Adv. Hassan Abou Khalil

An attorney at the Courts of Appeal and Cassation and an experienced legal counsel with a professional career of more than thirty-three years in legal practice and advocacy before the courts of appeal and cassation and the real-estate, civil, criminal and commercial courts. He is the founder and head of a law firm registered with the Beirut Bar Association, and oversees all legal aspects of the contracts, transactions and dealings of Swaidan Engineering & Consultancy.

• Real-estate and urban planning cases.
• Civil procedure and advocacy before the courts of appeal and cassation.
• Incorporation and registration of commercial companies in all legal forms.
• Construction contracts and the disputes arising from them.
• Handling transactions before official departments and municipalities.
• Following recent legislation and case law in real-estate law, urban planning and civil procedure.
• Preparing in-depth legal studies on municipal law, associations law and real-property rights.

1. 1993 — Present

   Founder and Head of the Law Firm

   Licensed law firm registered with the Beirut Bar Association— Tyre, Lebanon

   • Organising, incorporating and registering commercial companies in all legal forms — limited liability, joint-stock and general partnership — with the commercial registers.
   • Training and mentoring generations of appellate lawyers and trainee lawyers officially registered with the firm.
2. May 1996 — Present

   Advocate before the Courts of Appeal and the Court of Cassation

   The Lebanese Courts— Lebanon

   • Pleading and defending major civil, real-estate, criminal and commercial cases.
   • Accredited attorney and legal counsel to numerous major companies, commercial groups and investment institutions.