Malia Mediouni

Malia Mediouni is a lawyer and business leader practicing in commercial law, intellectual property, and information technology law. She serves as legal counsel to a diverse clientele, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to large corporations. Malia provides strategic advice on contractual matters, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of agreements, and also manages internal disputes.

In addition to her legal experience in both private practice and corporate settings, Malia has developed extensive management expertise through her role as Director of Administrative and Legal Services within an SME. This experience enables her to skillfully align clients’ business objectives with their legal frameworks. She stands out for her exceptional communication, writing, and analytical skills, as well as her creative mindset, which allows her to deliver innovative solutions to the most complex cases.

Prior to becoming a lawyer-entrepreneur, Malia was the Director of Administrative and Legal Services at Delegatus. In this role, she was responsible for the overall management of the firm’s legal and ethical compliance, including the drafting and review of confidentiality agreements, service agreements, internal policies and procedures, as well as a multitude of contracts from service providers. Malia also worked on the real estate litigation team with a well-known landlord in Canada and the United States. Malia has also worked within a real estate litigation team for a prominent property owner operating in both Canada and the United States.

Malia worked as a lawyer in a boutique law firm, where she handled a variety of civil and commercial litigation matters as well as disciplinary law cases. She later continued her career in private practice, specializing in banking law, where she was responsible for leading the department in charge of recovering unsecured debts.

• Acting as Head of Litigation for a leading company in medical imaging, holding an executive role and providing strategic advice on a wide range of issues, notably contractual matters, including service and license agreements, as well as managing external legal counsel, particularly during the implementation of Law 25.
• Reviewing numerous commercial leases as part of negotiations for extensions and renewals for a multinational retail company and provided recommendations to the client.
• Analyzing commercial leases in the context of developing an artificial intelligence tool for a major client and collaborated with an external team of experts on this project.
• Successfully representing a major client in a defamation lawsuit.