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Key contacts
Counsel and Head of Office: Salwa Abdallah
Quick facts
# Partners

1

# Other qualified practitioners

8

Languages

English, Arabic, French

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Firm overview

Established in 2019 as our second office, Meysan Beirut was a major step in our strategy to grow across the Middle East. Lebanon is an important market for many of our clients and home to emerging companies that benefit greatly from innovative thinking and an integrated suite of legal services. In the distinctive Lebanese market, our team's edge lies in a unique combination of specialization, growth areas, industry knowledge, and technological innovation. Our team's profound knowledge in both local and international M&A transactions, led by a group of highly qualified lawyers with strategic foresight and insights into Lebanese law, delivers unmatched expertise in handling intricate deals. Our capabilities cover everything from due diligence and deal structuring to negotiation and compliance, offering a holistic service that addresses all aspects of an M&A transaction.

Key practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • Competition
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Structured finance/securitisation 
Sector expertise
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transport
Other offices

Riyadh 
Akaria 3
Al Olaya Street, 5th Floor, Office 514
P.O. Box 12213
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
T: +966 59 956 9444
E: info@meysan.com
W: meysan.com/riyadh/

Dubai
Al Fattan Currency House, Tower 2
Office 2501, 25th Floor, DIFC
United Arab Emirates
T: +971 4 501 6000
W: meysan.com/dubai/

Abu Dhabi
Unit 8, 3rd Floor
Al Maryah Tower
Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Al Maryah Island
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
T: +971 2 635 7525
E: info@meysan.com

Address:
Marfaa' 109
Downtown Beirut
Beirut
Tel:+961 199 9643 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.meysan.com/lebanon/
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Financial and corporate
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Meysan Partners established their Beirut office in 2019. It is led by Salwa Abdallah and supported by senior associates Samar Jrade and Patrick Obeid. The firm boasts an active capital markets practice, which has experience encompassing the complete spectrum of equity, debt and hybrids instruments. The practice also advises on finance and M&A mandates. 

 

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