An international law firm in Lebanon and the United States
From Beirut and Houston, Attieh & Chebli provides full-service legal counsel on domestic and cross-border matters in Lebanon, the United States, and across multiple jurisdictions.
Built where legal systems meet
The firm is structured to address several legal fields within one practice, allowing related legal needs to be coordinated as part of the same matter. It works across different legal systems, most notably American, European, and Arab legal systems, and navigates the legal traditions that inform them. It adapts its analysis, strategy, and execution to the law and institutions governing each matter.
A practice built on judgment, integrity, and trust
Attieh & Chebli was founded by Sami Khalil Attieh, a distinguished lawyer whose reputation was built on professional rigor, ethical judgment, and an unwavering commitment to his clients.
Mr. Attieh approached disputes with clarity and discipline. He sought efficient resolutions and the strongest achievable outcome, while remaining fair, principled, and professional in the conduct of every matter. His advocacy was respected not only by clients and colleagues, but also by opposing counsel, who knew him as an honorable adversary, firm in protecting his clients’ interests, yet measured in method and steadfast in upholding the standards of the profession.
Over the course of his practice, he was entrusted with complex disputes, corporate advisory work, real estate portfolios, and fiduciary responsibilities requiring discretion, diligence, and sound judgment. Individuals, companies, nongovernmental organizations, public entities, and fellow lawyers sought his counsel on matters where trust and experience were essential.
He founded the firm and guided its growth around those same principles. His legacy continues in a practice committed to careful counsel, professional independence, ethical advocacy, and the responsible stewardship of every matter placed in its hands.
The standards behind the practice
Effective legal counsel depends on understanding not only the law, but how legal matters move through the institutions responsible for them. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience, Attieh & Chebli combines that institutional knowledge with careful legal analysis, discretion, and practical execution, standards developed through long-term practice and applied across every legal field in which the firm works.
The practice today
The firm’s leadership carries forward the standards on which Attieh & Chebli was built, combining experience across jurisdictions, legal systems, and generations of practice.
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The firm’s history matters because Attieh & Chebli carries its founding principles into every new matter, client relationship, and jurisdiction.
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