Global
Practice Areas
Commercial and banking law; corporate structuring and finance; mergers and acquisitions; commercial and civil litigation.
Advises Arab and international companies on their operations in Lebanon and the Middle East, with particular experience in corporate reorganisations, private placements, shareholder arrangements and cross-border structuring.
Career
Founding and Managing Partner, Levant Law Practice (2002–Present).
Partner, Mattar & Mattar Law Firm (1983–2002).
Internal Legal Counsel, Leading Lebanese Investment Bank (1998–2002).
Professional Memberships
Member, Beirut Bar Association (since 1983)
Industry Sector Expertise
Banking & Financial Services.
Investment & Private Equity.
FMCG Group.
Real Estate & Hospitality.
Industrial & Manufacturing.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Lebanon.
Cross-border transactions in the Middle East and Gulf region.
Cross-border dispute involvement in London and the Cayman Islands.
Languages Spoken
Arabic
English
French (working proficiency)
Education
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
1979
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Read for Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies
1979 - 1981
Lebanese University, Faculty of Law and Political & Administrative Sciences
Licence en Droit (LL.B.)
1983