Ms Chadia El Meouchi > Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP > Beirut, Lebanon > Lawyer Profile
Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP Offices
Tabaris 812, Block A, 2nd Floor
Charles Malek Avenue
PO Box 11-3577
Lebanon
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Ms Chadia El Meouchi
Work Department
Corporate, Transactional, Finance and International advisory Group
Position
Managing Partner at Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Career
Chadia advises clients in a large number of fields, most particularly in the areas of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance (both Islamic and conventional), PPP, establishment of funds, capital markets and financial instruments, structuring and restructuring, oil and gas, hospitality and urban development, insurance, project finance, construction law, environmental law, and real estate, throughout the MENA region, Europe, Asia, the GCC and North and South America.
Languages
Chadia is fluent in Arabic, English and French, and has a working knowledge of Spanish and Italian. She is also learning Chinese and Hebrew
Memberships
Member of the New York Bar since 2000.
Education
Chadia obtained a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in international business, from Concordia University in Montreal. She then obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Montreal before obtaining a Master of Laws (LLM) from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She also holds an Islamic Finance Qualification granted by the UK Securities and Investment Institute and ESA, and a Certificate in arbitration and ADR from the Canadian International Arbitration Centre (McGillUniversity). Chadia has obtained a post-graduate diploma in Oil & Gas law from Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen). Chadia has also undertaken the executive program in exponential technology at Singularity University at Palo Alto, California.
Lawyer Rankings
Lebanon > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)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.
Lebanon > Real estate and construction (including projects)
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.
Lebanon > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)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.
Lebanon > Dispute resolution
Badri and Salim El Meouchi LLP remains highly sought after for domestic commercial and banking litigation, and is handling an increasing amount of arbitration. Salim El Meouchi regularly appears before the ICC International Court of Arbitration and UNCITRAL, and advises on banking and commercial disputes; he co-heads the practice with Chadia El Meouchi. Litigation expert Elie Feghali counts criminal litigation, employment claims and intellectual property disputes as core strengths.
Qatar > Commercial, corporate and M&A
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- 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
- Banking, finance and capital markets Lebanon
- Dispute resolution Lebanon