← Lebanon Practice
Lebanese Administrative Law & Government Representation Services
Representing clients in dealings and disputes with public authorities.
Scope
A few examples of what we can handle
Administrative authorities and government representation
- Government representation and administrative procedures in Lebanon, including applications, filings, approvals, permits, licences, renewals, certificates, objections, administrative follow-up, and dealings with public authorities
- Land Registry and Cadastre matters, including title records, cadastral documents, property registrations, annotations, corrections, mortgages, liens, easements, ownership transfers, and follow-up before registry and cadastral offices
- Commercial Register, Companies Department, and corporate administrative matters, including company registrations, amendments, corporate filings, extracts, branches, representative offices, foreign-company matters, commercial agencies, ownership changes, administrative approvals, and correction of corporate records
- Intellectual Property Protection Office matters, including trademark, patent, copyright, and industrial-design applications, renewals, assignments, recordals, cancellation proceedings, and administrative follow-up
- Municipalities and unions of municipalities, including permits, local taxes and fees, municipal decisions, public property, local procurement, municipal projects, contractual matters, objections, and disputes involving local authorities
- District and governorate authorities, including representation before district administrations (qaim-maqam) and governorate administrations (mohafez) in matters requiring approval, supervision, referral, certification, or administrative intervention
- Urban planning, zoning, and construction authorities, including dealings with the Directorate General of Urban Planning, the Higher Council of Urban Planning, municipalities, unions of municipalities, and technical administrations concerning subdivisions, land use, zoning restrictions, construction permits, planning requirements, and development approvals
- Tax, customs, and Ministry of Finance matters, including tax registrations and declarations, assessments, clearances, exemptions, objections, tax disputes, customs procedures, duties, penalties, and administrative follow-up with the competent financial authorities
- Ministries, central administrations, and public institutions, including representation before the Ministries of Economy and Trade, Industry, Labor, Public Health, Environment, Tourism, Public Works and Transport, Energy and Water, Telecommunications, Agriculture, Interior and Municipalities, and other competent bodies
- Sector-specific licences and regulatory approvals, including applications, renewals, modifications, suspensions, closures, administrative sanctions, and challenges affecting regulated businesses, facilities, professional activities, and development projects
- Public procurement, tenders, and government contracts, including eligibility, bid documentation, tender procedures, administrative compliance, award challenges, contract negotiation, performance matters, and disputes arising from public-sector projects
- Administrative correspondence, complaints, objections, and pre-litigation remedies, including correspondence with the administration (كتاب), formal written requests, requests for reconsideration, hierarchical appeals, challenges to refusals or delays, responses to administrative sanctions, access-to-information requests, and preparation of the record for judicial review
- Public-sector employment and disciplinary matters, including appointments, employment status, compensation, promotion, disciplinary proceedings, administrative decisions, pensions, benefits, and disputes involving public employees or public institutions
Lebanese Council of State
- Administrative litigation before the Lebanese Council of State, including challenges to decrees, regulations, ministerial decisions, municipal decisions, licence refusals, sanctions, and other enforceable acts issued by public authorities
- Annulment actions for excess of authority, including challenges based on lack of jurisdiction, breach of essential form or procedure, violation of law, abuse of power, or use of administrative authority for an improper purpose
- Administrative-contract, public-works, and public-liability disputes, including claims involving public procurement contracts, concessions, public services, administrative fault, compensation, and damage caused by public authorities
- Stay-of-execution requests and urgent administrative measures, including applications to suspend a challenged administrative act, preserve evidence or rights, prevent imminent harm, and maintain the existing position where the applicable legal conditions are met
- Implementation of Council of State judgments, including formal requests and administrative follow-up intended to secure compliance by the relevant public authority, together with coercive measures or penalties where legally available
Constitutional Council
- Parliamentary election challenges before the Constitutional Council, including representation of eligible unsuccessful candidates, assessment of eligibility and electoral irregularities, preparation of the claim and evidence, and compliance with the applicable filing requirements and deadlines
Foreign direct investment, PPPs, and public-sector projects
- Foreign direct investment and public-private partnership counselling in Lebanon, including FDI market entry, project structuring, legal feasibility, investment and concession models, risk allocation, procurement strategy, qualification and bidding, project-company arrangements, government approvals, negotiation, and PPP agreements
- Government representation for foreign investors and PPP projects in Lebanon, including licences, permits, tender participation, regulatory approvals, and dealings with ministries, municipalities, unions of municipalities, public institutions, procurement bodies, and other authorities involved in approving and implementing investment projects
- Concessions, infrastructure projects, and long-term public-sector investment arrangements, including rights to finance, construct, operate, manage, maintain, or commercially exploit public assets and services, as well as tariff and revenue structures, performance standards, regulatory oversight, handback obligations, renegotiation, and dispute management
How We Work
Navigating the rules through every administrative stage.
Administrative matters often turn as much on procedure, jurisdiction, timing, and the quality of the record as on the applicable rules and underlying legal right. We identify the competent authority, map the required approvals and deadlines, prepare the necessary submissions and supporting documents, and follow the matter through application, correspondence, follow-ups, objections, administrative review, and litigation where necessary. At every stage, we preserve the client’s remedies, address delay or refusal promptly, and pursue the route most likely to move the matter forward while protecting the client’s position.