Hibatoullah Hatoum

Hibatoullah Hatoum:

• Legal Advisor and Professional Consultant with 9+ years of experience in the legal and public industries.
• Holding a bachelor’s degree in law.
• Possess strong communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Specialized in business developing strategy in international law firms.

Experience:

• Partner – 2022 to Present
  MGC Legal Consultancy Law Firm – Andersen Global in Turkey
  – Business development in all aspects in order to improve client records.
  – Managing client’s accounts in different departments including public law, civil law, real estate, corporate
  establishment, immigration, IT and debt collection.
  – Providing legal consultations to clients.
  – Monitoring legal team in order to maintain successful case strategy.
  – Team work communication through Sales Force system.
  – Managing all accounts related to Andersen Global.
  – Representing MGC Legal through attending Andersen’s Global Partner’s conference meeting in New Delhi,
  India

• Head of Admin & Legal Affairs – 2014 to 2021
  Electricity of Lebanon
  – Cooperating with lawyers on labor cases, collection order, seizure and drafting contracts.
  –  Preparing Legal Opinions on contracts on the behalf of EDL, such as PPA, BOT, BOOT, EPC and MOU Agreement.
  – Slashing benefits administration costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and
  enhancement of services.
  – Identifying legal loopholes in English contracts making it more suitable for EDL.
  – Assisting EDL’s attorneys by providing them with all the required information and documents, which resulted in
  winning most of the cases.
  – Obtaining legal advice from the Legislation and Consultation Commission at the Ministry of Justice, after listing
  all the real facts to the judges and providing them with all the documents that protect the rights of EDL, led at
  the time being to EDL not paying millions of dollars to the contractors.
  – Negotiating contracts with contractors.
  – Participating in many committees entrusted with overseeing the work of Service Providers such as Bill
  Collection, BOQ Application, Maintenance, Connection and dis- connection orders.
  – Preparing Legal opinions on service provider’s letters on behalf of EDL.
  – Negotiating with contractors in order to ensure the enhancement of the services along with obtaining best
  prices for EDL, on Operation and Maintenance Projects.
  – Preparing the Accession Agreement and negotiating pricing and fees.
  – Negotiating with contractors and providing legal opinion on legal clauses on Power vessels Project.
  – Establishing Power Plant Contracts, negotiating with contractors and providing legal opinion on legal clauses,
  ensuring best pricing and fees.
  – Participating as a member of a committee entrusted with the issue of Hedging in favor of EDL from the risks of
  fluctuations in the prices of oil derivatives (fuel oil and gas oil).
  – Communicating with many international banks such as Citi Bank, Goldman and Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan,
  Standard Charters, Barclays in order to get the best pricing for EDL, and decide on the strategy to be applied for
  the hedging process – call options, call spreads; and preparing long form confirmation letters for the project.
• – Implement global standards and initiatives for legal matters in relation to the company
  – Assist in procuring that appropriate forms of legal documents are used for transactions with proper
  remedies for the business
  – Specifying internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
  – Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights
  – Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues
  – Guarantee that the organization is in compliance with all present business process laws.
  – Solidify and draft contracts, privacy policy, agreements, terms and conditions, and other legal documents.

Education

• Lebanese University – Lebanon
  – Bachelor of Law – 2009
• SABIS – Lebanon
  – Lebanese Baccalaureate: Life Science – 2005

Certifications & Achievements

• Certified PPP – 2020
  – Bassel Fleihan Financial & Economical Inst.
• Apprentices Judges – 2010
  Ministry of Justice

Projects & Cases Consulted

• Business Bankruptcy Cases
• Real Estate and Property related cases
• Employment Cases
• Invoice Expiration Cases
• AEMS Engineering Company Case

Skills & Expertise

• Communication and Interpersonal
• Negotiation
• Problem-Solving & Conflict Resolution
• Decision-Making
• Leadership & Teamwork
• Policies & Documentation
• Microsoft Office
• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Privacy & Tax Law
• Labor Law

• Legal Opinions & Consultations
• Drafting Contracts
• Legal Clauses
• Legal Services
• Contracts Law & Writing
• Legal Case Analysis
• Risk Management
• Merger & Acquisition
• Litigation & Arbitration
• Personal Data Protection Law
• Sales Force

Languages

• Arabic: Native
• English: Fluent
• French: Basic