Tariq Mohammad Hammouri
Assistant Professor
University of Jordan
Faculty of Law
Private Law Dept.
Amman – Jordan
Tel: +962 6 5355000
Mobile: +962 (0) 777 713 341
Email: Tariq@HammouriLaw.com
Academic Qualifications:
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Ph.D. |
The University of Bristol, England-United Kingdom
Major: Commercial Law |
2002 |
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· LL.M |
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland-United Kingdom
Major: Commercial Law |
1998 |
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· LL.B |
The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan
Major: Law |
1997 |
Selected Professional Employment:
· Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law-University of Jordan (December 2002-till present).
· UNESCO Copy Right Chair Professor, Faculty of Law-University of Jordan (2004-till present).
· Board Member of the Fatihoon Arab, Public Shareholding Listed Company (2007-till present).
· Board Member of the Rakaez, Public Shareholding Listed Company (2007-till present).
· Board of Trustees Member – Jadara University (2006-2008).
· Lawyer and Partner at Hammouri & Partners, Attorneys at Law (2004-till present).
· Expert and Member at the Arab Intellectual Property Mediation & Arbitration Society - Jordan (September 2004-till present).
· Selected to supervise and examine numerous candidate Judges’ dissertations, Trainee Lawyers' dissertations and Master Students' dissertations at the Jordanian Judicial Institution, the Jordanian Bar association and the University of Jordan and the (2005-till present).
· Legal Expert in Jordan for the European Commission Project on “Promotion of International Commercial Arbitration and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques in the MEDA Region” (2005-2007).
· Satisfactory completion of forty hours of Legal Mediation at the American Bar Association, 2005.
Professional Work Experience:
· Advising local and international clients on shareholders and company rights, operations, and disputes.
· Establishment and registration of all kinds of companies, and establishment, registration and listing of public shareholding companies at the Companies Controller Department, Jordanian Securities Commission, Securities Depository Center and Amman Stock Exchange.
· Advising on the structure and operations of foreign investments in Jordan.
· Advising and representing clients on import/export trade matters.
· Advising and representing clients on Sea, Air, and Land Transportation matters.
· Advising and representing air carriers and other clients on Air and Space and Aviation matters.
· Advising and representing banks and other clients on commercial matter related to banking and related contracts and transactions.
· Advising and representing clients on Intellectual Property Rights matters.
· Advising employers, contractors, architects and other clients on construction, designs and other engineering contracts and issues.
· Advising and representing Universities and other clients on University related administrative, financial and issues.
· Advising on legislation drafting, such as commercial, environmental, administrative, and financial laws and regulations, including administrative and financial laws and regulations that relate to government institutions.
· Drafting contracts & advising on IT related transactions and contracts.
· Drafting contracts & advising on telecommunications related transactions and contracts.
· Representing national and international clients in litigation.
· Lawyer and Arbitrator in various commercial arbitration cases including maritime commercial cases.
Selected Professional Affiliations:
· Member of the National Committee for Revising the Liquidation Provisions in the Jordanian Companies Law, mandated to draft a Liquidation Regulation, (25/1/2011-till present).
· Member of the Special Hospital Committee, University of Jordan, (2010-till present).
· Member of the Academic Committee of the Jordanian Lawyers' Bar Association, (2010-till present).
· Legal Member in the Committee for drafting Regulations for the Elementary, Secondary and Primary Levels for the Model School, (2009).
· Board of Trustees Member – Jadara University (2006-2008).
· Member and representative of the Faculty of Law/University of Jordan in the Supervisory Committee for the Preparation of the Moot Court Competition among Faculties of Law Students/ Sponsored by the American Bar Association, (2007).
· Member of the Licensing Experts Society for the Arab Countries (2007-Present).
· Legal Expert in Jordan for the European Commission Project on “Promotion of International Commercial Arbitration and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques in the MEDA Region” (2005-2007).
· Member of the National Committee for Drafting/Amending the Jordanian Investment Law and Regulations, (2007).
· Member of the Negotiation Delegation for the Promotion and Protection of Investments Between The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Canada, (2007).
· Board Member of the Fatihoon Arab, Public Shareholding Listed Company (2007-till present).
· Board Member of the Rakaez, Public Shareholding Listed Company (2007-till present).
· Member of the National Committee for Drafting/Amending the Jordanian Companies Law, (2006).
· Legal council to the Jordanian University Housing fund, (2005-till present).
· Member of the Arab Intellectual Property Society, Amman - Jordan (2004-till present).
· Chairman of the First Disciplinary Council for the University of Jordan's Employees, (2003-2004).
· Member of the LL.M. Intellectual Property Program at the Faculty of Law/University of Jordan-in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (2003-till present).
· Selected to supervise and examine numerous candidate Judges’ dissertations, Trainee Lawyers' dissertations and Master Students' dissertations at the Jordanian Judicial Institution, the Jordanian Bar association and the University of Jordan and the (2005-till present).
Selected Symposia, Workshops, Programs, Training Course, & Conferences:
· Participant in the Round Table Discussion of "Qualifying Insolvency Practitioners in Jordan", organized by the International Finance Cooperation (IFC), Amman-Jordan (7/2/2011).
