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Click here to find out more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/9ce09529-8644-4b56-9248-17efd75a08d3/cem.jpg Team - Chadia El Meouchi Managing Partner Chadia El Meouchi is the Managing Partner at the firm in Lebanon and Qatar. Chadia advises clients in a large number of fields, most particularly in the areas of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance (both Islamic and conventional), PPP, establishment of funds, capital markets and financial instruments, structuring and restructuring, oil and gas, hospitality and urban development, insurance, project finance, construction law, environmental law, and real estate, throughout the MENA region, Europe, Asia, the GCC and North and South America. Chadia has been recognized by Dow Jones/Financial News as amongst the top 50 Most Influential Women in Middle East Finance’s latest edition, and by Euromoney/International Financial Law Review IFLR Women Leaders Top 300 Global’s latest editions. 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She advises numerous clients in banking and finance, financing instruments and funds, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, oil and gas, private businesses on commercial and financial matters such as purchase and sale transactions, private financing, shareholders relationships, cross-border transactions, management contracts and any other type of commercial transaction and contracts and other types of commercial transactions and contracts. Click here to find out more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/8b5c2f58-7810-47a3-a00f-39ac4b019fa0/Samia+El+Meouchi.jpg Team - Samia El Meouchi Partner Samia El Meouchi is a Partner at the firm. Her main areas of practice are corporate/commercial, M&A, and banking and finance and has contributed to several publications of the firm, notably with respect to alternative dispute resolution, banking and corporate governance. 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Rawad works within the transactional and litigation practice groups on all areas of the law, including notably Banking & Finance, Employment, Enforcement, NGOs, Commercial and Corporate law. Rawad graduated from the Lebanese University with a Bachelor and Masters in General Law. Rawad also has a certification in Project Management from the Technical Institute of America. Rawad is fluent in Arabic, English and French. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-chadia-el-meouchi daily 0.75 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/8feda81e-3577-4b93-8c45-0cfcde916d7d/cem.jpg Chadia El Meouchi - Chadia El Meouchi is the Managing Partner of Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm. She has been a member of the New York Bar since 2000. Chadia joined the firm in 2000, and became Managing Partner in 2005. Chadia has practiced law in North America and the Middle East (including Lebanon and Qatar) for over 20 years. Chadia advises clients in a large number of fields, most particularly in the areas of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance (both Islamic and conventional), PPP, energy (including oil and gas), establishment of funds, capital markets and financial instruments, structuring and restructuring, hospitality and urban development, insurance, project finance, construction law, environmental law, and real estate, throughout the MENA region, Europe, Asia, the GCC and North and South America. Chadia has been recognized by Dow Jones/Financial News as amongst the top 50 Most Influential Women in Middle East Finance’s latest edition. She was also recognized by Euromoney/International Financial Law Review IFLR Women Leaders Top 300 global for three consecutive years including their latest edition. Chadia is also consistently recognized as a leading corporate and commercial lawyer in a number of law directories and guides, including Chambers Global Guide for Leading Lawyers every year since 2004 (Lebanon and Qatar). And since 2007, she was also selected as a leading corporate and finance lawyer by each of the International Financial Legal Review, Global Legal 500, Asia Law and Practical Lawyer – PLC Which Lawyer (Lebanon and Qatar). Chadia is a board member of various companies in different industries, including banking and financial services, cement, insurance, construction, engineering and commercial. She is a professor at: University Panthéon – Assas Paris II, Paris - France: Lecturing in “Islamic Banking and Finance, Islamic Corporate Governance and Tax Legislation of the GCC Countries” , to students in the LLM for Business Law in the Arab countries; At American University of Beirut lecturing in Energy Law in the Master of Science Energy Program; At The Lebanese American University lecturing in Project Finance, Public and Private Partnerships, Corporate Governance and Mergers and Acquisitions. Chadia is lecturer at Tamayyaz in the Independent Corporate Director Certification Program. Chadia also taught Negotiation and English law classes and Economics for Success. Chadia has authored a number of articles on corporate and financial law, as well as on privatisation, corporate