← Lebanon Practice
Lebanese Real Estate & Property Management
Property transactions in Lebanon, property management, real estate litigation, and trusted representation of owners under Lebanese law.
Scope
A few examples of what we can handle
- Real estate acquisitions and sales in Lebanon, including legal due diligence, negotiation, transaction structuring, documentation, registration, closing, and post-closing matters
- Property titles and Land Registry matters in Lebanon, including verification of ownership, title history, liens, mortgages, attachments, easements, restrictions, and the registration or correction of property rights
- Cadastral, zoning, construction, and permitting matters, coordinated with land surveyors, architects, engineers, technical experts, municipalities, and other public authorities
- Residential, commercial, and industrial leases, including drafting, negotiation, renewal, amendment, termination, rent adjustments, and lease-related disputes
- Property administration and management, including tenant relations, formal notices, eviction procedures, common-property matters, maintenance and renovation, insurance, utilities, expenses, and the procurement of works and services through competitive calls for bids
- Property representation in Lebanon for non-resident and foreign owners, including Lebanese diaspora clients and nationals of Arab Gulf states, requiring trusted local representation for the payment of taxes and bills, dealings with municipalities and public administrations, property inspections, tenant oversight, and protection against trespass or unauthorized occupation
- Co-ownership, partition, and jointly held property, including use arrangements, administration, sale, division, and the resolution of disputes among co-owners
- Property development, investment, and contracting projects, including acquisition structures, development and construction agreements, contractor appointments, project documentation, financing arrangements, and coordination through completion
- Fiduciary and entrusted-property mandates, including acting under powers of attorney, defining the representative’s authority, supervising delegated professionals, maintaining accounts and records, reporting to the owner, and establishing safeguards for transparency and accountability
- Real estate litigation, including disputes over ownership, possession, boundaries, leases, construction defects, encroachments, trespass, contracts, and enforcement
- Expropriation, public-authority matters, and property access rights, including compensation claims, administrative procedures, challenges affecting property rights, and the establishment or protection of rights of way and access easements for landlocked or insufficiently served parcels
How We Work
Property requires stewardship, not just paperwork.
For each property, we look into its condition, use, obligations, ownership, and the owner’s objectives. We coordinate the legal, technical, administrative, and practical work required, whether the matter concerns a transaction, ongoing management, development, representation, or dispute. The aim is to protect the asset, preserve its value, put it to productive use, and ensure that it serves the owner’s objectives.