Commercial, corporate and M&A

Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm

Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm‘s ’professional, reliable and efficient‘ corporate team continues to be instructed in high-profile acquisitions, multi-jurisdiction restructurings and joint ventures in the financial, tech, consumer goods and pharmaceuticals sectors. In a recent matter, Souraya Machnouk and Carlos Abou Jaoude advised a Lebanese-Swedish consortium on a private placement for a first-of-its kind start-up tech project; the duo lead the practice with Simon El Kai and Ibrahim Barraj.

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Testimonials

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'Professional team, reliable and efficient.'
'Souraya Machnouk is a stand-out partner and astute operator.'
'Outstanding professional capabilities, and a commercial business sense.'
'The individuals truly stand out in their field.'
'Souraya Machnouk and Ibrahim Barraj showed a high level of professionalism.'
'Simon El Kai is efficient and professional.'

Key clients

Amazon
Ericsson
Thomson
Reuters Corporation
Moderna
Epic
Vorwerk International
The Body Shop
Mr. Carlos Ghosn
Elie Saab Group
Fadaat Media Group
ALMAZA Group
Benta Group
AJA Group
Sioufi Group
Malia Group

Work highlights

Advised NCR Corporation on an intra-group corporate reorganisation pursuant to the split of the group’s ATM and Commerce operations, spanning ten jurisdictions and involving the move of assets and agreements to a newly incorporated entity from an existing Lebanese branch.
Advised BENTA on its contemplated multi-million cross-border acquisition of the KSA subsidiary of the French global pharma group Sanofi.

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