Obeid & Partners

Obeid & Partners

Key issues in MENA arbitration

Date: 30th January 2025

We’re thrilled to announce an upcoming seminar on the 30th January at Capital Club DIFC that delves into key issues in MENA arbitration, featuring insights from first-hand experience. This event also marks the launch of the MENA Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration—a comprehensive resource offering a unique perspective on how top arbitrators in the Middle East and North Africa address critical procedural and substantive legal matters in MENA-seated arbitrations. Find registration and event details below—we hope to see you all there! Speakers include:
Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid,
Dr. Gordon Blanke
Soraya Corm-Bakhos, FCIArb, Ahmed Ibrahim,
Faris Nasrallah,
Michael Tonkin – WWL Global Elite Thought Leader,
Zeina Obeid,
Philip Punwar
and
Alec Emmerson.

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Recent Work Highlights

Our lawyers at Obeid & Partners have extensive experience in complex cross-border matters. Since the establishment of the firm in 1987, we have represented various clients ranging from government and government entities to nationally and internationally renowned investors, corporations and individuals. Our clients are distinguished in their respective fields of expertise.

Our team holds a track record in handling complex local and international cases, of which relevant work highlights include:

Hospitality

Successfully representing multiple owners of shares in an unprecedented class action before the Lebanese courts, involving a landmark resort in Beirut. The matter involved complex proceedings in addition to requiring significant logistical and coordination skills for the various plaintiffs in the context of the class action. This prompted the firm to develop an in-house protocol […]

Educational Services

Successfully representing a dually licensed private university in relation to a criminal lawsuit as well as an administrative claim.

Aviation

Successfully representing a world leading provider of solutions for the travel industry, in relation to a series of complex disputes pending before the Lebanese courts, involving seizure matters, URL geo-blocking, payment claims, action on the merits, and other proceedings. 

States

Successfully representing foreign states before the Lebanese courts in a series of complex court actions involving both private and public international law issues, relating to advance payment claims, real estate and lease agreements. 

Banking and Finance

Successfully representing a major oil trader, in what is still known as the largest litigation in Lebanon involving a claim in excess of one billion dollars against one of the largest local banks.  This was a first-of-kind matter in the banking sector which challenged the amnesty in the current financial crisis in Lebanon and the […]

Oil and Gas

Successfully representing  a group in relation to a complex cross-border action involving worldwide freezing injunctions and document preservation orders with claim amounts exceeding USD 300 million. Our firm secured a first-of-a-kind decision from the Lebanese courts and advised on complex cross-border matters involving mareva injunctions.