ElKhoury Law Firm

The firm: Elkhoury Law Firm, one of the premier transactional firms in the region, offers extensive local experience to its clients. It represents the interests of large foreign multi-nationals, including Fortune 500 companies. Since its foundation in 1956, the firm has remained loyal to its clients despite the civil strife and political turmoil cementing a solid relationship in the legal and business communities in Lebanon and all over the Middle East. Our firm permanently seeks to offer real practical solutions to problems and not just technical legal references. Among its services are litigation proceedings, arbitration, corporate legal assistance, protecting trademarks, establishing franchises, enforcing trusts, drafting shareholders’ and joint venture agreements as well as being involved in construction and real estate projects. Elkhoury Law Firm is able to combine its local strength and international understanding to provide unique representation due to the extensive and diverse skills of its attorneys, honed over decades of experience. Our attorneys are members of the Bar Associations in Beirut, France and the USA. Every case the firm handles is important and will benefit from a wealth of quality experience. That we invest in our clients and in our attorneys is a sign of the care we take in forming our institution and the loyalty which it is built on.

Areas of practice

• Corporate legal assistance
• Trademark protection
• Establishment of franchises
• Enforcement of trusts
• Drafting Shareholders’ and JV agreements
• Heavily involved in construction and real estate projects.
• Domestic and international arbitration representation
• Financial structuring and investments of corporations
• Public and private funding of development projects and business ventures
• Counsel to the Beirut Stock Exchange
• Legal assessment of assets backed securities and drafting loan agreements and guarantees
• Contracting experience
• Family wealth planning and strategies
• Insurance coverage and risk management advice
• Cross border transactions and the application of treaties and regulations
• Reconciliation between management and employees as well as upholding the rights of employees
• Drafting contracts for the lease and charter of maritime vessels
• Structuring commercial transactions with minimal tax implications, locally and abroad
• Fostering associations for the promotion of art, music and culture
• Advocate on behalf of charitable and public service organizations and associations for the protection of children and the disabled