b'Peperfeld 55\nD-30457 Hannover\nTel. : +49 511 26 222 26\nFax : +49 511 26 222 27\nMobile: +49 151 12707912\n\ne-mail: SalehMajid@aol.com\nwww: iraqilawconsultant.com\n\nCURRICULUM VITAE\nName:\nBirth:\nNationality:\nPersonal Status:\n\n1.\n\nSaleh Majid\nIraq, 02.05.1938\nGerman\nMarried, two children\n\nEducation and Professional Qualification:\n\n1956 - 60\n\nB.A. Degree in Law with Distinction, Baghdad University,\nBaghdad, Iraq, awarded in June 1960.\n\n1961\n\nCertificate in English and Comparative Law with Distinction,\nThe City of London College, London, England,\nawarded in August 1961.\n\n1960 - 63\n\nPostgraduate Academic Diploma in Law, University of\nLondon, England, awarded in October 1963.\n\n1963 - 65\n\nDiploma in International and Comparative Air Law,\nLondon Institute of World Affairs, awarded in August 1965.\n\n1967 - 70\n\nResearcher as a Ph.D. student in International Law,\nUniversity of Durham, England.\n\nSince 1960\n\nMember of the Iraqi Bar Association.\n\nSince 1989\n\nQualified and registered in Germany as Legal Advisor/Rechtsbeistand\nin Business Laws of Arab Countries and in Islamic Law.\n\nSince 1989\n\nAdmitted as an arbitrator by the Euro Arab Arbitration System.\n\nSince 1998\n\nRegistered at the Law Society (London) as Middle East Legal\nConsultant.\n\nSince 2001\n\nAdmitted as a full member (MCI Arb) of the Chartered Institute of\nArbitrators, London.\n\n1/4\n\n\x0c2.\n\nLegal Practice:\nAs it can be seen from the following, I have about 50 years of experience as\nLegal Advisor and Attorney at Law in the field of Iraqi and Middle Eastern\nbusiness laws including company laws, telecom laws, construction contracts\nand related claims as well as litigations, arbitration and tendering. Presently, I\npractise as a legal consultant in the above mentioned field in association with\na\ngroup\nof\ninternational\nlawyers\n(please\nsee\nmy\nwebsite:\nwww.Iraqilawconsultant.com).\n2.1 In Iraq:\nI was for more than 10 years Legal Advisor and Attorney at Law for Iraqi\nMinistries and government organisations, as well as practicing before Iraqi\ncourts.\n2.2 In Europe:\na) I have been licensed as Middle East Consultant in Germany and\nEngland, and have given legal advice and expert opinion to European\nand American law firms, companies and courts and arbitration tribunals\non legal questions concerning Iraqi and Arab laws, including claims\narising from contractual liability and unlawful acts.\nb) I have advised the UN Compensation Commission on issues related to\nthe liability of Iraq for loss and damages resulting from Iraq\xe2\x80\x99s invasion\nof Kuwait.\nc) I have presented foreign creditors including Hyundai in debt collection\nproceedings in Iraq.\nd) I have advised a major telecommunication company in the Middle East\non due diligence and acquisition of another Middle East\ntelecommunication company.\ne) I have also advised law firms in London and submitted expert opinion\non a billion dollar claim regarding the liability of the Iraqi State for the\ndebts of its public entities.\nf)\n\nRecently, I have advised a law firm in London and submitted expert\nopinion in respect of claims filed by Iraqi victims of unlawful arrest and\ntorture against the UK Ministry of Defence involving questions of\ntortious liability and limitation period.\n\ng) I am also engaged as an arbitrator on claims related to shipping and\ndemurrage.\nDuring many years of experience, I have learned the art of legal drafting, negotiating\nand the talent for communicating across borders, and strategic planning.\n3.\n\nLast Post:\n2/4\n\n\x0cFrom December 1980 until May 2003, I spent more than 22 years in full-time posts\nas a Senior Legal Advisor (Referatsleiter), Company Secretary and later as a\nDirector (Prokurist) of the Contract Management Department in Preussag, a large\nindustrial group of companies in Germany.\nMy duties included:\n-\n\n-\n\n4.\n\nAcquisition and establishment of business outside Germany and corporate\nlegal matters abroad.\nStudy of international tender documents for industrial, construction, and supply\nprojects, as well as drafting legal and commercial comments.\nContract risks analysis and contract interpretation.\nContract management, follow up, and taking part in management decision\nmaking on legal and commercial problems arising during execution of projects.