H.E.Dr. Bassam Samir Shehadeh Al-Talhouni

 

Name	: Dr. Bassam Samir Shehadeh Al-Talhouni
Date of birth	: 14/2/1964
Place of birth	: Amman
Academic credentials	: Ph.D  in Law/University of Edinburgh – UK
Social status	: Married

 

Academic Degrees:

 

1. Bachelor of Law/University of Jordan 1987
2. Master's in Law/ University of Jordan 1991
3. Ph.D  in Law /      University of Edinburgh – UK 1997

 

Professional Experiences:

 

1-

 

• Member of the 29th Senate (From October 2022- September 2024)
• Minister of Justice (From October 2018 until Feb 2021)
• Minister of Justice (From August 2013 until September 2016).

 

• Senates Member      ( From September 2016 until October 2018).

 

• Chairman of The Board Of Trustees (AL Hussein Technical University).

 

• Minister of Justice (From October 2018 until the present).

 

• Minister of interior in charge(from 12/11/2020) until the present).

 

 

 

2-Senior Partner at Mid Globe Law Office

Amman-Jordan

August 1991 until August 2013 .

As a senior partner at Mid Globe, together we provide actionable, fact-based, results-oriented solutions to our clients, we work with the management team to leverage their expertise and combine it with our experience, ideas, and proven approaches.

At Mid Globe, we know how to help clients drive results. With proprietary tools and methodology, we can put the best path forward—from the outset.   Our case studies provide real-world examples of our solutions at work.  

3- Controller of Companies at the Ministry of Trade and Industry

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

From 2010 until August 2012

 

The controller of companies is in charge of the Companies’ Control Department, i.e.  the registration and licensing of companies, as well as in charge of the supervision of the proper implementation of the provision of companies law on all the companies registered in Jordan which exceeds one hundred thousand companies.  

 

 

 

4-Member of the Board of Directors of the Jordanian Deposits Insurance Corporation - Jordan

From 2010 until 2012

 

This is a legal entity, that aims at achieving financial stability through its role in protecting depositors, encouraging savings, deepening confidence in the banking system, dealing with banks' failure, and undertaking financial burdens that might result from reimbursing depositors instead of being undertaken by the treasury at the expense of tax payers.  Members of its board of directors include the Governor of the Central Bank, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance, and a representative of the Securities Exchange Commission, in addition to representatives of the private sector.

 

5- Member of the Jordanian Higher Committee of the Certified Public Accountants Profession.

2010 – 2012  

 

The Committee aims to regulate and organize the affairs and profession of auditing in Jordan, and draws the general policy concerning the legislation in effect pertaining to the profession, and approves the accreditation of Jordanian auditors.

 

 

6- Member of the Licensing of Certified Public Accountants Committee

2010 – 2012  

 

This Committee is responsible for matters relating to granting certified accounting licenses, and preparing curricula and examinations and supervising them, and announcing their results, and making recommendations to the Higher Committee of the Certified Public Accountants Profession.

 

7- Chairman of the National Corporate Governance Committee in Jordan

2011-2012

 

The task of the Committee was to prepare the basic principles for corporate governance  rules to the Small & Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in Jordan based on best international practices.

 

8- Chairman of the Jordanian Committee of  the rules for Insolvency Practitioners Qualifications

2011-2012

 

The task of the Committee is to lay down special instructions for choosing and qualifying Insolvency Practitioners of companies in view of the importance of Insolvency and its significant impact on companies and the economy in general.

 

 9- Chairman of the Committee of Drafting the  Law for Companies Insolvency

2010-2011

 

The task of the Committee was to draft the law and the related rules  for the  insolvency and restructuring of companies with assistance and cooperation of the and (IFC). Members of the Committee included a group of specialized Jordanian judges, lawyers, and liquidators.

 

 

 

 

10- Attorney and Legal Consultant

1991-2010

  

With an experience that exceeds 19 years I am able to plead before all Jordanian courts with a good experience in civil, commercial, corporate, and administrative law cases. Throughout my legal practice I provided consultation services  to local and international companies in the fields of construction, real estate development, civil claims, intellectual property rights, and investment and corporate law. I was also appointed to arbitration panels between individuals and companies.

 

11-Board Member to Jordan Industrial Estates Company (JIEC)

2012 till Present

 

Jordan Industrial Estates Company (JIEC) is responsible for managing, marketing and developing industrial estates in Jordan. Striving to promote and encourage the establishment of industrial investment projects within its industrial estates.

