1. Walid N. Kaba
Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Dateof Birth: 05-02-1985
Nationality and driving license: Lebanese
Phone: 00961-1-560216
00961-3-354322
LinkedIn: Walid Kaba
Walid.n.kaba@gmail.com
Experience
1. Legal Consultant (July 2010 – Present)
SADER & Associates (GCC Countries)
Intellectual Property Law (Legal advices, litigation, Management and Registration of
trademarks worldwide, IP Strategies for many multinationals and regional companies)
Corporate Law (Helping in doing business, cross border incorporations, Restructuring,
M&A…)
Contracts (drafted and commented various commercial contracts)
Incorporation of various types of companies (SARL, SAL, Offshore, Holding) as well as
Representative Office for International Companies
Negotiating, reviewing and drafting of commercial agreements: franchise,
distributorship, commercial agency and representation agreements.
Legal Advice:
Providing legal advice to international clients with respect to:
Compliance with local laws: corporate and commercial law, employment and
labor law, criminal law…
Litigation:
Commercial law cases: infringement of Intellectual Property Rights, termination
of commercial agency agreements, unlawful competition
Criminal business law cases: counterfeiting and fraudulent competition, breach
of trust, fraud, financial crimes.
Trainings: WIPO Advanced Training of Trainers Program on Effective Intellectual
Property Asset Management by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Counterfeit
sessions with Nestle and Procter & Gamble, several sessions held by the Beirut Bar
Association concerning all Legal Fields (Pr. Chucri Sader, Pr. Ghaleb Ghanem…)
2. Content Lead / Senior Researcher (June 2009 – Present)
SADER Group
LEXIS NEXIS Department (GCC Countries)
ContentCreationfornew countries(Kuwait,Qatar,Oman,Saudi Arabia,Bahrain)
2. Sourcingand qualityassurance for online legal servicesforlegal communityin
MENA region
MaintainSADER platformandLexislegal servicesinthe middle-eastbyupdating
and expandingall launchedcontent
Manage translationandQA processesforcontentprojectsworkingwithvendors
Manage all clientrequestswithinagreedtime parametersandworkingcloselywith
AccountManager
Prepare legal reportsondifferenttopicscoveringseveral jurisdictions.
Execution and delivery of government projects within agreed time parameters
Editing English translation
Prepare, present presentations on subject related to SADER software
Independently represent group department in internal meetings with group
departments
Leading a team to ensure solution provided enhance customer satisfaction
Expert in legal information work flow specifically in the government sector providing
domain expertise relative to solution positions
Projects involved: Lexis Nexis GCC expansion (KSA, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman
legislations), UAE (Abu Dhabi; Dubai; Sharjah; RAK; Legislations, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs), Kuwait (Civil Service Project in Collaboration with AIMS, Shura Council Project)
3. Junior Researcher (part time Job) (June 2007 – June 2009)
Check and review new and updated Content
Editingandcorrectinglegal texts
Work ina teamto ensure solutionprovidedenhance customersatisfaction
Selectall lawstobe translated,classifiedanduploadedforthe service matchingthe
productprofile
Update Master Gazette Index records
4. Sales Consultant (March 2014 – Present)
SADER Group
Analyze and strategizemarket development tactics to build new pipeline of end
customer
Develop business relationship
Develop and maintain relationship with LawFirms management
Train and support Law Firms staff on relevant products
Performing prospective activities, identifying and determining the validity of the sales
opportunity, maintaining up to dateknowledge of solutions
Clients:Ministry of Finance,Ministry of Justice,Banks,Universities,Beirut BarAssociation…
Education
Bachelor in Law Spring2013 La SagesseUniversity
- Key Courses: Civil, Penal, Corporate, Commercial Companies, Banking, Taxes, Labor,
Real estateLaw…
Bachelor in Biology Spring 2008 Lebanese University
Lebanese Baccalaureate, Life Sciences [1990 – 2003] CollègeDes FrèresSacré-Cœur
3. Professional Organizations
Memberof the Beirut Bar Admissionsince January2014
Skills
1. Computer: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Search, Firefox
2. Languages: Fluent in English, French and Arabic (Speaking, Writing and Reading)
3. Exceptional planning, negotiating and organizational skills
Good interpersonal skills withthe abilitytoworkwell withdiversecultures
Activities and Interests
Memberof the organization:“LesScoutsduLiban” for15 years.
Reading,VariousSports,Movies,Hiking,Gastronomy.