Maisson Munir Shokair

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Personal information

Title: 
Lawyer
Birthyear: 
1961

Contact information (private)

Postbox: 
P.O.Box 531 Prince Rashed Residential
Mobile phone: 
00 962 ( 77) 7877766
Personal email address: 
massounshokair@yahoo.com

Contact information (work)

Postal code: 
P.O.Box 850967 Amman 11185, Jordan
Phone: 
00 962 (6) 5695070
Fax: 
00 962 (6) 5696844
Work email address: 
massoun@shokairlegal.com

Education

1979 Jordanian General Certificate of Secondary Education (Scientific Branch) with Distinction.
1983 LIB in Law, University of Jordan, with a Very Good mention
1983 – 1985 Legal training at a private legal practice
1985 Called to the Jordanian Bar Association
2008 Master in Private Law, Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies (3.44 out of 4.00,- Very Good ).

Competences

Languages: 
Arabic
English

Jobs

Work history: 

Since then, She have given legal advice to clients on cases in various branches of law, especially commercial, company and banking law

She have represented clients, including some banks, and pleaded their case at all levels of courts

She have worked in the field of arbitration as arbitration panelist and represented clients before arbitration panels

She have worked as a legal advisor to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan

2003 – 2007:Commissioner at Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) – Jordan. As a TRC commissioner, She have carried out the following duties

She have performed tasks assigned to commissioners under the Telecommunications Law , especially participating in formulating the legal vision for the new forms to be used for the licensing agreements

participating in laying down the regulatory instructions for TRC

Compiling instructions for dispute resolution mechanisms related to interconnection

Chairing some committees for resolving disputes among
licensees related to telecommunications and information technology

Chairing a committee for resolving the dispute between
Jordan Telecom and Jomotel Company. She received a letter of thanks for my efforts in this respect

Sitting on the special committee set up by the House of
Deputies for discussing the Provisional Telecommunications Law 13 (1995) and its amendments

Playing a major role in the discussions on amendments to the Audio-Visual Media Commission Law; sitting on the special committee set up by the House of Deputies for this purpose

Participating in devising the executive procedures for integrating class
licensees into the new program of regulation and licensing.
As an expert commissioned by the International Telecommunications Union / Arab Regional Office, She submitted a report 6/8/2008 on the telecommunications sector in Yemen and its restructuring for the purpose of drafting an amendment to the telecommunications law in Yemen

She submitted the required amendment in March 2008, thereby accomplishing my mission

A an expert commissioned by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) She
have recently conducted analytical study of telecommunications law in the Iraqi Republic and made recommendations for its amendments

25/1/2008: Together with some associates, She established Shokair Center for Sector Regulation and Dispute Resolution

Honarary office and memberships: 
1982 – 1985 Member and co-founder of the Jordanian Humanist Association
1982 – 1986 Member and co-founder of the Amnesty International Branch in Jordan
1983 – 1985 Member of Professional Women's Club, Jordan
1986 – 2003 Member of the Jordanian bar Association
1997 – 1999 Member of the Jordanian legal Bar Association Examination Board
2001 to date Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration, London
2001 – 2003 Member of the Assessment of Legal Fees Committee of the Jordanian Bar Association
2002 to date Member of the Arab Union of International Arbitration
Productions and works: 
2001 A paper on Jordanian Arbitration Law
2002 A paper on Insurance Law
2002 A paper on the World Trade Organization
2003 A paper on Jordanian Civil Law of Compensation
2009-2010 Articles in Jordanian dailies on Telecommunications Law, Landlord and Tenants Law, and Consumer Protection Law in Jordan