JIEC today is one of the most flourishing industrial estates developers in Jordan through adopting the concept of modern industrial estates and ensuring the provision of world-class infrastructure and services.

 

12- Professor of Commercial Law

Faculty of Law/University of Jordan

1997 - 2004  

 

I taught commercial, corporate law and intellectual property rights courses at the School of Law/University of Jordan. During my presence at the Law School, I was appointed to   different administrative posts that lead to my being t appointed as the  Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law.

 

13- Faculty of Law Council Member

Faculty of Law- University of Jordan

2001 – 2002

 

As a member of the Law School Council Faculty, I was heavily involved in the supervision of all the administrative related matters concerning the Faculty academic affairs. The Council normally consists of   distinguished members who represent the legal society such as the President of the Court of Cassation, the Minister of Justice, the Dean and some former Deans of the Faculty of Law.

 

14- University of Jordan Council Member

University of Jordan

2002-2003

 

The main task of the Council was to set and to agree on the general policies that are related to the University and its faculties.

 

15- UNESCO Chair Holder

University of Jordan

2001 – 2004

 

 I was appointed to this position to oversee the teaching of the copyright course at the Faculty of Law in the University as a result of an agreement between the UNESCO and the University of Jordan. I also supervised the establishment of a Master’s program by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to teach Intellectual Property Rights issues.

 

 

16- Member to the Jordanian Bar since 1991.

 

 

 

Legal Practice:

 

• Key qualifications are in general commercial practice specializing mainly in corporate contracts and issues such as mergers and acquisitions, due diligence reports, international trade matters, foreign investment, franchise and distributorship agreements, labor and intellectual property issues.

 

• Advised foreign and local corporations on their day to day operations, and has also advised individual and corporate clients on a wide range of Jordanian Laws including the Commercial Law, Investments Law, Companies Law, Commercial Agents and Middlemen Law, Banking Law, Labor and Social Security Laws.

 

• Serving as the General Controller of Companies at the Ministry of Trade and Industry for two years has added to my legal experience in the field of corporate law.

 

• Good legal experience in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and advises on patents, trademarks, copyright, know-how, database rights and data protection as well as other intellectual property matters.

 

 

 Key Experience:

 

• Advising Manazel International/Jordan, large real estate company, on the establishment of the company including drafting the article of association and the memorandum of the company all the legal issues to project in Jordan. I also advised them on obtaining the necessary licenses and helped with the tax legal issues at the tax department.

 

• Supervised 120 liquidation cases all through my career as the Controller of Companies at the Jordanian Government.

 

• Supervised merger transactions of (6) public shareholding companies and (40) limited liability companies.

 

• Supervised the implementation of Corporate Governance requirements on Al Istiklal Hospital PLC and the Duty Free PLC with the cooperation of the IFC.

 

• Advising large corporations like Microsoft, Pearson Education and Research In Motion (RIM) on the implementation of their copyright issues in Jordan.

 

•  Represented Kodak Eastman in their arbitration case against Salbishian Co. for the termination of their distribution agreement in Jordan.

 

• Advising  Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in mobile phones industry with regards to providing and marketing their services in Jordan; the legal requirements; the licenses and a full picture advice on each type of services to be provided.

 

• Supervised the debt resolution process between the Middle East Complex for Eng. Electronics and  Heavy Industries PLC and its bank debtors which included the  restructuring and reorganization of the company.

 

• Chairman to a restructuring committee formed by the Insurance Commission in Jordan to restructure an insurance company with a capital of 15,000,000 US Dollar.

 

• I was involved in litigation of different cases concerning banking issues such as Letters of Guarantee and Letters of Credit. One of the cases that I have litigated was a case worth 62,000,000 Euro for the payment of letter of guarantee to contracting company ended to our benefit.

 

• Provided several advisory and legal opinions to our clients concerning different types of banking matters.

 

 

 

Academic and professional colloquia and workshops:

 

 

1. Participated in the UNCITRAL working group on Insolvency Law, UN Commission, Vienna November 2011.
2. Study visit to the “Companies House” in Cardiff-U.K to acquire the knowledge of starting up business and insolvency services, April 16-18, 2012.
3. “Executive Corporate Governance Course”, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Amman, Jordan, 8-9 April 2012.
4. Organized “Companies Social Responsibilities” Seminar which was attended by 60 Jordanian Companies at the Meridian Hotel, December 2011.