Rami is a Higher Education specialist who advises on the regulatory framework, consumer law compliance, collaborations and international projects. Rami also heads up the firm’s supply of labour practice and advises clients on arrangements for the supply of temporary workers.

Rami's experience

  • Advised a significant number of UK higher education providers on the development and refinement of their student terms and conditions, including tuition fee policies, student protection plans, and refund and compensation frameworks, drawing on specialist expertise to ensure compliance and help shape sector wide standards in student contracting.

  • Advised recruitment businesses on compliance and contractual obligations, including the development of standard form terms and conditions and guidance on their legal duties as employment agencies and employment businesses.

  • Advised a wide range of higher education providers on implementing the 2024 increase to home undergraduate tuition fees, including assessing their ability to apply the uplift to new and continuing students and offer holders, preparing risk analyses, and supporting operational rollout.

  • Advised several UK universities on the appointment and contracting of online distance learning providers, including edX, Coursera, Cambridge Education Group, Risepoint, FutureLearn, Higher Ed Partners and Pearson.

  • Advised major UK organisations on preparing template agreements for engaging employment agencies and employment businesses to deliver recruitment services, including the supply of temporary workers.

  • Advised major UK businesses on preparing template agreements for engaging employment agencies and employment businesses to provide recruitment services, including the supply of temporary workers.

  • Advising Aston University upon its wholesale review and refresh of its entire suite of template legal documents, comprising a suite of over 50 contracts, including specialist intellectual property, healthcare and international academic collaboration contracts, as well as memorandums of understanding, confidentiality, supply and consultancy agreements.

  • Advised a group of UK higher education providers on structuring and negotiating international pathway collaborations with a global pathway operator, including academic, commercial and regulatory considerations, student journey design, risk allocation and long term partnership governance.

  • Advised Aston University on a multi party collaboration agreement for the next UKRI funded phase of the Supergen Bioenergy Hub, involving 21 consortium partners and securing c.£6.5 million to advance sustainable bioenergy systems supporting the UK’s transition to affordable, resilient, low carbon energy.

  • Advised the University of the Arts London on establishing a wholly owned subsidiary to operate as a creative recruitment agency, including its structure, governance and regulatory compliance, enabling students and alumni to access temporary and permanent work opportunities within the university and with external hirers.

Credentials

  • 2024
    Made Partner in Pinsent Masons
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Out-Law / Insight by Rami Labib

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