1. Hanya Borham Mohamed Atallah
3 Mossadak Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
(+202) 33351160 / (+202) 33381008 (Home)
+2 0122-3105623 (cell-phone)
hanyaborham@yahoo.com
hanya.atallah@amc-art.com
Education Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
Conversion Course available to UK and non-UK nationals to become qualified
solicitors in Britain
Modules already passed at the Diploma: Contract Law, Tort Law,
Constitutional and Administrative Law, European Union Law, Equity and Trust
Law, and research paper on Copyright Law
BPP University College
London, United Kingdom
In progress (part-time), expected Summer 2017
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
American University in Cairo (AUC)
Cairo, Egypt
June 2011
Thesis Title: Everyone's Watching: Comparative Study of Sports Media
Rights
Bachelor of Law (LL.B.)
Cairo University – Faculty of Law
Cairo, Egypt
October 2006
Master of Arts, English and Comparative Literature
American University in Cairo (AUC)
Cairo, Egypt
December 2005
Thesis Title: A Comparative Study of Literary Authorship, Copyright
Laws and Intellectual Property
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Major: Political Science
(Specialization: Public and International Law)
(Minor: English and Comparative Literature)
Graduated with High Honours (G.P.A.: 3.66/4.00)
American University in Cairo (AUC)
Cairo, Egypt
1997 - February 2001
ABITUR (German High School Certificate)
Deutsche Schule der Borromaeerinnen (German School in Bab El-Louk)
Cairo, Egypt
June 1997
Affiliations
Publications
Member of the Egyptian Bar Association; Member of the Egyptian
Association for Intellectual Property
Hanya Atallah, Everyone's Watching: Comparative Study of Sports
Media Rights, VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, 1st ed. 2011. (ISBN: -13: 978-3-

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Professional
Experience
639-36592-4)
Hanya Atallah, "Declaring War against Piracy," Variety Arabia
Magazine, April 2012, 28-29.
April 2009 – present
Legal and Copyright Management Manager
Legal & Copyright Management Department – Media Sector – Arab
Media Corporation (AMC) (an affiliate company of the Arab Radio and
Television Network (ART), Holding Corporation: Dallah Albaraka Holding Co.)
Reporting to: Deputy CEO for Business Development and Plannig, AMC
(2009-2010 Also Reported to Chief Media Officer, AMC)
September 2005 – April 2009
Acting Manager
Legal & Copyright Management Department
Arab Media Corporation (AMC)
Reporting to: Deputy CEO for Business Development and Plannig
Legal Responsibilities:
 dealing with all legal issues pertaining to the acquisition, production,
marketing, and protection of all audio-visual and audio content owned
and managed by the corporation which constitutes the biggest Motion-
picture, TV programming and Sports (till 2009) Library in the MENA
region;
 regulation of certification of content locally and internationally;
 sending out Requests for Proposal, engaging, communicating with and
guiding external law firms, both locally and internationally, on all issues
relating to lawsuits filed by or against the company;
 drafting stream-lined prototypes for contracts of media acquisition and
sublicensing, keeping up with the latest known technologies in the field
of entertainment.
Anti-piracy Responsibilities:
 advocating and promoting the importance of Intellectual Property rights
protection locally, and on the level of the MENA region; helped found and
maintain the MENA Broadcast Antipiracy Coalition along with the biggest
Pan-Arab Broadcasters; representing AMC at the Audio-visual Antipiracy
Alliance (AAPA), a Europe-based antipiracy alliance of the biggest
European broadcasters.
 Overall, establishing and implementing AMC antipiracy strategy and
goals, especially through long-term planned litigation and communication
with the Artistic Crimes Police Force.
 Job requires knowledge and constant study of different laws from
different jurisdictions worldwide.
Asset Management and Valuation Responsibilities:
 played a key role at multiple valuation exercises for the media
libraries. This requires an eye for detail on how to value more
than 2000 entertainment titles, which make up more than one
third of the World's Arabic speaking media titles; building up on
prefectly kept chain-of-title documents, licensing agreements
and successful out-come of strategically planned litigation.

