Dr. Mohammed Zaidan
Dr. Zaidan, is a qualified legal advisor, started work as a law clerk at the Supreme Court and Court of Cassation. Until the year 2000, he was also a lecturer and researcher in letters of credit and banking guaranties at the Arab Countries Center for Research and Studies.
Both Dr. Zaidan undergraduate and graduate degrees, respectively from the University of Jordan, Aberdeen University and the University of London enhanced his knowledge in the fields of international commercial law, the Lex Mercatory, construction law, commercial arbitration and the law of contracts. They further gave him the skills and capabilities to conduct academic methodological research, both on the quantitative and qualitative levels.
Dr. Zaidan was also appointed as Manager of the International Relations Department and Legal Advisor to Sa’ed Karajah & Partners Law Firm. During his private practice career, he worked extensively on insurance, particularly maritime claims, international finance and trade law as well as general commercial and contractual work. Dr. Zaidan is specialized in drafting and studying different kind of commercial and legal contracts, with long stand experience in the fields of financing and related agreements, construction agreement and those related to intellectual properties and franchising. He has advised several renowned companies in the Jordan and elsewhere during their negotiation with the International Financing Corporation (IFC), to finance their expansion, participating in drafting and prepare all the related agreements related thereto. He is and did represent many manufacturing companies in the Middle East Region in matters related to their factories construction and/or expansion, one of which was for the construction of 240000 Sq M home appliances factory, starting form the pre-contractual stages, preparing the tender documents, drafting the contracting agreements and in some case representing the owner in their litigation and/or arbitration proceeding against the contractor.
During the year 2004 to date Dr. Zaidan is the head legal advisor of Winter International Group (A multi-national company with representative offices all over the Arab world). During the same time he became a partner in Petra for Law & Intellectual Property (petralip).
Dr. Zaidan is a member of the following bars and associations, Jordanian Bar Association since 1997, the Arab Bar Association since 1997, the Arab Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the Jordanian forum for Corporate Governance, Arab Association for Arbitration (Affiliate of The Arab League), as well as the Advisory Board of several renowned companies in the Jordan.
