Practice
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Practice
Forming, restructuring, merging or selling a company in Lebanon, including where shareholders or buyers sit abroad. You are told at the outset what the process costs in time, not only in fees.
Mergers of local and international companies, shareholder arrangements, and the corporate, financial and social administration of a practice managed since 2000. Available on a co-counsel basis where Lebanese law governs one limb of a wider transaction.
Not every dispute belongs in court. Where a contract allows it, arbitration or mediation is usually faster, stays private, and travels better across borders. You will be told plainly when it does not suit your case.
Board member of the centre for mediation and arbitration at the Tripoli Bar Association. Clause drafting, seat and institution selection, appointment questions and the conduct of proceedings, informed by the doctrinal reading the teaching role requires.
If your agreement crosses a border, three questions decide what it is worth: whose law reads it, which court or tribunal hears a dispute, and whether a judgment can actually be enforced where the assets are. They are answered before you sign.
Drafting and negotiation of international commercial agreements and joint venture documentation, with counterparties across France, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon. Choice of law, forum and enforceability against Lebanese assets treated as substantive negotiating positions.
Dealings with public bodies, licensing, and questions about how an institution is properly constituted and run. Slow to become urgent and expensive once it does, which is why it is worth asking early.
Governance, constitutional culture and rule of law questions, informed by a deanship that included academic partnerships with human rights organisations on accountability in Lebanon, and by participation in the Rule of Law Forum in Beirut.
Universities, hospitals and organisations do not have legal problems occasionally; they have them continuously. A standing relationship means the awkward question gets asked in March rather than in court in November.
Eight years as legal consultant to a university and a hospital, with continuing consultancy to international companies and non-governmental organisations in Lebanon and abroad. Governance, contracting, employment and regulatory exposure viewed at institutional level.
Buying, holding or selling Lebanese property from abroad, whether you are an expatriate, a returning family, or a foreign company. Title and permissions are verified before any payment is made, in that order.
Acquisition of real estate in Lebanon and abroad for international companies and individuals, including asset restoration and resale. Five years as a legal expert on the Commission Régionale des Experts in collaboration with the French Embassy in Lebanon.
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