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Other Legal
Experience
& Skills
Operational & Management Responsibilities:
 Managing the first centralized Legal and Copyright Department of AMC
starting 2009, comprising four sections
 Founding and managing two of the Department's sections in the
period between 2005 and 2009:
- the Contracts Section, and
- the External Relations and Litigation Section
 Fulfilling all management tasks pertaining to the hiring, training,
evaluating and developing of the personnel and operational structure of
the Department.
 Developing and maintaining copyright management and legal acquisition
and sublicesning contractual strategies for the corporation overall
 Mananging the Archiving and Database section for the acquisition and
sales documents and contracts
 Monitoring of all acquisitions and sales violations, piracy and theft of
content by other satellite channels.
February 2001-February 2005
October University For Modern Sciences & Arts (MSA)
Faculty of Languages
Instructor
Teaching of academic courses for undergraduates, the courses include:
 International Politics (MPSC 201)
 Introduction to Law (MLAW 200)
 English for Research Purposes (ENG 201)
 English for Study Skills (ENG 102)
Constructing and developing new course curricula for MSA in co-operation
with MiddleSex University Quality Assurance visiting committee.
1997-1999
Aujourd’hui L’Egypte Magazine (French/ English Quarterly)
Reporter/ Feature Story Writer/ Translator
 Wrote several of the magazine’s feature stories
 Alternated in translation between Arabic, English, and German
 Assissted in the general editing of the magazine
Non-IP Legal Experience
 Arbitration Law: engaging and managing external law-firms and assissting
with all related communication, document analysis etc. on a number of high-
profile arbitration cases with huge claims amounts
 Litigation and Civil Procedure Law: providing legal advice and reports on
pending law-suits concerning audio-visual content
 Commercial Law: drafting contracts, conducting negotiations of various
types that required knowledge of commercial law and basic banking
practices.
 Mergers and Acquisitions: have worked on numerous occasions on multi-
billion dollar acquisition projects, including but not limited to Due Dilligence
of assets and legal files, IM's (information memoranda), preparing
documents for data rooms, etc.
 Labour Law, handling employees terminations and packages

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 Corporate Law: Drafting and negotiating various transfer of shares
agreements, SPA's, for companies of various nationalities, for AMC as well as
other Dallah Albaraka entities.
 Conducted internal investigations on employee corruption as mandated by
top management
 Overseeing incorporating various types of companies in Egypt and other
countries around the world (e.g. SPV's)
 drafting, revising and amending agreements of various non-IP types such as
employment, non-compete agreements, software development agreements,
marketing contracts, and corporate co-management agreements
 Sports Media Rights: Acting as the primary coordinator on all legal issues
related to rights and implementation of contracts with FIFA; providing legal
interpretation and advice on the implementation of key international
agreements such as FIFA World Cup Agreements
 communicating with Egyptian governmental institutions relating to the
registration and protection of purchased audio-visual and various media
content
 conducting negotiations on various dispute settlements till full
settlement is reached.
 providing advice on advertising and other commercial matters (contractual
rights and obligations)
Special
Skills
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
 Public Speaking Skills, speaking at conferences and conventions (Cairo
International Film Festival 2008, Variety Arabia Film Summit 2012 in Dubai,
Marrakech Marketing Festival held by ARABSAT 2015).
 Planned and chaired the 8th MENA Broadcast Antipiracy Coalition
Meeting, hosted by Arab Radio and TV Network, Cairo 2015, attended by the
leading figures in the Arab entertainment and broadcasting industry .
 Dedication and ability to work under stress, to meet tight deadlines and find
quick legal solutions to pressing issues.
 Ability to work with minimum directions, self-motivated.
 Ability to successfully communicate with people from different cultural and
intellectual backgrounds.
Computer & Research Skills
 Efficiency in using MS Office, Excel, fair knowledge of Access
 Exceptional Research Skills in all disciplines
Languages
 Native speaker of Arabic
 Fluent (native) in English
 Fair Knowledge of German
 Fair Knowledge of French
Personal
Information
References
Date of Birth: May 1979
Gender: Female
Current Residence: Cairo, Egypt
Nationality: Egyptian
To be furnished upon request