governance, and transparency. She is also frequently invited to speak at conferences on numerous topics, such as leadership, women rights, business and commercial law, banking and finance, international expansion, corporate governance and transparency and access to information and intellectual property. Chadia obtained a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in international business, from Concordia University in Montreal. She then obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Montreal before obtaining a Master of Laws (LLM) from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She also holds an Islamic Finance Qualification granted by the UK Securities and Investment Institute and ESA, and a Certificate in arbitration and ADR from the Canadian International Arbitration Centre (McGillUniversity). Chadia has obtained a post-graduate diploma in Oil & Gas law from Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen). Chadia has also undertaken the executive program in exponential technology at Singularity University at Palo Alto, California. Chadia is the co-founder with the Aspen Institute and Shane Tedjarati (CEO of Honeywell Global) of the Middle East Leadership Initiative, established in 2009. She has also been nominated as a Henry Crown Fellow in 2008 by the Aspen Institute, and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and The Aspen Corps of Moderators. Chadia is also a member of the Aspen Leadership Committee of the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees since 2013. Chadia is also co-founder of LeapLearner Inc, an online education technology company dedicated to self-learning skills including coding worldwide. Chadia is also a co-founder and board member at Les Journées des Sciences Association since 2009. She is a Vice Chair and Board Member of the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies, and a Co-Chair and member of the Human Rights Watch Committee for Lebanon. She is a member of the LIFE Lebanon Committee. Chadia is a board member of Equality Now, a board member of Teach For Lebanon and sits on various advisory boards including Peace First. Chadia is a Steering Committee member in Shareholders Rights.com, and is a member of the LLM Advisory Council at the Lebanese American University. Chadia has been a board member of the Lebanese Transparency Association from 2002 to 2009, a founding member and head of the Lebanese Corporate Governance Task Force’s Legal and Regulatory Committee (since 2004), a board member of the Global Integrity Alliance since 2006, a board member of the Young Leaders’ Integrity Alliance since 2006 and a board member of the Young Arab Leaders since 2008. She is also a founder of Young Arab Leader’s Lebanon and a Corporate Volunteer of Injaz Al Arab Companies Program Competition. Chadia is fluent in Arabic, English and French, and has a working knowledge of Spanish and Italian. She is also learning Chinese and Hebrew. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-salim-el-meouchi daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/297d4162-a5c7-4d2e-9d7f-1e6d8094cc6b/Salim+El+Meouchi.jpg Team - Salim El Meouchi - Salim El Meouchi is the firm’s Chairman & Senior Partner, and has been with the firm since 1968. He has been a member of the Beirut Bar since 1968. Salim is frequently invited to speak at conferences throughout the world on various aspects of law, and has authored a number of articles on financial, commercial and banking law, as well as on arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Salim has been consistently recognized in various legal guides (such as Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and PLC Which Lawyer?) as a leading lawyer and specialist in corporate, commercial, tax, banking and finance law, as well as in all aspects of litigation and arbitration, frequently being selected as arbitrator before the ICC Commercial Court of Arbitration and other institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. Salim graduated from St. Joseph University, Beirut, with a French and Lebanese Master of Law in 1967, and obtained an advanced degree in Lebanese Law in 1968 from St. Joseph University and Lyon University (France). Salim sits and has held board of director seats of various banks and companies based in various countries, and is a member of the legal committee of the Lebanese Association of Banks. He is an advisor to the Central Bank of Lebanon, and has contributed to the drafting of a number of laws in Lebanon. Salim is a founding member of Transparency International/La Fassad in Lebanon, and was president of Interleges, a global association of independent law firms, of which the firm is the exclusive member for Lebanon and Qatar, from 2004 to 2008, and he sat on Interleges’ executive committee. Salim is fluent in Arabic, English and French. