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26 September 2024

Making your jurisdiction arbitration-friendly: an overview of this worldwide trend and the setbacks

Date: 26th September 2024 Time: CET 13 h 00 min – 14 h 30 min On 26 September 2024, we will discuss “Making your jurisdiction arbitration-friendly: an overview of this worldwide trend and the setbacks“, at an event jointly organised with Delos at 2pm Beirut time. Over the past few years, more and more countries have taken considerable steps […]

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4, 5 June 2024

Vision Golf 2024

Date 4, 5 June 2024 We are thrilled to be speaking at this major business event between France and the GCC, Vision Golf 2024, that will take place on June 4-5th in Paris at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. An event organized by Business France, under the aegis of the […]

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22 March 2024

Paris Arbitration Week 2024 – Common Law Islands in the MENA Region: Are we heading towards a distortion of the applicable Law?

Date 22 March 2024 To register please follow the link here.  In the MENA region, civil law and Islamic Sharia have long been the cornerstones of legal systems. Yet, in a notable shift over the past few years, common law principles are now weaving into the region’s legal landscape. States like the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have pioneered […]

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Publications

Litigation 2024 – A Chambers Global Practice Guide

- Professor Nayla Comair-Obeid, Ziad Obeid, Dr Zeina Obeid

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A comparative guide: Investor-State Arbitration Laws and Regulations Saudi Arabia 2024

- Dr Zeina Obeid, Charbel Akiki, Aya Sabra and Tala Harakeh

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Lebanon in The Legal 500: Litigation Comparative Guide

- Nayla Comair-Obeid, Zeina Obeid and Ziad Obeid

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The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2023 – Lebanon

- Nayla Comair-Obeid

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Recent News

03-12-2024

Chambers Middle East Awards

We are delighted to announce that our founding partner, Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid, was awarded the lifetime achievement award by #ChambersMiddleEastAwards to recognize her career and achievements in the field of #ADR and #disputeresolution. Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid founded the firm 37 years ago, in Lebanon, as the first woman in Lebanon and among the […]

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04-29-2024

Latest rankings released by The Legal 500

We are delighted to announce that we have been ranked across five different practice areas in the latest rankings released by The Legal 500. Our founding partner, Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid and our managing partner Ziad Obeid have also been mentioned in the hall of fame and as leading individuals. We are extremely proud of this achievement and grateful […]

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03-08-2024

Chambers Global 2024

We are delighted to have our firm and partners ranked and recognized once again in Chambers Global 2024. 

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11-20-2023

Lebanese Law Firm of the Year

We are delighted to announce that we were awarded Lebanese Law firm of the year at the Middle East Law Awards 2023, hosted by Legal ERA on November 16th 2023. We are extremely pleased to have been selected amongst such an impressive list of nominees.

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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.