Dentons Sayarh & Menjra: Ahmad Hussein

Ahmad is Of Counsel at Dentons Sayarh & Menjra.

Prior to joining Dentons Sayarh & Menjra, Ahmad practiced for several years at top firms in the intellectual property sector.

Ahmad has extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property law, as well as franchising, distribution, prosecution and litigation.

He has also developed specialized skills in a large range of sectors, including media, entertainment and sports, in addition to advertising, technology and retail.

Recognition

  • Magazine Décideurs ranking
  • Trophées du Droit ranking, Argent
  • Leaders League ranking
  • Legal 500 EMEA ranking, Morocco, TOP TIERS 1

Insights

  • “Corporate sponsorship in Morocco - Legal and tax aspects,” thesis for the LL.M by Research in Business and Corporate Law, University of Cadi Ayyad, Morocco

Activities and Affiliations

  • Member, French Association of Practitioners in Trademarks and Designs (APRAM)
  • Member, Arab Group of the International Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
  • Member, International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) 
  • Former member, European Community Trademark Association (ECTA)
  • Former member, Trademark Reporter Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Former member, Pharmaceutical Trademark Group (PTMG)
  • Former member, Intellectual Property Committee, Aeronautics and Astronautics Association of France
  • Former member, International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Former member, American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Former member, Licensing Executive Society (LES)
  • Former member, German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • Former member, Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)
  • Former member, MARQUES
  • Former member, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
  • Former Secretary General, Moroccan Association of Industrial Property Counsels (AMACPI)
  • Former representative in Morocco for:
    • Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP)
    • Licensing Executive Society - Arab Countries (LES-AC) 
    • The Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society (AIPMAS)
    • The Arab International Society for Technology Management (AKMS)
    • Founder, "fellowship meetings between lawyers and jurists of Morocco", since 2012
    • Former Member, Treasurer, Secretary and President, District 9010, Rotary Club Casablanca Palmiers

Prior and Present Employment

  • Joined Dentons in 2020
  • Attorney-At-Law and Managing Partner, Cabinet HHH Avocats, since 2015
  • Country Managing Attorney, AGIP / TAGLEGAL, 2009-2015
  • Legal manager, AGIP / TAGLEGAL, 2007-2009
  • Senior lawyer, Cabinet of Me Zohra HASNAOUI, 2004-2007