Carine Farran > Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP > Beirut, Lebanon > Lawyer Profile

Chadia El Meouchi and Carine Farran jointly head up the practice at Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP, which has a solid track record in advising on a broad range of work in the banking and capital markets space, including corporate and project finance, regulatory issues and lending matters. The firm is well known for representing Lebanese and Qatari clients in mandates. Firm chairman and senior partner Salim El Meouchi is a highly regarded practitioner.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP‘s tax practice has particular strength in advising on the corporate tax structuring of domestic M&A mandates, alongside handling the tax aspects of real estate and PPP matters. The department is co-led by Carine Farran and Chadia El Meouchi, who are regularly instructed by individual clients and family offices on matters involving trusts, wealth preservation and succession issues. Banking law expert Salim El Meouchi is a key practitioner in the department.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP specialises in handling urban development and hospitality projects, and has also been kept busy advising international lenders and investors on property acquisitions in Lebanon. Chadia El Meouchi and Carine Farran jointly head up the practice, in which Walid Honein and founding partner Salim El Meouchi are key names.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP handles corporate and commercial transactions in the projects and real estate sectors; Chadia El Meouchi led on a matter concerning private investment through a PPP for the expansion and development of Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport. Carine Farran is experienced in cross-border transactions and commercial contracts. Samia El Meouchi is also singled out for her contributions.

The corporate, transactional, finance and international advisory-focused group at Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP is valued for its ‘excellent understanding of the Qatar legal framework’, along with its wider regional expertise. Carine Farran in Lebanon co-heads the team with ‘highly experienced’ corporate specialist Chadia El Meouchi, who works between Lebanon and Qatar: the former a member of the Quebec Bar with extensive commercial transactional experience.