Contract Manager

YaZeed Knaan

*** ***** **, **********

Apt, ***, TX, 75056

Tel: 425-***-****

******.*****@*****.***

Profile:

- Proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and legal document including but not limited to, SLA, IT, NDAs, MOUs, and SOWs.

- Experience in Excel, Outlook, MS Teams, Zoom and Skype for Business.

- Experienced in dealing directly with third parties. Education:

- University of Jordan, bachelor’s degree in law (JD) 2004.

- University of Arizona, Masters in International Trade and Business Law (LLM) 2012.

- Legal English Diploma, Legal-Ease International 2011-New York (USA).

- The Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). Employment:

Contracts Manager, Dr. Faisal Alfahad & Partners, Kuwait, (Nov 2019 to Nov, 2020)

- Draft, review and negotiate agreements such as stock/asset purchase agreements, IP licensing agreements, software agreements, NDAs, SOWs, financing documents including loan facility agreements, security documentations, authority documents, stockholder agreements, master services agreements, prospectuses and other core M&A, and employment agreements.

- Prepare contract summaries highlighting and interpreting contractual rights and obligations to ensure that due diligence is practiced in complying with the stated terms and conditions, and make recommendations based on findings.

- Serves as the primary point person for a company’s ethics and compliance program, ensuring that the company exercises due diligence and sound internal controls to operate with integrity and protect against legal risk.

- Review clients’ policies and practices on a regular basis to ensure that all comply with the client’s policy, laws, and regulations.

- Identifies and implements best practices, systems and processes, while working collaboratively with the business team to eliminating risks. Contracts Manager, Jordan Kuwait Bank, Amman, (Dec 2016 to Oct 2019)

- Responsible for the draft, review and negotiate of credits and securities agreements, assets finance as well as licensing, cloud service/SaaS agreements including renewals and new business.

- Negotiated deals with opposing counsel to come to appropriate deal terms that were most beneficial to the bank.

- Drive and manage commercial contract negotiations, with a focus on SaaS, enterprise cloud and technology licenses, working closely with department staff.

- Advising the bank on the legal aspects of transactions as well as continued research into various aspects of the law and regulatory framework affecting the viability of the transactions.

Contracts Manager, Arab Telemedia Group Amman, (Dec 2013 – Nov 2016)

- Manage commercial contracts for the company’s suppliers / customers and report on any issues relating. Including the examining and summarizing of all customer agreements in a timely manner, drafting alternative clauses where necessary and providing solutions in the event of conflict

- Facilitate all aspects of the contract lifecycle including managing and administrating contracts management application and other business applications, contract generation, non-standard term approval, contract signature and close and archiving.

- Negotiate customer agreements in conjunction with the sales, marketing and logistics teams and update and maintain the contract database.

- Communicating and presenting information to stakeholders regarding contracts/subcontracts and proposals; Provide support and advice regarding risk assessment on new potential businesses opportunities.

- Prepare and maintain standard form contracts for recurring business needs. Corporate Law Clerk and Legal Researcher, The Patterson Law Firm LLC, Chicago, (May 2012-Nov 2012)

- Search for related cases through LexisNexis and WestLaw to the related dispute.

- Draft and reviewing contracts, review documents and commercial leases agreements and other business agreements.

- Assist seniors in preparing motions, briefs, correspondences, depositions, complaints and third-party complaints, discoveries and affidavits and E-Filing.

- Preparing all documents to incorporate a corporation in the state of Illinois and help with drafting its bylaws, directors, and shareholder’s agreement. Memberships

- The Jordanian Bar Association.

- The Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS).

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