Lebanese Local Counsel and Co-Counsel
Attieh & Chebli accepts instructions from foreign counsel, international law firms, and Lebanese firms that need a counterpart in Lebanon. The firm coordinates with instructing counsel on an agreed scope of work.
Delivered from: Beirut
For foreign counsel and international law firms
Attieh & Chebli acts as Lebanese local counsel on matters with a Lebanese component, coordinating with instructing counsel as the matter proceeds.
The work includes:
- Lebanese-law advice on the questions the matter raises
- Legal opinions
- Filings
- Transaction support
- Dispute coordination
- Representation before Lebanese courts and public authorities
This is counterpart counsel work: a Lebanese firm handling the Lebanese elements of a matter, in coordination with the instructing firm.
For Lebanese firms and fellow lawyers
Attieh & Chebli also acts as co-counsel to Lebanese firms and to individual lawyers who need additional capacity or complementary support on a matter.
That work includes:
- Additional co-counsel capacity on an existing matter
- Legal research
- Drafting
- Due diligence
- Comparative-law analysis
- Dispute support
- Collaboration with foreign and Lebanese counsel
How engagements are arranged
The arrangement is deliberately plain.
- An agreed scope. Each engagement begins with a scope agreed with instructing counsel.
- Coordination throughout. The firm coordinates with instructing counsel as the matter proceeds.
- Arrangements set per engagement. Responsibilities and reporting arrangements depend on the particular engagement.
Where this sits alongside the firm’s other work
Local counsel and co-counsel work is matter-specific: it begins with an instruction from another firm and is defined by that matter.
Where a client needs continuing counsel of its own in Lebanon rather than support on a single file, that is general counsel services. Where Attieh & Chebli acts for its own client in a Lebanese dispute, that is litigation and dispute resolution in Lebanon. The firm also advises on international arbitration.
Instructing the firm
To instruct Attieh & Chebli on a Lebanese matter, contact the Beirut office.
Contact the Beirut office