Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm

Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Licensing, Agency & Distributorships, Media, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Arbitration, Real Estate & Construction, Employment & Benefits

Partner

Simon El Kai is a partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm, and heads the Corporate and the Litigation practice. He previously worked with two leading law firms in Lebanon, and at Shearman & Sterling in Paris.

Simon has more than 20 years of experience and an extensive multidisciplinary expertise covering advisory, transactional and dispute-resolution matters. He has a long-standing record advising high-profile clients on corporate matters, commercial transactions, and dispute resolutions, and has a profound knowledge of the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry.

Simon is recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Chambers & Partners and is Recommended by The Legal 500.

Arabic, French and English

• Admitted to the Beirut Bar Association
• Member of the International Bar Association

• JD in Private Law, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon (with honors)
• Advanced Graduate Degree (DEA) in Private Law, University of Paris II-Assas, France
• Master of Laws (LLM), Columbia University, USA

• Co-author of the Lebanon chapter of the Inward Investment & International Taxation 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”