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-walid-honein daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/4e20b07c-6891-4c86-8973-2542961e4e01/Walid+Honein.jpg Team - Walid Honein - Walid Honein joined the firm in 1987, and became a Partner in 2007. He is also the Anti Money Laundering Officer of the firm in Qatar. He has been a member of the Beirut Bar since 1987. Walid specializes notably in real estate, real estate financing and construction andhas advised numerous clients on major real estate projects, including master cities, in relation to all aspects of their project, from financing, to contracting and construction, to subsequent subdivision and sale. Walid also advises clients on various aspects of corporate and commercial law, as well as banking and finance transactions. Also, Walid has taught Computer Law classes at St. Joseph University Law Faculty, and is frequently invited to speak at conferences on real estate and real estate financing. Walid holds a Bachelor in Political Science and a French and Lebanese Masters of Law from St. Joseph University, Beirut, as well as an advanced graduate diploma in law (D.E.A.) in computer law from the University of Montpellier, in France. Walid is fluent in Arabic, English and French. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-carine-farran daily 0.75 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/efd4554d-8406-451b-b62f-463eb7f0120c/cf.jpeg Team - Carine Farran - Carine joined the firm in 2012, and became a Partner and Deputy Managing Partner in April 2020. She is the Deputy Anti-money Laundering Officer for the firm in Qatar. She has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 2008. Carine is the head of the transactional practice group. She advises numerous clients in banking and finance, financing instruments and funds, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, oil and gas, private businesses on commercial and financial matters such as purchase and sale transactions, private financing, shareholders relationships, cross-border transactions, management contracts and any other type of commercial transaction and contracts and other types of commercial transactions and contracts. Before joining the firm, Carine has worked in leading law firms in Montreal, Canada and has specialized in various civil litigation and professional liability matters. She graduated from the University of Montreal with a Bachelor of Law. She also holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut, and a D.E.S.S in e-commerce from HEC Montreal. Carine is also a co- lecturer at the Lebanese American University, at the LLM program, in Project Finance and PPP, Corporate Governance and Mergers and Acquisitions; as well as a co-lecturer at the American University of Beirut, at the Energy Studies program, in Energy Law. Carine is one of the lecturers at Tamayyaz in the independent corporate director certification program. Carine is certified as an independent corporate director by the International Financial Corporation (IFC). Carine is fluent in English, French and Arabic. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-elie-feghali daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/54f8d59a-77af-478a-9b9a-6188fdc48c08/Elie+El+Feghali.jpg Team - Elie Feghali - Elie joined the firm in 2008, and became a Partner in April 2020. He has been a member of the Beirut Bar Association since 2007. Since 2017, Elie is the head of the Litigation Practice Group. He has extensive experience advising clients in various areas of law. He specializes in Criminal, Employment, and Intellectual & Industrial Property law, and advises clients notably in Litigation, as well as Real Estate and Corporate matters. Elie represents numerous clients before the Lebanese tribunals, all in diverse fields of law. He has been a university lecturer since 2016 teaching different fields of law. Elie is also a lecturer in numerous seminars and workshops mainly on Employment and Business matters and had several interviews on local legislation published in various magazines and websites and several articles. Elie graduated from La Sagesse University with a bachelor of Lebanese Law, and obtained a D.E.A. in Intellectual and Industrial Property law from the same university. Elie is fluent in Arabic, English and French. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-samia-el-meouchi daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/ace89b3e-9bca-4aa8-b94c-fec26ec5d3dd/Samia+El+Meouchi.jpg Team - Samia El Meouchi - Samia El Meouchi joined the firm in 2005, and became a Partner in 2013. She has been a member of the Beirut Bar since 2006. Samia’s main areas of practice are corporate/commercial, M&A, and banking and finance. She had also been assigned by the firm on a part-time secondment at Vodafone Qatar (from September 2008 to January 2009). She contributed to several publications of the firm, notably with respect to alternative dispute resolution, banking and corporate governance. Samia graduated from the University of Montreal with a Bachelor of Law in 2004, and obtained her BCL Master in Lebanese Law from the Lebanese University in 2005. Samia followed training to become an ISO internal auditor for Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm, and completed, in 2009, IFC’s Corporate Governance Consultant Workshop. Samia is a member of the Lebanese Transparency Association. Samia is fluent in English, French and Arabic. