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On the occasion of the LCILP 2nd Annual Conference, Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid was invited to give the keynote address. Professor Dr Comair-Obeid focused on the long established tradition of arbitration and other ADR mechanisms used in the Middle East, which are now being repurposed to resolve energy disputes.  This tradition of out of court […]

The CIArb’s North American branch in Houston, a city recognized worldwide for its energy industry, hosted a conference on the topic of resolving energy disputes in time of crisis.  President Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid was invited to deliver the keynote speech.  Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid’s speech focused on first the CIArb and its leading role in […]

Founding Partner Professor Dr Nayla Comair-Obeid has been elected President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (‘CIArb’) for 2017, and took up her position as President on the 1st of January. Previously, Professor Comair-Obeid served as Vice-President and Deputy President of the CIArb (2015-2016) and as Chair of the CIArb’s Board of Trustees (2014). Founded […]

The new Lebanese Cabinet approved two prerequisite decrees for the initiation and progression of the bidding for offshore exploration and production of hydrocarbons.*  The decrees approved the official delineation of blocks in Lebanon’s EEZ, the bidding conditions, and the model Exploration and Production Agreement (EPA).  The Cabinet additionally decided to form two ministerial committees to […]

We are now located at the Stratum Building in Downtown Beirut. Our updated address and contact details are as follows: Address: Stratum Building, Omar Daouk Street, Mina El Hosn, Beirut Central District, Beirut, Lebanon Phone: +961 36 37 90 Fax: +961 36 37 91 Please contact Sarah Khalil for more information.

Effective from 4 December 2015, Mr Wissam Zahabi, Head of Economic and Financial Development at the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA), took office as its President. This appointment comes on the basis of the decree 7986, which specifies that the President of the LPA is rotational on a yearly basis among the members of its board.

On 8 January 2014, the Minister of Energy and Water announced that the date to submit bids pertaining to Lebanon’s First Offshore Licensing Round has been further extended from 10 January 2014* to 10 April 2014 owing to delays in the official ratification of the Governmental Decrees related to the Delineation of the Offshore Blocks […]

On 8 April 2014, the Minister of Energy and Water announced that the date to submit bids pertaining to Lebanon’s First Offshore Licensing Round has been further extended from 10 April 2014* to 14 August 2014 owing to delays in the official ratification of the Governmental Decrees related to the Delineation of the Offshore Blocks […]