Mohamed Elzain (samarbeidspartner)
Telephone: (+47) 47 48 666 811
E-mail: zainlaw03@gmail.com
Languages: Arabic, English, Norwegian
Professional Lawyer and legal consultant with thirty three years of experience in multilateral legal, International, regional and national institutions. The major strengths include legal advice at a high and medium level in all areas at the academic and practical level, the most important of which is the good preparation of legal memoranda at the level of prosecution or defense, with a high ability to present arguments and proofs and a superior ability to defend them. Another acquired strength include successful negotiation in all civil and commercial cases, Investment in agriculture, livestock, industry or mining, and infrastructure projects within the country or between countries, as well as in banking matters and intellectual property, copyright. More important is the direct involvement and practical experience in the drafting legal agreements between governments and warring factions in achieving cessation of ceasefire, followed by, security and military arrangements and the delivery of humanitarian aid, as well as peace-making and peacekeeping.
On the other hand, he commands deep knowledge and linking issues of peace, Human Rights and sustainable development, with the ability to forge and manage effective partnership and networking between renowned specialized institutions, policy makers and renowned experts involved in development, Human Rights, strategic planning, restructuring, reform programs and management. Additional skills include ongoing legal advice, managing the outcomes of legal guarantees for investments, as well as Human Rights protection, training, teaching and research, Human Rights assessment and monitoring, resource mobilization, development challenges and Human Rights, strategic planning, international experiences, intensive strategic and legal matters-related work in Africa, Asia. Europe and the Middle East at both the regional and country levels.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2024- Advokatene Clemetsen & Mohammad AS
2023 -2024 Advokatfirmaet Suleiman & Co AS.
2020- Norwegain Center for Arbitration
2019-2020 Advokatene Clemetsen & Mohammad AS
2015-2019 ZAINLAW, Norway, 2015-2019.
2015-2013 Sudanese European Centre for Arbitration in Energy and Mining Disputes, Sudan.
2012-2013 legal consultant, Foras International Investment Company, was established at the initiative of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry with partnership of the Islamic Development Bank, and it works on seeking investment opportunities within the scope of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Saudia Arabia.
2007- Advocates without Frontiers for Legal and International Consultations, AWF, Sudan.
1997-1999 legal consultant, Emirates International Law Firm, UAE.
1995-1997 legal consultant, Sudanese Olympic Committee, Sudan.
1991- Advocate Mohamed Elzain, Sudan.
Background:
1. Ph.D. in Strategic Studies, Al-Zaeem Al-Azhari University, Sudan, 2013.
2. Master in Political Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1997.
3. Higher Diploma in Islamic Sharia, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1992.
4. Diploma in Political Science, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, 1991.
5. Bachelor of Laws, Cairo University, Khartoum Branch, Sudan, 1988.
Doctoral Thesis:
Legal guarantees for foreign investments in Sudan and their impact on strategic national security ,2013.
STUDIES AND TRAINING COURSES
1. Completed a course in the Legal Protection of Human Rights, the International Institute for Human Rights, Strasbourg – France, 1988.
2. Study course on Criminal Justice, the International Institute for Graduate Studies in Criminal Sciences, (Sudanese Criminal Law 1991 and International Conventions of Human Rights – Comparative study), Siracusa – Italy, 1991.
3. Training course in Negotiation Skills and International Contracts, Faculty of Law, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1992.
4. Training course, Institute for Training and Judicial Reform, Khartoum – Sudan, 1997.
5. Course in (Contemporary Trends in Terrorism), International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa – Italy, 2002.
6. Certificate of Training Course in Electronic Transactions Law and Information Crimes, University of Rabat – Higher Police Academy, Khartoum – Sudan, 2007.
7. Certificate of Arbitration in Energy and Petroleum Disputes (an in-depth course to prepare the arbitrator), International and Local Commercial Arbitration Foundation for Middle East Countries, Cairo – Egypt, 2008.
8. Certification in International Arbitration, (Thesis topic: Arbitration as a means of settling energy and petroleum disputes), International and Local Arbitration Institute for Middle Eastern Countries, Cairo – Egypt, 2008.
9. Certificate of Strategic Planning, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, League of Arab States, Khartoum – Sudan, 2014.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Darfur: Human Tragedy and International Conflict, first edition, Norway, 2006.
2. Legal guarantees for foreign investments in Sudan and their impact on strategic national security, first edition, Cairo, 2017.
3. Sudan: The road to a civil state (South Sudan from war to secession), first edition, Cairo, 2020.
CULTURAL, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Member of Amnesty International, UK, 1989.
2. Founding member of Amnesty Sudan, 1989.
3. Member of the Sudanese Bar Association, 1991.
4. Member of the International Society of Criminal Law, USA, 1991.
5. Founding member of the Sudanese Society of Criminal Law, 1992
6. Member of the Arab Lawyers Union, 2016.
7. Member of the Lawyers Union, ICC, 2024.
Area of Work:
• The competence of international laws and Sudanese laws.
• International Criminal Court -ICC cases: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression.
• Human rights issues.
• Legal guarantees for foreign investment.
• International commercial arbitration.
Inheritance:
Inheritance notification
Children and parents:
Moving to the country with children
Housing and cottage:
Buying property abroad
Language
Arabic, English, Norsk.