Cross-Border Counsel & Arbitration Chambers

Cross-Border Legal Advisory & Enterprise Dispute Resolution

Protecting global investments, commercial transactions, and multi-jurisdictional interests with uncompromised legal precision, backed by over six decades of proven courtroom authority.

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Arbitration & In-House RetainerMiddle East & Regional Cross-Border Desk

Active 2026

$1.4B+Transactional Value Advised

68+ YrsFirm Heritage Since 1958

14Direct Jurisdictions Covered

99.4%Corporate Client Retention

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Interactive Retainer & Consultation Booking

Select your legal concern to preview availability and initiate confidential enterprise attorney allocation within 4 business hours.

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Core Practice Jurisdictions & Advisory Areas

Precision legal counsel tailored for multi-national conglomerates, sovereign entities, and private high-net-worth investors across the MENA region and Europe.

Corporate & Cross-Border M&A

Structuring transnational mergers, asset purchase agreements, joint ventures, and antitrust regulatory filings across emerging and mature jurisdictions.

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International Commercial Arbitration

Representation under ICC, LCIA, DIAC, and UNCITRAL rules. Recognition and rigorous enforcement of foreign arbitral awards globally.

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Banking, Finance & Compliance

Sovereign debt advisory, syndicated facilities, cross-border remittance compliance, AML/KYC institutional frameworks, and sanctions navigation.

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Real Estate & Foreign Direct Investment

Facilitating cross-border property acquisitions, foreign ownership permits, commercial tenancy structuring, and sovereign investment tax treaties.

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Intellectual Property & Digital Rights

Patent portfolio prosecution, global trademark protection, software licensing covenants, trade secret defence, and data governance frameworks.

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Government Affairs & Civil Litigation

Navigating high-profile administrative proceedings, ministerial decrees, corporate concessions, and appellate litigation across sovereign courts.

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Senior Partnership

Distinguished Legal Counsel

Our leadership combines decades of local statutory trial experience with international arbitration bench standards.

Managing Partner

Zouheir Alkhani

Founder & Lead Arbitration Counsel

Admitted 1958. Leading authority on regional civil codification, commercial banking structures, and multinational disputes across the Levant.

Bar Association #0142ICC Registered Arbitrator

Partner

Nour Alkhani-Vassili

Partner, Cross-Border Transactions & FDI

Specializes in bilateral investment treaties (BITs), sovereign infrastructure tenders, and complex technology joint venture agreements.

LL.M. Sorbonne / Paris IIChambers Global 2025

Counsel

Omar Al-Gharbi

Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution

Extensive appellate track record representing financial institutions, state developers, and foreign holding consortiums in multi-tier enforcement.

Supreme Constitutional CourtLCIA Arbiter

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Key procedural guidelines regarding cross-border representation, retainers, and legal verification.