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Mr Jirayr Habibian

+(971) 4289 2159 jirayr.habibian@matoukbassiouny.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Managing Partner, UAE Offices

Career

Jirayr Habibian is the Managing Partner of Matouk Bassiouny’s UAE Offices. He brings with him a wealth of experience working in the fields of corporate finance, trade finance, M&A transactions and capital markets across multiple jurisdictions including the UAE, Lebanon, Armenia, Egypt, Turkey and Jordan.

Prior to joining Matouk Bassiouny, Jirayr acted in a variety of senior roles with leading international banks including Investbank, Rasmala Investment Bank, Bank of Sharjah, Standard Chartered Bank and Lebanese Swiss Bank. Jirayr was also previously an Of Counsel with Squire Patton Boggs LLC and a Junior Partner at Farid Halim El-Khoury Law Cabinet. Additionally, Jirayr designed the Anti Money Laundering and Terrorist Counter Financing training for the Central Bank of Armenia, with the collaboration of the EBRD.

Jirayr is additionally A Founding and Board Member of ICC National Committee Armenia and has been appointed as a Member of the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. He acted as Senior Legal Counsel to the undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department where he was responsible for establishing and running the Court of Arbitration of Sport, Alternate Hearing Centre in Abu Dhabi through 2019 in addition to drafting the UAE law on Sports Arbitration, drafted in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the UAE Federal National Council.

Languages

Arabic, English, French and Armenian

Memberships

Lebanese Bar Association – Member.

Armenian Bar Association – Member.

Association of Anti Money Laundering Specialists – Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist .

Court of Arbitration for Sports – Arbitrator.

International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration – Court Member.

Education

1996    St. Joseph’s University Law School: Bachelor of Law, honour’s list with high distinction

1998    Montpellier University: Diplome Universitaire: IT Law Degree