Mr Carlos Abou Jaoude > Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm > Beirut, Lebanon > Lawyer Profile
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm Offices
OMT BUILDING - 266 SAMI EL SOLH AVENUE
PO BOX 116-5079, BEIRUT MUSEUM 1106-2010
BEIRUT
Lebanon
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Mr Carlos Abou Jaoude
Work Department
Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Finance, Project Development, Energy, Tax, Media, Government Relations and Public Policy, Telecoms, Financial Restructuring and Insolvency, Private Wealth and Family Offices, Arbitration, Litigation
Position
Founder and Managing Partner
Career
Carlos Abou Jaoude is the founder and managing partner of Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm. He has worked in Paris and London prior to founding the Firm in Beirut.
Carlos has more than 30 years of experience advising key players in the private and public sectors on strategic legal matters. He has led on major transactions of first impression in the region and is particularly praised for his business-savvy perspective. Carlos has also acted for several notable clients in winning complex arbitration and litigation cases, with a particular experience with disputes in the media, energy, and banking sectors.
Carlos is often solicited by public authorities to opine on policy and legislation reforms.
Carlos is consistently recognized as a top-tier Leading Lawyer by prominent international directories, including Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 (Hall of Fame), and IFLR 1000.
Languages
Arabic, French and English
Memberships
- Admitted to the Beirut Bar Association
- Member of the International Bar Association
- Member of the American Chamber of Commerce’s (AmCham) Banking & Finance Committee
- Member of the Ethics Committee of the Beirut Bar Association
- Sits on several boards of directors and special committees of prominent corporations and investment funds
- Member of the special inter-ministerial legal committee for the Reform of the Investment Climate in Lebanon organized by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in collaboration with the World Bank and the IFC
Education
JD in Private Law, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon
Personal
- Co-author of the Lebanon chapter of the Inward Investment & International Taxation Review published by The Law Reviews and edited by Latham & Watkins USA; the Lebanon chapter of the Banking Regulation guide published by Getting the Deal Through and edited by Wachtell, Lipton, Rose and Katz USA; and the Lebanon chapter of the Energy Regulation & Markets Review published by The Law Reviews and edited by Latham & Watkins USA
- Contributor to the World Bank Lebanon Doing Business Reports on “Starting a Business” and “Contracting with the Government”
- Speaker at the Euromoney Lebanon conference, the BDL Accelerate conference, and the International Beirut Energy Forum (IBEF)
Lawyer Rankings
Lebanon > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm
is a prominent full-service firm in Lebanon, and leverages its ‘knowledge of local law and regulations as well as international practice‘ to advise European and U.S-based lenders on all Lebanese banking and capital markets matters. Souraya Machnouk
has ‘in-depth knowledge in the field of regulation and compliance‘, and assisted Credit Suisse Lebanon with its de-registration and liquidation pursuant to its decision to exit the Lebanese market. Managing partner Carlos Abou Jaoude is a highly regarded practitioner.
Lebanon > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)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.
Lebanon > Real estate and construction (including projects)
The ‘resourceful‘ team at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm is perhaps best known for its expertise in electricity and renewable energy projects. Souraya Machnouk ‘has extensive knowledge of the renewable energy market’, and recently advised Total Energies on the bankability assessment of Lebanon’s first solar power purchase agreement between the government and eleven licensed companies for the generation and sale of electricity from the first grid-connected privately-owned photovoltaic solar facilities across Lebanon. Machnouk co-heads the practice with firm managing partner Carlos Abou Jaoude.
Lebanon > Tax
Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm‘s tax team garners praise for its ‘broad knowledge of the complexity of local tax laws, but also of the cross-border application of the tax regulations of other jurisdictions‘. The group is also adept at assisting with the tax aspects of transactions, corporate reorganisations, and employment-related matters. Restructuring expert Souraya Machnouk advised Subway on tax and regulatory matters concerning the liquidation and de-registration of its local branches, and firm managing partner Carlos Abou Jaoude stands out for being ‘knowledgeable of international taxation’.
Lebanon > Dispute resolution
The disputes team at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm is very well known for acting in high-profile arbitrations, with a solid track record in appearing in ICC and ICSID disputes in Paris and London. In a recent matter, the group advised Lebanese bank IBL on successfully preventing the enforcement of an arbitral award in a major US$100 million arbitration case against Iraq Telecom. Litigator Simon El Kai and Rania Khoury, who fields extensive expertise in international arbitration, jointly head up the practice along with managing partner Carlos Abou Jaoude.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Lebanon
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Lebanon
- Hall of Fame Lebanon > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Leading individuals Lebanon > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Real estate and construction (including projects) Lebanon
- Tax Lebanon
- Dispute resolution Lebanon
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Real estate and construction (including projects)
- Tax