Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm

Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Licensing, Agency & Distributorships, Media, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Arbitration, Real Estate & Construction, Employment & Benefits

Partner

Simon El Kai is a partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm, and heads the Corporate and the Litigation practice. He previously worked with two leading law firms in Lebanon, and at Shearman & Sterling in Paris.

Simon has more than 20 years of experience and an extensive multidisciplinary expertise covering advisory, transactional and dispute-resolution matters. He has a long-standing record advising high-profile clients on corporate matters, commercial transactions, and dispute resolutions, and has a profound knowledge of the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry.

Simon is recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Chambers & Partners and is Recommended by The Legal 500.

Arabic, French and English

Admitted to the Beirut Bar Association Member of the International Bar Association

JD in Private Law, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon (with honors) Advanced Graduate Degree (DEA) in Private Law, University of Paris II-Assas, France Master of Laws (LLM), Columbia University, USA

Co-author of the Lebanon chapter of the Inward Investment & International Taxation 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”