ABOU JAOUDE & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM - Key Persons
Advised Carlos Ghosn, the notorious former CEO of the Renault-Nissan Group, on the challenging of an Interpol Red Notice in the context of the high profile globally mediatized legal actions against Nissan and Renault.
Advised the CEO of leading TV station LBCI on the high-profile ICC arbitration case against largest Arab media group Rotana.
Advised Carlos Ghosn, the notorious former CEO of the Renault-Nissan Group, on major publication agreements for the publishing of several books by leading publishing houses in France (La Librairie Arthème Fayard), the US (Tanooki Press LLC), Japan (Gentosha), and Lebanon (Samir Editeur).
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Founding Partner
- Managing Partner
- Lawyer
- Representative Experience
- the "Exceptional" Managing Partner
Carlos Abou Jaoude is the founder and managing partner of Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm. He heads the Banking and Finance practices of the Firm. He has worked in Paris and London prior to establishing the Firm in Beirut.
Carlos has more than 30 years of experience representing key local, regional and international clients across all industries in the private and public sectors on a broad spectrum of legal mandates. He has led on major groundbreaking transactions in the region, notably in the fields of banking, finance, M&A, energy, project development and finance, media, telecoms, and government relations.
Carlos has also acted for high-profile clients in winning complex arbitration and litigation cases which made headlines, with a particular focus on media, construction, energy, and banking disputes.
He is actively engaged in policy-related work, and is solicited by public authorities to opine on policy and legislation reforms. Carlos pioneered in devising several innovative legal structures and investment products in the market. He is particularly renowned for his exceptional business-minded approach to legal transactions.
Carlos' recent notable representative experience can be viewed here.
EXPERTISE
Banking ● Finance and Capital Markets ● Mergers & Acquisitions ● Corporate Law ● Energy ● Project Development and Finance ● Real Estate and Construction ● Tax ● Dispute Resolution ● Financial Restructuring and Insolvency ● Government Relations and Public Policy ● Media ● Private Wealth and Family Offices ● Telecommunications and Technology
"The "exceptional" managing partner Carlos Abou Jaoude is highly skilled in cross-border transactions."
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Lawyer
- Representative Experience
Grace Tamer is a partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm.
Grace has more than 30 years of experience and a broadly focused disputes practice advising prominent local, regional and international clients on major civil, commercial and penal litigation cases before all court levels, from case strategy setting to implementation. Her practice spans across many industries, and covers collection claims, consensual work-outs, complex enforcement actions, major debt restructurings, and insolvency proceedings.
Grace has substantial industry knowledge of the print and broadcast media sectors, having advised high-profile Lebanese and regional newspapers and television stations on their onshore and offshore activities, the procurement and protection of intellectual property rights and licenses, and dispute resolution matters.
Her extensive experience includes counselling on a wide spectrum of employment law matters, ranging from the development of legally-compliant employment policies to employment contracts, as well as labor-related litigation. She also specializes in regulatory advice on administrative and public law matters.
Grace's recent notable representative experience can be viewed here.
EXPERTISE
Dispute Resolution
Employment and Benefits
Media
Financial Restructuring and Insolvency
Intellectual Property
Hachem El Housseini is a partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm. Prior to joining the Firm, Hachem practiced in a reputable law firm in Lebanon.
Maya Abdallah is a senior associate at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm.
Maya has considerable experience advising local, regional, and international clients on matters related to corporate law. She handles the incorporation of all types of companies in Lebanon and abroad, and the obtainment of regulatory approvals before all administrations and authorities.
She counsels annually-retained entities on the legal aspects of their day-to-day business, including regulatory compliance, registrations of intellectual property rights, and a wide spectrum of commercial agreements. Her experience includes advising companies across industries on corporate governance matters, corporate structurings and restructurings, capitalizations, private equity acquisitions and disposals, and voluntary liquidations.
Maya also specializes in the formation and registration of NGOs, and assists foreign companies in the establishment of their business presence in Lebanon.
EXPERTISE
Corporate Law
Employment and Benefits
Intellectual Property
Mergers & Acquisitions
Rana Bitar is an associate at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm.
