Hage-Chahine Law Firm

Founding Partner

Fayez Hage-Chahine is the Founding Partner of Hage-Chahine Law Firm and is recognized as one of the leading authorities on Private Law in the Middle East.

He is the first Lebanese attorney to hold the prestigious title of Agrégé of the French Faculties of Law and is the Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Law and political Sciences of Saint-Joseph University (Beirut and Dubai). He has participated in drafting numerous laws and regulations and presides over numerous law reform committees.

He is the former Vice-President of the International Association of Lawyers and the cofounder of the Academic Study Center of Saint-Joseph University in the Bekaa Valley and of Saint-Joseph University in Dubai. He is also the cofounder of the Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Center (LAMC) and a former member of the board of trustees of the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC).

As one of the most famous litigators in Lebanon, his victories in court have led to landmark decisions that have established precedents in Lebanon. He specializes in complex cross-border disputes and commercial arbitration. He is an experienced arbitrator and has acted as chairman or as co-arbitrator in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings.

He frequently advises on issues of comparative law that involve multiple jurisdictions with a focus on Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Contracts, Family Law, Inheritance, and Real Estate matters.

Fayez Hage-Chahine holds a PHD in Private law, a DEA in Private law and a DES in criminal law from Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and a LL.B. in Lebanese and French Law from Saint-Joseph University in Beirut.

He has numerous publications in the fields of Banking & Finance, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Private International Law and Arbitration.

He is fluent in Arabic and French.

Arabic, French

Member of the Beirut Bar Association Member of the Paris Bar Association President of the Lebanese committee of the International Academy of Comparative Law Member of the law reform commission presided by the Ministry of Justice (Lebanon) Former member of the High Council of Arbitration – Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Center (LAMC) Member of the Compared Legislation Society (Paris) Former Vice-President of the International Union of Lawyers- UIA (Lebanese committee) Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC) Former President of the Private Law Section at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Saint-Joseph University (Beirut) Former Director of the Arab World Law Study Center (CEDROMA) Founder of the Academic study Center of Zahlé and the Bekaa. Former representative of the Lebanese Government Next to the Arab league (Commission of unification of Arab Legislations)

Agrégé of the French Faculties of Law PHD in Private Law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas DEA in Private Law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas DES in Criminal Law, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas LL.B. in Lebanese and French Law, Saint-Joseph University (Beirut)