Mohammed Abdeen Awadelkareem
Mahgoub & Abdelrahman Law Firm
Mr. Mohamed Abdeen, partner, has joined the firm since his graduation from University of Khartoum 2002.His practice has been strengthened by his frequent deployment by the firm to work for different major clients. His practice is concentrated in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, Intellectual Property, international business transactions, agribusiness and infrastructure projects.
Areas of expertise
Infrastructure and Agribusiness Projects
He started out as a transactional and dispute resolution lawyer but now specialises in advisory work and procurement strategies for the Construction, Engineering and mining sectors.
Mr. Mohamed works closely with several leading developers, mine owners, contractors and consultant engineers including assisting them with risk management strategies and bespoke training programmes.
Mohamed, provides specialist advice on procurement and supply chain aspects of major agribusiness projects with capital values from the tens of millions to the billions. He has advised at various stages of some of the Sudan’s largest onshore and offshore projects, including helping to formulate procurement strategies, driving implementation of these strategies and drafting and negotiating the required contractual documentation. Mohamed, has been involved in construction aspects of numerous onshore and offshore sugar production projects, sugar byproducts projects, and water treatment plants. He has also advised on large construction and manufacturing contracts.
He regularly advises on all the main standard forms of contract used in the construction industry and is currently dealing with cases involving FIDIC, NEC and EPCM contracts. Mohamed’s dispute resolution work includes adjudication, arbitration and litigation.
Intellectual Property
Mohamed is an intellectual property specialist who advises clients on the creation, protection, exploitation and enforcement of all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, copyright, trademarks, design rights and confidential information.
Speeches/Presentations
- IMF and World Bank, Max Blanch Institute for Comparative and Public international law- workshop on Public International Law- Khartoum February 2013.
- International Environmental Law, Max Blanch Institute for Comparative and Public international law- workshop on Public International Law- Khartoum February 2013.
- Sub-regional Organizations COMESA, OIC, Arab League, Max Blanch Institute for Comparative and Public international law- workshop on Public International Law- Khartoum November 2012.
- Trade Marks as Business Assets- presented in the Intellectual Property as Business Assets Seminar coordinated with WIPO in 2005 Khartoum.
- Integrating Intellectual Property in a corporate Business Plan and Strategy. For Kenana Engineering and Technical Services, Khartoum 2012.
Researches and Academic Papers
- Trademarks and Domain names disputes (jurisdiction and choice of law).
- Transnational Commercial Transactions in the Conflict of Laws (sale of goods, bank payment undertakings, transaction in securities, and international commercial arbitration).
- Cross border insolvency.
Memberships
- Member of Sudanese Bar Union 2003.
- Member of Young International Arbitration Group “YAIG” 2009.
- Trainer (Max Blanch Institute for Comparative and Public international law (MPIL) 2011
Education
L.L.M University of Khartoum 2007
L.L.B. (Honors Degree)University of Khartoum 2002
Diploma “Train the Trainer Programme” Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law 2013.