Rana works within the Litigation practice group. She has considerable expertise in civil and commercial litigation and enforcement actions across industries before all court levels, and in employment law matters. Her experience also includes advising clients on personal status issues and the registration of trademarks. Rana handles court reviews and follow-ups, and the drafting and review of pleadings and motions, as well as various other legal documents, including corporate-related documents and commercial agreements.
EXPERTISE
Litigation
Employment and Benefits
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Lawyer
- Representative Experience
Rania Khoury is a partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm, and heads the Arbitration practice. Before joining the Firm, she worked at prestigious law firms in Paris, such as Dentons, Gide Loyrette Nouel, and CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats, as well as at the Supreme Court of Arizona in the United States. Rania has gained over 20 years of international multidisciplinary expertise covering advisory, transactional and dispute-resolution matters in Paris, the US and Lebanon.
With a broadly focused arbitration practice, Rania has extensive experience representing notable clients in winning complex high-stake domestic and international arbitration cases under the rules of all major arbitral institutions in Lebanon and Europe (including ICC, ICSID, and BCCI), and in ad-hoc proceedings. Her practice spans across many industries, with a particular sector experience in media, construction, energy, and finance.
Rania is regularly solicited to serve as arbitrator on key arbitration disputes. She also participates in legal committees advising on updating the arbitration rules of local arbitration centers.
Her expertise further includes advising on the acquisition, commercialization, protection, licensing and enforcement of all types of intellectual property rights (trademarks, designs, models, copyright, know-how, domain names, professional secrecy), as well as acting on both contentious and non-contentious issues in the press, audio-visual, technology (internet, software, databases, e-commerce) and media sectors.
Rania's recent notable representative experience can be viewed here.
EXPERTISE
Arbitration
Intellectual Property
Entertainment Law
Franchising
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Lawyer
- Representative Experience
Robert Al Kareh is a senior associate at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm. Prior to joining the Firm, Robert worked with reputable law firms in Lebanon.
Robert concentrates his practice on real estate law. He has considerable experience advising local, regional, and international clients on acquisitions and disposals of real estate property, landlord and tenant law, private and commercial lease agreements, property management, and due diligence investigations associated with real estate transactions.
His experience includes advising companies on major real estate development and construction projects, from site acquisition to the sale of parcelled units, including the obtainment of regulatory approvals before all administrations and authorities.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Head of Corporate
Simon El Kai is a partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm. He co-heads the Corporate practice and heads the Litigation and the Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals practice. He previously worked at two reputable law firms in Lebanon, and at the international law firm Shearman & Sterling in Paris.
Simon has more than 25 years of experience and an extensive multidisciplinary expertise covering advisory, transactional and dispute-resolution matters. Simon has profound industry knowledge of the pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and distributorships sectors, having represented notable pharmaceutical groups and diversified conglomerates.
He has an established record advising major local, regional, and international clients on the legal aspects of their business, including regulatory compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property matters, tax issues, employment law, corporate structurings and restructurings, capitalizations, private equity acquisitions and divestments, and a wide spectrum of commercial agreements and transactions. His experience includes advising on acquisitions and disposals of all types of real estate properties in Lebanon, as well as on private and commercial lease agreements.
Simon has a broad disputes practice with considerable experience representing clients across industries in high-stake civil, commercial and penal litigation before all court levels, as well as in arbitration cases.
Simon's recent notable representative experience can be viewed here.
EXPERTISE
Corporate Law ● Mergers & Acquisitions ● Licensing, Agency and Distributorships ● Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals ● Dispute Resolution ● Intellectual Property ● Media ● Employment and Benefits ● Real Estate and Construction
Thierry Abou Jaoude is a Lawyer in Training at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm.
Thierry works within the Corporate Law, Banking, and Dispute Resolution practice group. He has gained professional experience in conducting legal research, and participating in the drafting and review of various legal documents, including pleadings and motions related to civil, penal and administrative lawsuits, as well as legal memoranda and commercial agreements. He assists on domestic and international transactions, and advises clients on regulatory compliance matters.
EXPERTISE
Corporate Law
Banking
Data & Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Employment and Benefits