Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm

Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Finance, Project Development, Energy, Tax, Media, Government Relations and Public Policy, Telecoms, Financial Restructuring and Insolvency, Private Wealth and Family Offices, Arbitration, Litigation

Founder and Managing Partner

Carlos Abou Jaoude is the founder and managing partner of Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm. He has worked in Paris and London prior to founding the Firm in Beirut.

Carlos has more than 30 years of experience advising key players in the private and public sectors on strategic legal matters. He has led on major transactions of first impression in the region and is particularly praised for his business-savvy perspective.  Carlos has also acted for several notable clients in winning complex arbitration and litigation cases, with a particular experience with disputes in the media, energy, and banking sectors.

Carlos is often solicited by public authorities to opine on policy and legislation reforms.

Carlos is consistently recognized as a top-tier Leading Lawyer by prominent international directories, including Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 (Hall of Fame), and IFLR 1000.

Arabic, French and English

Admitted to the Beirut Bar Association Member of the International Bar Association Member of the American Chamber of Commerce’s (AmCham) Banking & Finance Committee Member of the Ethics Committee of the Beirut Bar Association Sits on several boards of directors and special committees of prominent corporations and investment funds Member of the special inter-ministerial legal committee for the Reform of the Investment Climate in Lebanon organized by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in collaboration with the World Bank and the IFC

JD in Private Law, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon

Co-author of the Lebanon chapter of the Inward Investment & International Taxation Review published by The Law Reviews and edited by Latham & Watkins USA; the Lebanon chapter of the Banking Regulation guide published by Getting the Deal Through and edited by Wachtell, Lipton, Rose and Katz USA; and the Lebanon chapter of the Energy Regulation & Markets Review published by The Law Reviews and edited by Latham & Watkins USA Contributor to the World Bank Lebanon Doing Business Reports on “Starting a Business” and “Contracting with the Government” Speaker at the Euromoney Lebanon conference, the BDL Accelerate conference, and the International Beirut Energy Forum (IBEF)