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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 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.