Experience

Edin Training & Translations

• Portugal
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director & Principal Lawyer-Linguist

  • Sep 2011 - Present

  Edin Training and Translations provides tailor made services, specializing in Legal English Courses and Legal Translations by fully qualified lawyer-linguists. The expertise and professional experience as a lawyer and linguist ensures the quality of our work. Key to Edin´s success is understanding your clients needs and building your services based on that understanding. That´s why it´s not a typical language school nor a typical translation agency. It´s a whole new concept. As the Director I am responsible for the general management of the business, including business development, project management, marketing and PR. As the principal lawyer linguist I am responsible for executing the training and translation services according to Edin´s high standards of quality. The following services are available: ▪ Legal English Courses, both in-house and with the Portuguese Bar Association ▪ Legal English Translations in Dutch, English, Portuguese and German ▪ Language Consultancy Services, such as Document Review and Quality Control ▪ Personal Tutoring ▪ Testing, incl. Language Assesment Tests Examples of some of the translation projects: - revision of the translation into English of the Portuguese Law on Voluntary Arbitration; - translation into English of the Portuguese Law on Competition (transposition of EU law); - translation into English of the Portuguese Law on Mediation (transposition of EU law); - Contracts; - Pledge and other Finance Contracts; - General Terms & Conditions; - Management reports & Annual reports; - PoAs; - Procedural documents. Show less



Open Universiteit

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Law

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Guest Lecturer for the Open Universiteit writing, developing and teaching the E-learning Legal English Course Level 1 (Bachelor) and Level 2 (Master & PhD), and the Legal English courses of the Bachelor Summer Schools, the Master Summer Schools and the PhD Winter Schools, all for the EDELNet program organised by the Faculties of Law of the Open Universiteit (NL), FernUniversität in Hagen (DE) and UNED (SP). Guest Lecturer for the Open Universiteit writing, developing and teaching the E-learning Legal English Course Level 1 (Bachelor) and Level 2 (Master & PhD), and the Legal English courses of the Bachelor Summer Schools, the Master Summer Schools and the PhD Winter Schools, all for the EDELNet program organised by the Faculties of Law of the Open Universiteit (NL), FernUniversität in Hagen (DE) and UNED (SP).



APA - The Portuguese Arbitration Association

• Content Creator

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2021

  I was responsible for helping build the online presence of APA by writing news articles for the APA website and the APA Linkedin site, selecting news related to domestic and international arbitration topics that may be of interest to the Portuguese arbitration community. I was responsible for helping build the online presence of APA by writing news articles for the APA website and the APA Linkedin site, selecting news related to domestic and international arbitration topics that may be of interest to the Portuguese arbitration community.



Dutch Portuguese Chamber of Commerce

• Portugal
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • 2005 - 2011

  Public procurement projects; project development, procurement and project management, Public relations with a focus on international relations in the private and public sector , Legal Support for Chamber of Commerce and clients, Business process management (internal procedures), Market studies/ market sector fact sheets , Business Development & Trade missions; preparation, development & implementation, Institutional marketing & PR Public procurement projects; project development, procurement and project management, Public relations with a focus on international relations in the private and public sector , Legal Support for Chamber of Commerce and clients, Business process management (internal procedures), Market studies/ market sector fact sheets , Business Development & Trade missions; preparation, development & implementation, Institutional marketing & PR



Van Asperen Advocaten

• Lawyer

  • 2000 - 2002

  Solicitor & Barrister - General practice: preparing legal advice for partners and in my own cases, client consultations, preparing litigation papers and pleading before various courts in various fields of law (civil, penal and public law), negotiations with opposing parties from private and public sector. Solicitor & Barrister - General practice: preparing legal advice for partners and in my own cases, client consultations, preparing litigation papers and pleading before various courts in various fields of law (civil, penal and public law), negotiations with opposing parties from private and public sector.



Pfeil Heuts Advocaten

• Lawyer

  • 1999 - 2000

  Solicitor & Barrister- General Practice: preparing legal advice for partners and in my own cases., client consultations, preparing litigation papers and pleading before various courts in various fields of law (civil, penal and public law), negotiations with opposing parties from private and public sector. Solicitor & Barrister- General Practice: preparing legal advice for partners and in my own cases., client consultations, preparing litigation papers and pleading before various courts in various fields of law (civil, penal and public law), negotiations with opposing parties from private and public sector.



Libertel, now Vodafone

• Lawyer

  • 1999 - 1999

  In-house lawyer on project base for the Millennium/Y2K project. Preparing legal advice on Y2K issues, inventory of contracts and legal commitments, management of supplier relations, preparing internal protocols and guidelines. In-house lawyer on project base for the Millennium/Y2K project. Preparing legal advice on Y2K issues, inventory of contracts and legal commitments, management of supplier relations, preparing internal protocols and guidelines.



IBM Netherlands

• Lawyer

  • Mar 1998 - Dec 1998

  In-house lawyer on project base. Preparing legal advice for Legal Department and Contract Managers. International contract drafting and reviewing.Preparing contract protocols and guidelines. In-house lawyer on project base. Preparing legal advice for Legal Department and Contract Managers. International contract drafting and reviewing.Preparing contract protocols and guidelines.