Practice Areas - General Corporate Counseling
- Insurance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
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- Islamic Finance
- Strategic Alliances
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| Education | Saint Joseph University, Faculty of Law, Beirut, Lebanon (LL.B., 1985); University of London, Queen Mary College, London, United Kingdom (LL.M., 1986); Harvard Law School, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA (Program of Instructions for Lawyers, 1999) |
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| Admitted | 1985, Beirut |
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| Memberships | Beirut and International Bar Associations. |
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| Languages | Arabic, English, French and Spanish |
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| Born | Al Mazraa, Lebanon, April 10, 1963 |
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| Biography | Author: articles on Islamic finance, investment, insurance and business law issues. Contributor, Year Book of Middle Eastern Law, Kluwer Law International, England. Regional General Counsel, ALICO-AIG, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, 2000-2008. Partner and General Counsel, The International Investor, 1993-2000. Earlier was Associate Counsel, Samir Saleh & Associates Law Firm, London. Area Representative: Universal Bank (Suisse), Greece; Private Banking, Credit Commercial de France (London).
Advises on various aspects of international and domestic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and partnerships; financing structures; insurance matters; securitizations; project finance; shareholders' agreements; public and private placements. Worked extensively on equity sale and purchase transactions, shareholders' technical assistance and distribution agreements and in structuring Islamic Investment Funds and Sharia'a compliant structures. Regularly advises clients on investment and insurance matters, the structuring of insurance and investment products in accordance with local regulations. |
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| ISLN | 900052963 |
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| Transactions | Major completed transactions include the restructuring of a US$ 450M Lease Finance Facility to Kuwait Airways; advising on a US$ 120M Islamic Lease Facility to Kuwait Equate Petrochemical Co; structuring a US$ 65M Islamic Property Fund in England; drafting the offering documents of a US$ 800M Private Placement for Commercial Real Estate Company in Kuwait; advising on the contractual and organizational documents related to a US$ 70M Insurance JV in Saudi. |
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