A lawyer working at the meeting point of law and technology. I hold an LLM in LegalTech & Commercial Law (Swansea, Merit; a Distinction-level dissertation across two linked projects on UK automated-vehicles regulation and UK AI/copyright governance) and completed the Oxford LawTech Education Programme, with direct UK IP-firm experience at Stobbs (IP) Ltd as the 2025 Stobbs IP LLM Prize winner. I'm an Egypt-qualified lawyer registered at Appeal level with seven years' prior practice across criminal, civil, commercial, contractual, employment, company and administrative matters — with particular strength in criminal law, cybercrime and digital evidence — now applying that foundation to UK legal-support, compliance, information-governance, IP and LegalTech roles, alongside an active freelance legal-operations and research practice.
Built from seven years of Egyptian practice, freelance research briefs on data protection, AI law and e-commerce, and distinction-level LLM coursework.
The core of any legal-support, paralegal or research role — and of getting up to speed on an unfamiliar area quickly.
At Stobbs I reviewed 800+ flagged items and ~80 images to consistent decision standards; in Egyptian practice I handled high-volume review under court deadlines.
Exactly what document-review and paralegal roles need from day one.
In Egyptian practice I managed multiple concurrent matters with cross-team coordination; at Stobbs I worked inside a structured case-management environment.
Keeps a legal team's workload moving without things slipping.
Written reporting in Egyptian practice; escalation notes at Stobbs; research briefs and method notes in my freelance work.
Clear, structured written output underpins every legal role.
In freelance work I build retention schedules, data-inventory templates and naming/version/audit-trail standards; at Stobbs I worked within evidence and version-control discipline.
Central to compliance and legal-ops in any data-driven organisation — it is what keeps records defensible.
In my freelance practice I have built SAR logs, breach logs, retention schedules, and policy and risk/action registers as admin templates (admin scope, not regulated advice).
Turns compliance obligations into working, maintainable systems a team can actually run.
Grounded in my LLM module “Adequacy under Pressure” (80/100), self-directed GDPR study, and data-protection research briefs in freelance work — knowledge with applied template work, rather than hands-on DPO practice.
The knowledge foundation behind privacy and compliance-support roles.
Real depth on the law through my LLM dissertation, AI/copyright coursework (82/100) and AI-tort distinctions; knowledge of the practice through self-directed study of the EU AI Act, Responsible AI and ISO/IEC frameworks.
A fast-growing area where I bring genuine legal grounding and current knowledge, with hands-on governance work as my next step.
Hands-on at Stobbs — technology-assisted enforcement, takedown evidence and consistent decision standards across a two-week supervised placement.
Directly relevant to IP-support and brand-protection roles, and few entry-level candidates have done it for real.
At Stobbs I captured structured evidence (URL, timestamp, screenshot, seller, marketplace); in Egyptian practice I worked extensively with digital evidence; in freelance work I build evidence indexes.
Rigorous, audit-ready evidence handling matters across IP, litigation and compliance work.
From my LLM dissertation project on AI training and copyright, and distinction-level coursework on Thaler v Comptroller-General (82/100).
The academic depth that stands behind the hands-on enforcement work.
In my freelance work I design prompt-based AI workflows with verification and auditability built in — current, real engagements.
The practical AI skill legal teams are actively hiring for right now.
In my freelance practice I build trackers, registers and dashboards — PivotTables, conditional formatting, conditional logic — for legal and business records.
The backbone of legal-operations and compliance tracking in almost every team.
Hands-on no-code workflow setup for legal and business records in my freelance engagements.
Builds the small automations that quietly save a legal team real time each week.
Foundational Python and pandas, with basic SQL and API concepts, developed through self-directed learning — enough to read and write simple scripts and to talk to engineering.
The bridge that lets a lawyer work credibly alongside a product or engineering team.
Currently learning Harvey, Luminance, HighQ, BRYTER and CLM platforms through demos, training and self-study — honestly, this is study and proof-of-concept work, not yet hands-on production use.
These are the tools a modern legal team runs on — I am learning them now so I can be productive on them quickly once inside a team.
In my freelance work I handle workflow configuration, reproducibility and method notes, template design, and client intake and scope-control.
The operational backbone of a modern, well-run legal function.
Consistent naming, pagination, version control and audit trails across Stobbs and my freelance document work.
Keeps a legal team organised, consistent and defensible under scrutiny.
Naming, version-control and audit-trail standards, retention schedules, trackers and registers — across freelance and Stobbs. On paper, it is almost my professional signature.
At Stobbs I worked within escalation, version-control and confidentiality protocols, to consistent decision standards. Seven years of senior practice elsewhere has not made me precious — I slot into a team's way of working.
Civil law to common law (Merit + distinctions); traditional practice to LegalTech; new tools continuously. It is my defining strength.
Courtroom advocacy and client representation in Egypt; structured writing at Stobbs; client briefs in freelance work; operating in a second language at C1.
Concurrent matters under court deadlines in Egypt; high-volume review at Stobbs; parallel freelance engagements with intake and scope-control.
Founded and run the “Be Assured in Combating Blackmail” pro bono initiative; elected LLM Cohort Representative; interim executive-director responsibility; managing volunteer lawyers.
Applying my LegalTech and AI-workflow skills to a working build that connects an AI assistant to a legal task — hands-on proof of the technical ability the skills above describe.
Each new tool or topic I learn becomes something I build to prove it — I am currently scoping a Litigation Hold & Preservation Workflow (Forms, Lists, Power Automate, SharePoint) as a portfolio piece.
Working through Harvey, Luminance and others via demos and self-study, so I can onboard quickly onto whatever a team already runs.
Designed and built by hand — live evidence of the technical and design ability the rest of this CV describes.
Ongoing study in privacy, AI governance and applied generative AI — kept current.
Yes — it is the skill I have built my career on: civil law to common law (Merit + distinctions), traditional practice to LegalTech, new tools continuously. Hand me the unfamiliar problem.
This CV is the proof — I built it by hand. Foundational Python/SQL/APIs, applied AI workflows, no-code automations. If I built this before joining a team, picture what I build with one behind me.
A fair question, so a straight answer: I am not an England-and-Wales solicitor and I do not claim to be. I bring a UK LLM in LegalTech, UK placement experience at Stobbs, seven years of legal reasoning, and the habit of mastering new systems fast. For legal-support, IP, compliance and legal-ops work, that is an asset.
Honest answer: this is not a stopgap. I have deliberately chosen a UK Law × Technology career and invested an LLM, a move to the UK and a freelance practice in it. I want to grow inside a team, not pass through it.
Yes — at Stobbs I worked within escalation, version-control and confidentiality protocols, to consistent decision standards. Senior practice elsewhere has not made me precious; I slot into a team's way of working.
Immediately available, with the right to work in the UK without sponsorship, and open to relocation within the UK. No notice period, no visa hurdle, no geography problem.
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