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Mohamed Darwish, an accomplished professional with extensive experience in business development and legal expertise across the hospitality and real estate sectors. Mohamed earned his PGDL (Postgraduate Diploma of Law) from Leeds Beckett University and pursued a Master of Business Administration at the University of Leicester, UK. Additionally, he holds dual bachelor's degrees, one in Business Admi

nistration and another in Law, from the University of Cairo. As the founder of Darwish Legal Consultants, Mohamed specializes in Hospitality, real estate, corporate, and fintech, collaborating closely with esteemed hospitality organizations and companies within various jurisdictions in the UAE. His firm offers tailored legal counsel and strategic support to meet the unique needs of each client. Moreover, Mohamed is an IMI certified mediator accredited by the International Mediation Institute (IMI), a qualification obtained through the ADR Center.

04/11/2025

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š?

In this episode of The Legal Lobby Podcast, Mohamed Darwish and Christian Salloum dive deep into:

The impact of franchisor diversification on the ecosystem

Legal compliance and contractual safeguards

Financial capacity and brand quality control

The lawyerโ€™s role in maintaining fair and transparent franchise systems

๐ŸŽง Watch the full discussion now โ€“ The Legal Lobby Podcast

04/11/2025

โ€œ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐žโ€ โ€” ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ.

In this episode of The Legal Lobby Podcast,
Christian Salloum, CEO & Managing Director of BrandPortunity, and Mohamed Darwish, Founder of Darwish Legal Consultants, uncover the deep relationship between franchisor and franchisee โ€” a partnership built on trust, structure, and legal clarity.

They explore:
๐Ÿ’ก Intellectual Property & brand protection across franchise markets
โš™๏ธ Operational challenges and maintaining consistency between franchisor & franchisee
๐Ÿ“ข Customer awareness, influencers & authentic brand storytelling
๐Ÿ” The impact of search engine reviews and online reputation
โš–๏ธ The lawyerโ€™s role in crafting and safeguarding franchise agreements

A must-watch for anyone entering the world of franchise development, hospitality, or brand expansion โ€” because every franchise is, in essence, a Commercial Marriage.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Live now โ€“ Monday, 3rd November | 8:00 AM (Dubai Time)
๐ŸŽง The Legal Lobby Podcast โ€“ Where Business Meets Law

23/10/2025

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๐ŸŒ โ€œSustainability isnโ€™t a choice anymore โ€” itโ€™s our way forward.โ€ โ€” Soha Metwally

In this episode of The Legal Lobby Podcast, I sit with Soha Metwally from TIME Hotels to talk about how the UAE is leading the world in green hospitality, and how she learns every day from Gen Z, the generation shaping the global future.

โ™ป๏ธ Leadership โ€ข Awareness โ€ข Change
๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full episode on YouTube (link in bio).

๐Ÿ’ก If you donโ€™t speak Arabic, you can use YouTubeโ€™s auto-translation feature: Settings โš™๏ธ โ†’ Subtitles โ†’ Auto-Translate โ†’ English.

20/10/2025

๐Ÿšจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐๐Ž๐–!

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ โ€ข ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž โ€ข ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž

Featuring ๐’๐จ๐ก๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ ๐‡๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ**,
in conversation with ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ** & ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐จ๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.

From ๐”๐€๐„ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
to ๐†๐ž๐ง ๐™ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ,
this conversation explores what it truly means to lead with ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ.

๐Ÿ“บ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž:
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๐Ÿ’ก ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž: ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐€๐ซ๐š๐›๐ข๐œ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ:
๐’๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โš™๏ธ โ†’ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ†’ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ-๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž โ†’ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก.

๐Ÿ“บโœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•— ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ (๐ƒ๐ฎ๐›๐š๐ข ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž)๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐จ๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘ค ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ...
18/10/2025

๐Ÿ“บโœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•— ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ (๐ƒ๐ฎ๐›๐š๐ข ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž)

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐จ๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ
๐Ÿ‘ค ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก
โš–๏ธ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ Darwish Legal Consultants & ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐จ๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ

๐Ÿ’ซ I had the pleasure of sitting with ๐Œ๐ฌ. Soha Metwally,
๐Ÿ’ผ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ TIME Hotels โ€” a leader whose journey reflects strength, wisdom, and passion for hospitality.

With over ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž across ๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ and the ๐†๐‚๐‚ ๐ŸŒ, she has mastered the art of leadership built on purpose and precision.

Her story is one of resilience, time management, and strategic vision โ€” proving that true leadership is about consistency, empathy, and integrity.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ:

โœจ ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Women in Leadership
๐Ÿงผ ๐Ÿจ Hygiene & Compliance in Hotels
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ’ก Gen Z Workforce in Hospitality
๐ŸŽช ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Event Management & Permits in Hotels

โณ At the end of the day, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐ก๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐ŸŽง Donโ€™t miss this inspiring conversation! and the last part with her daughter Malak Dabcha

๐Ÿ”— Watch it ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ | ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐€๐Œ (๐ƒ๐ฎ๐›๐š๐ข ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž)

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