About

Provided by El-Aref International Law Office

El-Aref International Law Office's Corporate & Finance department advises on complex, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, banking and syndicated finance, capital markets, project and infrastructure finance, joint ventures and consortium structuring, private equity and venture capital, corporate governance, and public-private partnerships across Lebanon, the wider MENA region, the GCC and Sub-Saharan Africa. The department combines deep Lebanese regulatory insight with international execution standards, bridging civil-law and common-law systems for clients undertaking multi-jurisdictional transactions, and regularly serves as Lebanese and regional counsel alongside leading Magic Circle law firms and Amlaw 100 law firms . Its work spans negotiated and contested situations, from advance preparation of acquisition targets and asset and share transfers to syndicated lending, conventional and Sharia-compliant facility documentation, EPC and concession structuring, regulatory licensing and market entry, and development-finance and export-credit-backed transactions.

Chambers Review

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Corporate & Finance - Lebanon

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

El-Aref International Law Office counts among its clients several regional and international banks, as well as major energy corporations and tech companies. The firm regularly advises on high-value M&A transactions. It is also frequently mandated on the financing of energy projects located across the Middle East and Africa.

Work Highlights

  • El-Aref International Law Office advised Deltamar on a transportation agreement in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Aref El-Aref
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Aref El-Aref
2
Band 2

Managing partner Aref El-Aref is a respected lawyer whose practice spans a wealth of practice areas, including M&A as well as both the finance and development aspects of major energy and infrastructure projects.

Aref El-Aref is available and provides extremely practical advice which is easily understandable and actionable for a client who is less familiar with the jurisdiction.

Aref has great commercial awareness and always considers our interest.

Aref El-Aref is very hard-working and always delivers on deadline.

Ranked Lawyers at
El-Aref International Law Office

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Lebanon

Corporate & Finance

Aref El-Aref
2
Aref El-Aref
2
Band 2

Members

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Elias Sassine

Katia Daou

Mohamad Ramadan

Clients

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Associated Press

AstraZeneca

BBC

Bloomberg L.P.

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Novo Nordisk

Rotana Music

TCQ Power

The New York Times Company

World Fuel Services Corporation

Industries

Provided by El-Aref International Law Office

Construction

Energy

Healthcare

Media

Music

Pharmaceutical Companies

Technology