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-joelle-khater daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/73558635-32bd-4d7d-8a87-d3f3e3143b2f/Joelle+Khater.jpg Team - Joelle Khater - Joelle joined the firm in 2010 and is a Senior Associate at the firm. She has been a member of the Beirut Bar Association since 1989. Joelle has worked with various leading law firms in Lebanon before joining the firm. She has developed and acquired extensive expertise in commercial and civil litigation and enforcement, as well as in corporate, NGO and real estate law. She also specializes in assisting annual retained companies in their day to day business. Joelle provides clients with legal assistance catering for all their needs. She provides legal advices and acts as a litigator representing clients in Court and drafting claims and counterclaims regarding different matters such as civil, commercial, inheritance issues, divorce, family law, pleadings and general prosecutions. Joelle was also a lecturer in civil law from 1995 to 1998, at the Banking Studies Center at St. Joseph University (USJ). Joelle was also the country coordinator for the different branches at the Banking Studies Center of the USJ. Joelle graduated from St. Joseph University, Beirut with a Master in Lebanese and French Law, and obtained a D.E.A. in Civil law from St. Joseph University, Beirut. Her masters’ paper on gaming and gambling was published in the Middle East Journal of Legal Studies (Proche Orient Etudes Juridiques). Joelle is fluent in Arabic, French and English and has elementary knowledge in Spanish. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-zouheir-el-baba daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/c90072ec-bb4b-4f8d-a1c6-3e1e4339f55c/100-DSCF7540.jpg Team - Zouheir El Baba - Zouheir joined the firm in August 2017 and became a Senior Associate in 2022. Zouheir works primarily within the transactional practice group of the firm on all areas of law, including most notably on PPP and procurement, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation, Administrative, Commercial and Corporate law. Zouheir obtained a Bachelor in French Law and Political Science (with a focus on public law) and a French Maitrise in International Law from the University Jean Moulin - Lyon III. He also holds a university diploma in Common Law from the University Jean Moulin - Lyon III, and has attended the summer courses in International Public Law of The Hague Academy of International Law (2017). Zouheir also has an LLM in Business Law from St. Joseph University of Beirut and is preparing a Masters as a Jurist of International Affairs with the University of Burgundy in Dijon. Zouheir is fluent in Arabic, English and French and has a basic knowledge of Spanish. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-nazek-el-hout daily 0.75 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/e2f2e25f-a883-4d4e-8079-a265a8953628/IMG-20230829-WA0019.jpg Team - Nazek El Hout - Nazek El-Hout joined the firm in 2015 and became a Senior Associate in 2023. She has been a member of the Beirut bar since 2015. Nazek assists clients in M&A, banking, corporate, regulatory, real estate, environmental law and commercial, as well as in PPA and renewables projects. She has extensive experience in legal research and documentation, acquired from her internship at Amnesty International - Beirut in 2014 and her work as assistant in Lebanese Association on Educational Studies. Nazek graduated with distinction from La Sagesse University with a Bachelor of Law. She is also certified, with distinction as the "Best Student" for 2014, in International Criminal Law and Procedures by the Inter- University program in collaboration with the Special Tribunal of Lebanon and T.M.C. Asser Institute - Netherlands. Nazek is fluent in Arabic and English; She has conversational knowledge in French. https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-grace-alam daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://www.elmeouchi.com/team-khalil-sarkis daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627d09f1e9b7521208198635/25b8a2c1-da9a-4da0-992b-033a9fce6bfb/Khalil+Sarkis.jpg Team - Khalil Sarkis - Khalil Sarkis joined the firm in 1983 and is a Senior Advisor at Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm. He has been a member of the Beirut Bar since 1983 and is a highly regarded lawyer in Lebanon. Khalil advises clients in various areas of practice, with an emphasis on banking and finance, corporate/commercial, real estate and litigation (notably in real estate, real estate financing and construction). Khalil masters areas of civil law, as well as personal rights and succession. He is an expert in real estate matters where he has led complex real estate acquisitions and urban development transactions. He also acts as legal advisor to the Association of Owners of Rights in the Beirut Central District. Khalil holds a Bachelor in Political Science from St. Joseph University, Beirut, and also graduated from La Sagesse University, Beirut, with a Lebanese Master of Law, in 1982. Khalil is fluent in Arabic, French and English. https://www.elmeouchi.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2025-06-10