Corporate & Transactional Law
We provide local and cross border advice to a wide range of clients, from local start-ups to international companies, on corporate and transactional law. Our team provides assistance in all the stages of a company’s formation including its incorporation, structuring and restructuring. We draft and review all types of contracts including employment contracts, franchise agreements, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreement and management agreements and assist our clients with the negotiations of such contracts.
Mergers and Acquisitions
We advise local and international clients from all business sectors on all aspects related to their merger or acquisition transactions starting from the negotiation of the term sheet to the closing of the transaction. Our assistance includes drafting or reviewing the term sheet, conducting the legal due diligence exercise, drafting the transaction documents, assisting our clients with the negotiations and leading the transaction to closing. We also represent our regulated clients before the relevant authorities in Lebanon and coordinate with them all throughout our mandate in order to ensure that the transaction will run smoothly.
Banking and Finance (both Islamic and Conventional)
We assist our local and international clients navigate through the Lebanese banking and financial sector amidst unpredictable geopolitical conditions. We provide assistance and advice in matters related to banking secrecy, anti-money laundering regulations, banking activities, insolvency, investment structures, asset finance, project financing, financial regulatory issues and establishment of funds.
We also offer our clients advice in structuring and negotiating Islamic finance transactions, including Sukuk issuance and project finance.
Capital Markets and Financial Instruments
We focus on the Lebanese regulatory system of capital markets and financial instruments and cover a wide range of capital markets and financial products. We assist in matters related to initial public offerings (IPOs), stock exchange listings, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and financial licensing issues.
Tax
We advise and defend our clients, in coordination with tax experts, in all matters related to their tax matters. We have extensive experience in resolving tax cases before tax authorities and courts in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Ministry of Finance and the Council of State.
Insurance
With our extensive experience and knowledge in the insurance sector, we assist our clients in all matters related to insurance and reinsurance activities and businesses in Lebanon and in the MENA region. We advise and represent both insurance companies and insured individuals.
We have extensive experience in advising insurance companies in the context of M&A transactions by providing them with the necessary regulatory advice, coordinating with the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and the Insurance Control Commission (ICC) on their behalf, conducting legal due diligence exercise on the target insurance company and drafting and negotiating the relevant transaction documents.
Hospitality
We advise developers, owners, and operators of hotel, resort as well as financial institutions, and financial consultants, on all aspects of their involvement in the hospitality industry globally.
We have worked with clients on a variety of properties and understand contemporary business and legal issues unique to hospitality industry clients.
Real Estate, Real Estate Development and Construction Law
We assist our clients in all legal matters relating to real estate and construction law. We advise developers and contractors on complex real estate transactions and large-scale construction projects, notably the purchase and sale of property, contracting and construction projects, tenders, property development and public private partnerships (PPPs).
Pro Bono
We give back to society by providing pro-bono legal services and assistance to various non-profit organizations, young entrepreneurs and start-ups established in Lebanon.