HNS Legal

Corporate and M&A

Founding Partner

Founding partner at HNS Legal, Jad has over 18 years of experience in general corporate, finance and cross-border transactions and is recognized by his peers for his broad legal knowledge and commercial sense.

Jad has been involved in handling complex corporate and financial transactions across the region and has an established track record advising clients in the Middle East and Africa. Jad’s clients include companies, corporate and individual developers and entrepreneurs. He regularly advises them on their day-to-day legal and corporate matters, including corporate governance, and has extensive experience in the fields of FMCG, real estate, renewable energy, entertainment and media. Jad has earned a reputation for practical solutions and responsiveness.

Before founding HNS Legal, Jad practiced in two leading Lebanese law firms, handling for a few years the M&A and banking & finance practice for one of them. He was also a visiting professor of international finance law at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, in Lebanon.

Areas of Expertise: • International Transactions & Cross-Border Investments • Mergers & Acquisitions • Private Equity & Startups • Banking, Finance & Capital Markets • Corporate & Financial Restructuring • Corporate Governance • Energy • FMCG • Agency & Distribution • Construction & Real Estate Investments • Litigation & Arbitration

English; Arabic; French

Member of the Beirut Bar Association

• LL.M. in Banking and Finance Law (Queen Mary - University of London – UK) • Master's in International Business Law (Rennes 1 University, France) • Bachelor degree in Private Law (Saint Joseph University, Beirut – Lebanon)