EDUCATION: Law: Lebanese University, Faculty of Law and Political and administrative Sciences, Lebanon
Master’s degree in Lebanese Law (1992-1996)


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

Attorney at law Associate of Mr. Abdel Hamid El-Ahdab - 2005-Present
Handling and conducting arbitration cases, ad hoc and institutional, domestic and international, relating to investment, corporate, banking and construction disputes, inter alia:
- ICC case no. 12956/DK/RCH, between Syrian and Italian party (international sales)
- ICC case no. 13054/EC, between Lebanese and Dutch parties (banking)
- (CRCICA, between Saudi and Danish parties (FIDIC)
Assisting in drafting terms of reference, procedural orders and arbitral awards.

Helou Law office, Beirut, Lebanon
Attorney at Law, 2002-2005
Incorporation, organization, and liquidation of Lebanese companies, subsidiaries, branches and representative offices of foreign companies.
Advising local and foreign companies present in Lebanon and the Middle East on Lebanese Laws and regulations.
Successfully handling and conducting major litigations particularly relating to Boycott Law before the military courts.

Kabalan Law offices, Beirut, Lebanon
Attorney at Law, 2000-2002
Providing legal counseling related to Corporate Law, Labor Law, Tax Law, Finance and Banking Law, Administrative Law, Real Estate Law and International Private Law.
Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements on behalf of important international clients with public and private entities in the fields of BOT projects, joint ventures, exclusive agency and distribution, memorandum of understandings, and other types of supply, general sales and marketing, services.
Handling and conducting civil and criminal litigation before all Lebanese courts.

Kabalan Law offices, Beirut, Lebanon
Trainee lawyer, 1997-2000
Practicing corporate law and transactions, disputes, intellectual property, agency law and taxation.
Advising companies on day to day business issues including preparation of minutes of meetings (in Arabic, English and French), drafting agreements relating to the companies’ business, lease, employment issues, and shareholders agreements.
Pleading before the Lebanese civil and criminal courts of first instance and drafting applications, petitions, motions and briefs relating thereto.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS :
Admitted to the Beirut Bar Association, Lebanon (since 1997)
Admitted as an attorney at Law to the Beirut Court of Appeals (since 2000)
Member of the Arab Association for International Arbitration (since 2007)
Member of the Lebanese Arbitration Association (since 2007)
Participated in the Workshop on Intellectual Property organized by the World Intellectual property organization (WIPO) and Beirut Bar Association (July 2006)
Member of the UNCITRAL Working Group II session on Arbitration in Vienna International Center relating to the work on revision of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (September 2007)

Languages : English, French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic.