BENAN AL-UBEIDI

• Independently provide in-house legal counsel for a prominent regional engineering firm.
• Conducted comprehensive legal research into construction, corporate, commercial and employment law.
• Develop and implement legal strategies to mitigate risk and maximise business opportunities.
• Streamline legal administrative tasks for increased efficiency in office operations.

• Participated in training workshops on legal research, legal drafting and communication skills
• Legal drafting: Drafted 8 legal memorandums, client advice letters and engagement letters
• Teamwork: Worked in a team of 5 partners and senior associates to edit and review UAE litigation and arbitration textbook published by Al-Tamimi; responsible for independently editing all content related to ADGM and DIFC
• Received positive commendation from 2 partners and managing supervisors for my efforts

• Conducted legal research into federal corporate and commercial law and laws of UAE free zones to advise clients contractual obligations under applicable laws
• Enhanced legal drafting skills: Drafted client advice letters, memorandums, step -plans, shareholders resolutions, and shareholder registers
• Demonstrate commercial contract review expertise: Reviewed and amended 5+ commercial contracts including share transfer agreements, JVAs, sale and purchase agreements, service management agreements and service agreements

• Managed two complete arbitration caseloads under the guidance of a senior lawyer, receiving positive recognition for efficiency.
• Performed 20+ types of legal administration tasks: received positive feedback from managing partners.
• Demonstrated strong legal drafting skills:Drafted five thorough, well-research tenancy and construction contracts.

• Proved legal writing, research and communication skills: Utilised thorough knowledge of UAE free zones and federal corporate and tax law to author four articles for publication on the company's website and the National newspaper.
• Employed strong legal research skills to create 20+ detailed legal memos and client advice letters for five partners, receiving commendation from each for efficiency, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Improved legal drafting skills: Assisted with the drafting and review of 8+ forms of commercial agreements and related ancillary documents, updating contractual templates to reflect changes in legislation when necessary.

• Successfully independently drafted 10+ legal documents including legal memos, letters of claim, grounds of resistance forms, witness statements and client advice letters.
• Conducted legal research and improved collaboration skills: Supported a team of 5 employment solicitors to create legal arguments for ongoing cases by undertaking thorough legal research.
• Utilised online resources such as Westlaw and LexisNexis to conduct comprehensive legal searches.

• Pro bono experience: Was able to help provide those from low-income backgrounds first class legal advice.
• Liaised with clients, counsel, and third parties, arranging meetings, taking instructions, and updating clients
• Improved litigation knowledge: Developed familiarity with the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and understanding of the County Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal processes
• Developed legal drafting skills: Drafted litigation legal documents, including statements of case, witness statements, chronologies, and legal correspondence
• Proved legal document preparation skills: Prepared court bundles and issuing filings with courts, letters and contracts tailored to client's needs, ensuring complete accuracy.
• Conducted legal research into case law, legislation, and procedural rules and reviewed statues and regulations in family, immigration, community and business law to determine how facts of cases interacted with current laws using tools such as Westlaw UK, LexisLibrary, and Practical Law
• Enhanced case management abilities: Managed key dates and deadlines and maintained matter files, correspondence logs, and litigation trackers

• Pro bono experience: Received positive feedback from several clients and improved company satisfaction ratings by 40% after using strong legal research skills and thorough knowledge of family law to provide free, accurate and thorough information on family law and child arrangements.

• Demonstrated teamwork, presentation and communication skills: Collaborated effectively with a team of five law students to produce educational workshops and created informative brochures on British family law for litigants in person; developing the workshops thirty days ahead of schedule.

• Demonstrated strong communication skills: adapted language for audience of laypersons, avoiding complex legal terminology

• Demonstrated interpersonal communication and teamwork skills: Collaborated effectively with a team of solicitors and pro bono volunteers delivering free immigration law advice to Ukrainian asylum seekers, achieving life-changing successful asylum applications for three clients.
• Worked effectively under high pressure to deliver advice: I met with clients, wrote attendance notes, conducted immigration law research and worked with a team to complete 10 draft advice letters in under a week for each client.
• Proved strong legal drafting and document preparation skills: Utilised legal research on immigration law to draft multiple client advice letters and legal memorandums