\nContract negotiations, study and drafting of contracts including:\nContracts and sub-contracts for construction and industrial projects, agencyand distributorship agreements, pre-bidding agreements, joint venture\nagreements, technical assistance, and licensing agreements, engineering\nconsultancy contracts, supply contracts, and other legal documents.\nGiving legal advice on questions related to business laws in Middle Eastern\nArabic countries.\nPreparation and follow up of claims and arbitration concerning construction and\nindustrial projects and supply contracts.\n\nPast Posts:\n-\n\nNovember 1977 - November 1980\nManager of the legal department and legal consultant to the chairman of the\nState Organisation for Technical Industries, Baghdad, Iraq.\nMy duties included:\nManagement of the department, contract administration, taking charge of law\nsuits, studying and giving legal opinion on claims and problems arising from the\nexecution of international contracts, preparation of tender documents, and\nevaluation of international tenders, drafting and negotiating large\nengineering/ industrial contracts.\n\n-\n\nMay 1975 - November 1977\nLegal advisor and manager of the legal department of the National Centre for\nEngineering and Architectural Consultancy, Baghdad, Iraq.\n\n-\n\nAugust 1974 - May 1975\nLegal advisor and manager of the legal department of the Iraqi Maritime\nTransport Company, Baghdad, Iraq.\nMy duties included: taking charge of maritime law suits.\n\n-\n\nJanuary 1973 - August 1974\nLegal advisor and manager of the legal department of the National Computer\nCentre, Baghdad, Iraq.\n\n-\n\nApril 1971 - January 1973\nChief supervisor, shipping department of the Iraqi Maritime Transport\nCompany, Baghdad, Iraq.\n3/4\n\n\x0c5.\n\nOther Experience:\n-\n\nMember of Iraqi delegations to a number of government conferences and\ninternational conferences and delegations, including: The Third Session of the\nUnited Nations Conference for Trade and Development, Santiago, Chile, 1972,\nand the Board Meeting of the Arab Academy for Maritime Transport, Cairo,\nEgypt, 1974.\n\n-\n\nParticipant, and occasionally a speaker, in a number of international seminars,\nincluding:\nFIDIC Seminar on the Role of the Consultant Engineer in Developing\nCountries, Teheran, Iran, 1977; Seminar on Project Insurance, London,1978;\nSeminar on Project Contracts held in London in June 1980; Seminar on FIDIC\nGeneral Conditions for Civil Engineering Contracts, Vienna, February 1988; and\nSeminar on Commercial Contracts, London, October 1988; MEED Conference\non the Gulf Crisis, London, England, September 1990 (as a speaker),\nArbitration in Arab States, Paris, 1994, and New Engineering Contract, London,\n1998, and other recent seminars such as: Master classes on Arbitration, and\ndemurrage. Speaker at Seminars on legal questions related to business laws\nin Middle Eastern countries, as well as on contract risks management, and\nmany other seminars and conferences.\n\n-\n\n-\n\nMember of the Iraqi Inter-Ministerial Committee which drafted the Government\nStandard Contract for Electrical and Mechanical Projects, and the Standard\nContract for Engineering Services (1978-1980).\n\n-\n\nIntensive course for 2 weeks on EEC Laws in Luxembourg, 02. - 12. April 1991.\n\n6. Publications:\n-\n\nI have written a number of articles on subjects such as Iraqi construction law,\neconomic sanctions against Iraq, tendering and arbitration in certain Middle\nEastern countries, enforcement of judicial awards in Iraq, risks analysis in\nconstruction contracts, trading with Iraq, and time bar under Iraqi law, as well as\non the application of Islamic law, interest and Islamic banking.\n\n7. Languages:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Arabic:\n\xef\x82\xb7 English:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Persian:\n\xef\x82\xb7 German:\n\nMother tongue\nAs good as a mother tongue\nMedium standard\nMedium standard\n\n8. Membership:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Member of the Iraqi Bar Association\n\xef\x82\xb7 Member of the German Association of Arabic and Islamic Laws\n\xef\x82\xb7 Member of the Arab Lawyers Association\n\xef\x82\xb7 Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators\nHannover, July 2011\n4/4'