Practice Areas - Corporate Finance and Restructuring
- International Taxation
- Venture Capital
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- IPO
| - Securitization
- Privatization
- Franchising
- Establishment and Management of Funds
- Setting-up of Countries Strategies
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| Education | St. Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon (LL.B., 1990); University of Pantheon- Assas, Paris II, France (Masters in Business Law and Taxation, 1991; DESS Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées, 1992); Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (LL.M., 1993); ESCP-EAP, France (M.B.A., 2000); University of Pantheon- Assas, Paris II, France (Business Law and Taxation) |
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| Admitted | 1994, Beirut and New York |
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| Memberships | Beirut and New York State Bar Associations. |
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| Languages | Arabic, English and French |
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| Born | Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 1968 |
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| Biography | Author: Foreign direct investments in Lebanon, book 1996; Management of the Lebanese corporation, book 1998; Start-Up in Dubai, book 2002. Lecturer, International Economic Law and Finance, Lebanon and abroad, since 1996. Visiting Researcher and Scholar, Harvard Law School. Dean, Anglo-Saxon Faculty, La Sagesse University. Founder: Middle East Law Group; Middle East Law Journal, 1994. Counselor, UNCTAD. |
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| ISLN | 913782451 |
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| Transactions | Ven Invest Holding SAL - Negotiation, preparation and finalization of the sale of a significant stake in Serene Real Estate SAL, owner of real estate project in Beirut Central District to Salam Bunian QCSC, a Qatari corporation; Sodamco Holding SAL - Legal assistance in establishing subsidiaries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in Kuwait, which will build and operate industrial plants in these countries as well as legal and financial restructuring of the group; Serene Real Estate SAL - Advice and legal assistance with regards to the securitization of assets; Injazat Capital Limited, DIFC, Dubai - Legal advice and legal support with regards to establishing funds, acquisition of shares in new and existing companies and licensing of a financial institution with the CMA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Express International Group Limited - Preparation and finalization of the sale of foreign subsidiaries and restructuring of the group; Al Wadi Grand Residence SAL - Legal assistance in setting forth the internal regulation of the real estate project as well as financial and fiscal engineering; DMRI Inc. - Legal assistance in negotiating licensing of patent with General Electric and setting forth the expansion strategy of the company, including establishing a subsidiary in Lebanon and expanding to China. |
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