Rafic Mouawad is a founding partner of the Firm. He has been a practicing lawyer since 1972.

Rafic’s main focus is Corporate and Commercial Law. He has extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring of international companies, and negotiating telecommunication licenses with governmental authorities in the MENA region. His areas of practice also include real estate and construction, insurance, arbitration, banking and finance.

Rafic has acted as the legal counsel of France Telecom Mobile Liban (FTML). He also advised a leading Kuwaiti telecom company in the acquisition of major companies in the MENA region.

He also handled the negotiation and finalization of mobile licenses with all related agreements and documents in different countries in the Middle East and Africa.

Furthermore, Rafic has a wide experience in providing legal counsel and services in various projects in the MENA region, including drafting of related contracts, establishment of companies, setting up of banking and financial structures, conducting due diligence, etc. for these projects.

Rafic’s recent transactions include structuring and drafting of legal documentation related to a port project for a value of US$ 250M.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Beirut Bar Association since 1974.

Education

1972, LL.B., Saint Joseph University, Faculty of Law, Beirut, Lebanon.

Languages

Arabic, English, French.