and Speakers of the Parliaments, committees.

My Accomplishments; includes, but not limited to:

Achieved compliance with constitutional regulators legal and procedural requirements.

Reviewing the compliance of international treaties and agreement for exploring and exploitation of Petroleum with the domestic law in Egypt.

Following the Egyptian revolution of 25th Jan. 2011 the undersigned has been nominated for the parliamentary committee to develop the general secretariat of the Egyptian Parliament. Moreover; a draft for the Egyptian constitution is under preparation by the calibre experts in the general secretariat via task force committee including myself.

Participated in the referendum observation of the Egyptian constitution as a representative of the National Council of Human Rights.

Conducting training courses for the committees' legal staff in the Egyptian parliament.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS/ TRAINING COURSES:

Bachelor of Law, Cairo University, Egypt 1990 (Grade A+).

Training Courses:

A) As A Trainee:

Institute

Country

Course subject

Date

From

To

AUC

Egypt

TOEFL

Set of Language Courses

Aug.

2000

Arab Parliamentary Training enter

Egypt

SPICIFIC Committees Works

Sep.

2000

ITI (Egyptian Cabinet)

Egypt

Internet Exploration

Oct.

1996

Sarhank

Egypt

DOS,WINDOWS and OFFICE

April

1993

American Congress Library

(within the Cooperation Program Between Egypt & USA)

Egypt

Economic and Policies

1994

1999

Thomson REUTERS foundation.

Egypt

Official spokesmen course.

"For the General Secretaries of organizations"

October

2012

B) As A Trainer / Instructor:

Organization

Country

Course subject

Date

Management Institute/Ministry of Administrative Development.

Qatar

Legal Correspondences and bylaws drafting.

November 2014

Audit Bureau – Qatar

(Via Kafaa Center)

Qatar

Legal Studies & Consultation (Legal Drafting; Extraction; and opinion)

January.

2014

Egyptian Parliament

Egypt

An introduction to the Parliament internal policies/bylaws

March 2013

Justice Law Centre

Egypt

Legal Drafting & Translation

Many courses during the years 2011 & 2012

Universal Studies Centre

Egypt

Giving Legal Courses for Law school students – English Section.

Many courses during the years from 1995 up to 2010

LANGUAGES:

Arabic - Native

English - Proficient

French – Basic

INTERESTS:

Travel, reading; Chess and swimming.

Other information:.

** The undersigned have considerable experiences in the following fields:

EPC Construction contracts and its related claims & disputes;

FIDIC Contracts, its related disputes and claims ((Attachment is a statement of Construction & Engineering companies I have worked with during my career via my present and ex-employers including);

Infrastructure/Construction for public works with governmental & international agencies.

Merging and acquisition expert;

Corporate restructuring;

Banking transactions (commercial and Islamic).

Claims consultancy (on behalf of Employer/Contractor)

O&M real-estate contracts;

Considerable Petroleum experience in drafting and reviewing concession agreements during work as a legal expert & researcher in the Egyptian parliament and stakeholders’ management in National Petroleum Services NPS in GCC during my work wirh Aldolaimy Group. And recently I am following up contracts enforcement and claims related to Aramco Refinery in Yanbu KSA.

International Arbitration (Attending against Baker & Mackenzie and won the case in Frankfurt -Germany; and Against SANC a French company in Beijing - China);

Corporate Governance Policies. (Considerable experience with Delloite & Touche in drafting & conducting a corporate governance policies for Alkhalij Holding Company);

Compliance administration;

Commercial & Islamic Finance dealings (Bilateral & Syndicated finance) in association with international law offices like Simmon & Simmon, Arab Law Bureau; and Lovels.

* I have enrolled for post graduate diplomas in Cairo University including:

- Arbitration Law Diploma

- Private Law Diploma

- International Commercial contracts Diploma

- Islamic Law Diploma

More than 10 years in dealing with international treaties and agreement for exploring and exploitation of Petroleum in the Power & Energy Committee – Egyptian Parliament

I have a considerable experience in dealing with IPR issues.

+ 23 years of experience in policies making & drafting.

I have a broad experience in international Arbitration (Hoc/Adhoc).

I have a broad experience in contractual negotiation, ADS arrangements and mediation.

I am a committee staff in the Egyptian Parliament. It is the elite staff in this association.

I am an active legal researcher/Expert in the specialized committees of Egyptian parliament.

Such as Industry and energy, economic affairs, communication and transportation, health and environment.

I am familiar with the Anglo American Legal systems

I have the ability to set-up & direct meetings and to know what actions needed to be taken.

The ability to monitor and follow up of business guarantees bonds and renewals and the flow of tender documents.

I have the ability to work in team and sharing experiences.

I have participated in the Business Development Departments in concluding and negotiating the new deals

Strong Computer skills (Internet research; word, Microsoft-outlook).

References are available upon request.

Faraj Elshafey

ATTACHMENT

Statement of Construction & Engineering companies Faraj Elshafey worked with during his career via his employers including, but not limited to, the following:

Employer

Company name

Notes

ABV Rock Group Ltd - KSA

Arabian Trading & Contracting Co. Ltd. – ATCC;

Construction

Shaporji Balonji

Construction

THAPI

Engineering

Hyder Consultancy Engineering

Engineering

Metal Services

Construction

EG & G

Construction

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Engineering

NKY

Engineering

3TI

Engineering

ARCADIS

Engineering

Aldelaimi Holding Group - Qatar

IPDC;

Construction

Techno Engineering & Associates SRL

ALEC

Construction

SELI OVERSEAS S.p.A.

Construction

LARSEN & TOURBO LIMITED

Construction

Alonso Hernandes

Engineering

Collosa

Engineering

Enjicon

ABM

Construction

Justice Center - Egypt

Dar Alarkan - KSA

Construction

Saudico - KSA

Construction

Gulf Holding Co. - Qatar

Simplex

Construction

Eversendai

Construction

ASCO

Construction

STRABAG

Construction

KETTANAH

Construction

UNITED GULF CEMENT

Construction

Qatari Investors Group - Qatar

ERE Contracting

Construction

TYPSA

Engineering

PERI

Construction

Almanea Maples

Construction

M&Z

Engineering

ECG

Engineering

Dolphin Development - Qatar

Alkhor & Dakhira

Construction

Duero Construction Company

Construction

Aldelaimi Contracting

Construction

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