· Speaker in the Workshop "The Practice of Liquidating Companies in light of the Jordanian Companies Law", organized by the Companies Controller Department/Ministry of Trade and Industry, Amman-Jordan, (17/1/2011).
· Speaker in the “Legal Drafting of Contracts in English” Training Course, organized by The Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP) and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and Co. International in World Trade Center-Dubai-UAE, (January 31-February 03, 2010).
· Speaker in the “Attraction of African Investments” Workshop delivered to African Investors, organized by Jordan Investment Board, Amman-Jordan, (February, 2008).
· Speaker in the Workshop "Drafting International Trade Contracts", organized by the Arab Organization for Administrative Development, A Specialized Organization Part of the Arab League, Sharm Elshaikh-Egypt (25-29/12/2007).
· Speaker in the program "Qualifying Army Officers Working in the Department of Defense and Investment Management in the Jordanian Army", organized by the Department of Defense and Investment Management in the Jordanian Army, Jordan (18/11/2007).
· Participated in the "Investment Workshop", held by the Jordanian Investment Board in Shanghai-Republic of China (1/11/2007).
· Speaker at the Workshop "International Investment Agreements and Management of Investment Disputes", Organized by the UNCTAD, Amman-Jordan (22-31/10/2007).
· Participated in the “WTO- WIPO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property” organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva-Switzerland, (18-29/6/2007).
· Participant in the "Insolvency in Light of corporate Governance", organized by the Jordanian Organization for corporate Governance in collaboration with the Improvement and Development of Economic Projects Program, Amman-Jordan, (4/9/2006).
· Participant in the "First Forum for the Gulf Financial Markets", held by the Saudi Law Center for Training, Dubai-UAE, (13-15/3/2006).
· Participant in the "First National Conference for Competition", held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Amman-Jordan, (23-24/5/2005).
· Speaker in “The Legal Part of the Art” Symposium, organized by the Faculty of Law-University of Jordan and the Jordanian Royal Film Commission (RFC), in cooperation with Goethe Institute in Amman, UNESCO-Amman, Jordan National Library and Companies Control Department-Ministry of Industry & Trade (24-28/4/2005).
· Participant in the “Civil & Criminal Protection of Copyright” Symposium, organized and held at the Faculty of Law/University of Jordan - in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), (October 2004).
· Speaker in the Conference “The WIPO National Conference” held at the Faculty of Law/University of Jordan - in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), (6-8/4/2004).
· Participant in “The Internet Use and its Effect on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” Symposium, organized and held at the Faculty of Law/University of Jordan, in cooperation with UNESCO-Amman (7/3/2004).
· Participant in the “Copyright in Jordan between Theory & Practice” Symposium, organized and held at the Faculty of Law/University of Jordan, in cooperation with Jordan National Library (12/1/2004).
· Speaker in the Conference "Lawyer for the Next Millennium", organized by the Jordanian Lawyers Bar Association and the International Bar Association, Amman-Jordan, (2004).
· Participated in the “Trade Policy and Multi Lateral Trading Systems” Conference, organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), held in Doha-Qatar (12-25/11/2003) (Diploma Certificate).
Research & Conference Papers:
Articles Published:
· Tariq Hammouri, Dima A. Khleifat, and Qais A. Mahafzah, “Arbitration and Mediation in the Southern Mediterranean Countries: Jordan”, Kluwer Law International, Wolters Kluwer - Netherlands, accepted and published, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2007, pp. 69-88.
· Tariq Hammouri “Trade Marks: A Study in to the Origins and Criterion of Protection", The Jordanian Journal for Law and Political Science, Mouta University, Jordan, accepted and published, Volume 2, Number 2, April 2010, pp. 145-170.
· Tariq Hammouri and Mohammad Hammouri, “Constitutional Rights, Islam and Shareholding Companies, The Case of the Arab World: A Comparative Study”, European Journal of Social Sciences, EURO JOURNALS, accepted and published, Volume 17, Number 2, 2010 , pp. 154 – 171.
· Tariq Hammouri “The Liability of a Company’s Representative in the Board of Another Company; The Case of Jordanian”, European Journal of Social Sciences, EURO JOURNALS, accepted and published, accepted for publication in February 2011.
Ph.D. & LL.M. Research:
· Ph.D. Thesis: “Uniform Interpretation of International Maritime Conventions: A Case Study of Containerization” (2002) (in English).
· LL.M. Thesis: “Arbitrability in Commercial Disputes” (1998) (in English).
Practical experience, and even lecturer in various legal fields, including:
Commercial Law, Drafting International Trade Contracts, Companies & Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Papers & Banking Transactions, Securities and Financial Markets, Commercial Arbitration, Sale & Supply of Goods, Industrial & Commercial Property Law, E-Commerce Law, Industrial Designs & Models Law, Industrial Property Law (Patents), Trade Secrets Law, Trademarks Law, Copy Right Law and Neighboring Rights, Licensing in Intellectual Property, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Aspects of International Commercial Transactions.
Skillful Languages:
· Arabic.
· English.
Computer Skills:
· MS-Windows, Ms-Word, and Internet Explorer.
Documentation:
· Upon request.
