HASSAN MAKHDOOM

Alliance House, Newington Green, London N16 9QH

E-mail address: hassan_mak@hotmail.com
Mobile No.: +447809865966

Education/Qualifications

Bar Vocational Course, City University London 09/2009

- 05/2011
Main Courses: Legal Research, Opinion Writing, Drafting, Commercial Law, Negotiation,
Advocacy, Conference

LLB in Laws (Honours), 2:2, London School of Economics

09/2005 - 07/2008
Main courses: Law of Business Associations, Taxation Law, Law of Obligations

Karachi Grammar School, Karachi, Pakistan 08/1998 -

06/2005
GCE A-Levels: 3 As - Mathematics (95%), Economics (91%), Accounting (96%)
GCE As-Levels: 2 Bs - General Paper (87%), Sociology (82%)
GCSE O-Levels: 9 As, 2 Bs

Work Experience

Malik, Chaudhary, Ahmed, Siddiki and Waheed 08/2010

- 03/2011
Associate
Karachi, Pakistan
• Worked on ongoing Commercial Law disputes, Legal Opinions and Contracts.
• Conducted extensive legal research
• Drafted contracts, legal opinions, grounds for appeal and various applications.
• Maintained relationships with clients through conferences and correspondence.
• Worked as a team with Seniors and fellow Associates.

Rasheed Razvi & Associates 07/2008

- 08/2008
Mini-Pupillage Karachi,
Pakistan
• Drafted legal notices, observed proceedings at the Courts and conducted research.

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu 08/2007 -

09/2007
Internship Karachi,
Pakistan
• Carried out the audit of the assets of a marketing company with one other auditor.
• Performed tasks such as checking subsequent clearance of debtors, calculating the
depreciation etc.
• Analyzed and synthesized financial information while going through extensive
financial data (such as end of year statements, accounts, cash flow statements etc.).
• Gained knowledge of skills required and methods used in order to carry out an audit.

Axiom Funds 06/2007 -

07/2007
Research Internship London, United
Kingdom
• Researched and assisted in evaluating possible funds that the Axiom Commodities
Fund (fund of funds) could invest into.
• Analyzed the trading strategies of potential underwritten funds.
• Gained knowledge of the commodities market.

Other Experience/Interests
• Completed course in Financial Modelling.
• Played for the LSE Cricket Team.
• Event organizer, LSE Finance Society
• Advisor, City Law Advice Clinic (holding conference; research; legal opinion).
• Case worker, London Innocence Project (research; drafting).
• Community Service Work (teaching English) at the Behbud Association Primary
School, Karachi.

Skills
• Proficient at use of Microsoft Office and Excel (Intermediate Level Course)
• Languages: English (Native tongue), Urdu (Fluent) and Hindi (Fluent in speaking)