CMS — Lebanon

Beirut47 lawyers

About

The firm: Al-Jad is a multi-disciplinary practice based in Lebanon. The firm is ranked Tier 2 in Commercial, Corporate and M&A (2017-2018 The Legal 500). Al-Jad lawyers are recognised as trusted local lawyers with international credentials. The majority of the team hold dual legal education from Lebanon and leading western universities (UK and France). All lawyers are civil law qualified with a working knowledge of English law. The team maintains a solid network of clients in Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi Arabia with the backbone being medium and large family conglomerates. In addition, they are regularly retained to perform transactional, compliance and disputes work on behalf of US, European, Indian and Chinese companies. They are retained either directly or through international law firms. The majority of Al-Jad clients operate within the following industries: Banking, construction, consumer products, energy, technology, insurance and projects. The firm enjoys an interrelated working relationship with CMS, the sixth largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers, with revenues in excess of US$1.3bn.

Office locations

Beirut

Al Jad in collaboration with CMS 2nd Floor, Louis Vuitton Building, Allenby Street Central District Beirut Lebanon

+9613083339 malek.takieddine@al-jad.com

Practice areas

Commercial LawCorporate LawMergers and AcquisitionsComplianceDisputes

Lawyers in this office

Adam Jodkowski

Counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice · Dispute Resolution

Alexander IJkelenstam

Counsel · Real Estate

Andrio Orler

Partner · Tax

André Guimarães

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

Berardo Lanci

Partner · Tax

Catarina Ferreira da Silva

Associate · Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Catarina Gil Jorge

Senior Associate · Employment Law

Catarina Pitta Soares

Associate · Energy & Natural Resources

Cláudia Antunes da Silva

Senior Associate · Banking & Finance

Cristina Popescu

Partner, Head of CEE Insurance Practice Group · Regulatory

Damian Karwala

Counsel in the IP/TMC practice · Data Privacy

Daniela Murer

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Dex Destombes

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

Emilio Battaglia

Partner · Fraud

Ernesto Armando Castañeda Mendoza

Senior Associate · Infrastructure

Jakub Wieczorek

Partner in the Banking and Finance practice · Banking & Finance

José Ramón Meléndez

Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Karsten Bruinsma

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

Kirsty Templar

Senior Associate · Capital Markets

Laura Houët

Co-Head of the ESG Task Force · Financial Services Regulation

Leonor Barata da Cunha

Associate · Employment

Luis Enrique Mora y Medrano

Sr. Associate · Real Estate

Maciej Olejnik

Counsel in the IP/TMC practice · Intellectual Property

Marcin Bejm

Partner, Head of the Energy and Infrastructure practice · Energy & Infrastructure

Mariana Saienko

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Mariusz Minkiewicz

Counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice · Dispute Resolution

Mateusz Gerlach

Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice · Litigation

Matteo Ciminelli

Partner · Corporate/M&A

Maurits Rabbie

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

Michał Mężykowski

Partner, Head of the Banking and Finance practice · Banking & Finance

Miguel Almeida e Costa

Managing Associate · Employment

Oliver Werner

Managing Partner, CMS Slovakia Partner, CMS Austria · Corporate/M&A

Patrick Sommer

Partner · Competition / Antitrust

Peter Šimo

Peter Šimo is Of Counsel at CMS in Bratislava, Head of German Desk in Bratislava and a member of the international transaction team. He has a track record of more than fifteen years acting as an advisor to international and local clients in CEE, in particular in the area of Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance and Property transactions Peter Šimo has advised on several of the most significant corporate and financing transactions in Slovakia and the CEE region, including syndicated financings, mergers & acquisitions, cross-border mergers, private equity deals, corporate restructurings as well as day-to-day banking and corporate matters, regulatory issues and general contract matters (e.g. joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders' agreements). He advises clients from various sectors including financial institutions, insurances, real estate & construction, automotive, retail and manufacturing business. Peter Šimo also regularly performs overall project management in due diligence exercises. · Corporate / M&A

Ricardo Pintão

Senior Associate · Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Richad Majid

Senior Associate · Labour & Employment

Robin Sijbesma

Robin Sijbesma is an advocaat in our Corporate/M&A Practice Aera Group. He specialises in corporate law. Robin advises on national and international mergers, acquisitions and other matters Robin has been with CMS since 2021. · Corporate / M&A