Manage a variety of legal matters, including contract negotiation, drafting and review, litigation and dispute resolution, Middle East matters, and advising on a wide variety of legal issues.

for My-HD, provided full-time media specialist remote support to a pay-satellite HD TV company headquartered in Dubai, UAE from Doha, Qatar. Responsibilities included drafting and negotiating rights and distribution contracts, drafting termination letters, drafting non-disclosure agreements and providing legal advice.

Provided legal support to this technology start-up. Advised on complex agreements, documentation for tender submissions, litigation strategy, Qatari law matters, intellectual property and trademark issues.

Responsibilities included: (1) handling a range of contract reviews governed by English, Bahraini and New York laws respectively for various media, technology, insurance, and facility management companies in Bahrain and other Arabian Gulf countries; (2) building client relationships for newly established English law firm in Bahrain; (3) providing legal services during two six-month secondments at the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and Gulf Air in Bahrain respectively; (4) proactive rainmaking; and, (5) managing complex due diligence projects via digital war rooms.

Responsibilities included: (1) driving the suite of contracts with SONY for the establishment of Orbit's new semi-digital broadcast center in Bahrain (2004); (2) handling a broad range of corporate, commercial and regulatory matters; (3) managing the extensive trademark portfolio in conjunction with trademark specialists; (4) negotiating, drafting and closing a wide range of new technology, media and telecommunications contracts (including the new digital broadcast platform in Bahrain, the two-way Sat-Net contract with Eutelsat; (5) multi-million dollar space capacity agreements with various satellite companies) and general corporate and commercial matters for Orbit Communications Company, a pay satellite TV company, formerly operating in the Middle East and North Africa as Orbit (now OSN based in Dubai, UAE); and, (6) providing contract, legal, corporate, and regulatory support to Orbit's sister company, Noorsat Communications W.L.L.