Legal Associate

• Apr 2022 - Present

• Conducted legal researches, drafted opinions, advices and memoranda and answered questionnaires on various legal topics, including financial technologies, payment methods, privacy and data protection, product liability and commercial representation.• Assisted International companies contemplating to be sponsors in FIFA World Cup 2022 and provided legal opinions on compliance with Qatari laws and regulations.• Assisted international and well-known tech companies on a daily basis with all their legal inquiries to ensure their compliance with Lebanese laws and regulations concerning their activities in Lebanon.• Assisted clients in several mergers and acquisitions transactions, by conducting due diligences covering several legal aspects related to the transaction.• Assisted the IFC and the EBRD on three PPP projects approved by the High Council for Privatization and PPP concerning the expansion of (i) the Beirut Rafik Hariri international airport, (ii) the Rene Mouawad airport (Kleiaat airport) and the Khalde – Nahr Ibrahim expressway.• Provided corporate advisory notably in the context of annual retainer for corporations, including documents of incorporation, minutes of corporate meetings and other legal documents.• Assisted numerous companies, authors, and inventors in the protection of their trademarks, copyright and patents, ranging from multinational companies to family-owned businesses enterprises in the MENA region.• Assisted with drafting statements of claim, statements of defense, pleadings, notices, and legal memos in all kinds of commercial, civil, labor law and penal cases.

Junior Associate

• Apr 2020 - Apr 2022

• Worked on due diligence reports as well as general mergers and acquisitions advisory related to transactions involving regional and international companies and financial institutions contemplated in both regulated and unregulated sectors in Lebanon and Qatar.• Worked on drafting opinions and advices, as well as the incorporation, liquidation, and restructuring of local, regional and international companies and financial institutions.• Worked on drafting and reviewing agreements, contracts, letters of undertaking, letters of intent, documents of incorporation, minutes of corporate meetings, and other legal documents.• Worked on drafting opinions, advices, and memorandums submitted before the Lebanese judicial courts.• Communicated and liaised with regulators and authorities in Lebanon in the context of several transactions.

Trainee

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

Trainee lawyer

• Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

One year training at Michel El Khoury law firm, former President of the North Lebanon Bar Association.- Conducted research on various legal issues- Communicated a liaised with regulators and authorities in Lebanon in the context of several litigation an transactional files- Worked on drafting opinions and memorandums submitted before the judicial courts. One year training at Michel El Khoury law firm, former President of the North Lebanon Bar Association.- Conducted research on various legal issues- Communicated a liaised with regulators and authorities in Lebanon in the context of several litigation an transactional files- Worked on drafting opinions and memorandums submitted before the judicial courts.