Philippe M. Aziz is an Of Counsel at Levant Law Practice. He has acquired a multidisciplinary experience that started in 1996, in Beirut, at Badri & Salim El Meouchi Law Firm in Commercial & Banking Law and Litigation.
In 2005, he joined Bank of Beirut as In-house Legal Counsel where he refined his expertise in the banking law sector.
In 2008, he acted as Senior Legal Advisor for Millennium Development International, a leading real estate development management firm within the Saraya Group owned by Lebanese previous Prime Minister Saad Hariri, where he accompanied the expansion of the company’s activities in Mega City Building projects in Aktau (Kazakhstan) & Medini Iskandar (Malaysia).
In 2012, he moved to the Freight Forwarding & Record Management sectors with the multinational Aramex Group where he was part of the legal team as Senior Legal Advisor covering inter alia all the French speaking territories.
In 2016, he joined Benta Pharma Industries (BPI) as the Group Head of Legal Department where he was part of the Board Executive and Credit Committees. He assisted the Group’s Manufacturing and Distribution arms and gained valuable insight on the Manufacturing Process Development. During his tenure, he led BPI’s legal track in the Acquisition of the “Famar Lyon” Pharmaceutical Site in Saint-Genis Laval in the context of an M&A distressed procedure.
Philippe holds a law degree and a Master’s degree in General Private Law from Saint – Joseph University of Beirut and a Master’s degree in Arbitration & Alternative Modes of Disputes Resolution delivered by Paris II (Assas).
Professional Memberships
Member of the Beirut Bar Association since 1999.
Education
- LL.M. in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolutions, 2003, French Faculty of Law of the Lebanese University, Lebanon (delivered by the University of Pantheon Assas-Paris II).
- LL.M. in General Private Law (including studies in Private International Law and Common Law), 1997, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon.
- LL.B. with distinction (comprising a comparative study of French law), 1995, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon.
Languages
Arabic, French, English, Basic Spanish.