AWAD ELSHARIF
LEGAL CONSULTANT
Professional Summary
AWAD ELSHARIF is a senior lawyer and legal advisor with extensive experience in commercial, civil, criminal, administrative, and labor law. With a legal career spanning over two decades, he has represented international corporations, financial institutions, and private clients in complex legal disputes. His expertise includes litigation, contract drafting, enforcement of court rulings, and providing strategic legal counsel. Awad has also managed administrative operations within law firms and played a key role in legal research, case analysis, and arbitration proceedings.
Areas of Expertise
- Commercial Lawsuits: Handling cases for major banks (NBO, HSBC, OAB, BM, Bank of Beirut, Aizz Bank) and finance companies, with expertise in contract disputes, company liquidation, bankruptcy, insurance claims, and arbitration.
- Civil Lawsuits: Specializing in lease disputes, insurance claims, real estate contracts, and contract annulment cases.
- Personal Status Lawsuits: Extensive experience in divorce, inheritance disputes, and family law cases in Saudi Arabia and Oman.
- Administrative Court Cases: Handling private property infringement cases, employment termination disputes, and end-of-service benefit claims.
- Criminal Cases: Strong background in financial crimes, banking-related offenses, and consumer protection cases.
- Labor Lawsuits: Representing major corporations in labor disputes and employee claims.
- Arbitration: Experience in arbitration proceedings, including filing arbitration requests and appointing arbitrators through the Muscat Court.
Education and Certifications
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) – Al Mansoura University, Egypt, May 1989
- Certificate of Completion of Law Profession (Equivalence) – Ministry of Justice, Sudan, June 1990
- License to Practice Law – Sudanese Lawyers Approval Committee, Sudan, 1991
- Registration Certificate of Sudanese Lawyers – 1991-2009
Languages
- Arabic
- English