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Exclusive IR Global Advisor for Commercial Litigation , Corporate Law and Real Estate in Lebanon since 2022

Malek Kallas

Managing Partner, Kallas Law Firm

+961 3 722 755

+961 1 396060

Biography

Acting as managing partner at Kallas Law Firm, his expertise is primarily focused on banking, corporate law, complex cross border commercial disputes and real estate.

Malek holds a Postgraduate diploma from King’s College London (2018) and an Executive Master of Laws from King’s College London with a focus on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and securities regulations (2019).

He was granted the “Medicine and Ethics lawyer of the Year- Lebanon” award by finance monthly legal awards 2022.

Fluent in English, French and Arabic.

Notable appointments

Malek has acted as lead counsel on several major Criminal Law cases, particularly in the fields of financial torts.

Handled various high profile medical liability criminal disputes with positive outcomes representing prominent medical professionals.

Appointed in 2018 as syndic of a large manufacturing company and currently managing as such one of the largest insolvency cases in Lebanon (value around 32 Million USD)

Lead counsel on a banking matter involving global securities disputes. (value over 350 Million USD)

Handling a major real estate dispute (value around 100 Million USD) and lead counsel for a dispute over one of the largest real estate Lebanese companies (value around 62 Million USD)

Representing one of the largest global information technology companies in a cross border commercial dispute (value around 4.5 Million USD)

Co-counsel for an inheritance dispute, which was recently resolved, involving various complex civil matters (value around 200 Million USD)

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About Kallas Law Firm

With offices in Beirut and affiliates in the Middle East, our firm holds as its core value a deep commitment to its clients in Lebanon and Worldwide. The quality of our work on their behalf combines both professionalism and the highest ethical standards.

Our team of lawyers and legal advisors is recognized both nationally and regionally for the quality of its legal services and the depth of its expertise. It combines knowledge from both the public and the private sectors and relies on the experience of eminent jurists, some of which have served in senior judiciary and governmental positions.

Knowing that the legal needs of our clients may extend to several different areas of the law, our philosophy is based on a specialized yet comprehensive vision of the law. This is made possible by our highly specialized lawyers and advisors who, as a team, combine their accumulated experience to cover each case and legal matter from every single possible angle. Our national and regional clients look to us for advice on a broad array of legal matters and issues.

We provide local and regional expertise with high quality international standards assisting clients to resolve complex transnational transactions and disputes that go beyond local boundaries.

We offer a wide range of services to a large number of local and international clients including: Real Estate, Commercial litigation, Information Technology, Blockchain and Criminal law.

The firm also provides full corporate and commercial services including M&A, joint ventures, setup, corporate secretarial services and commercial agreements.

The firm has a fully dedicated probates and inheritance law unit providing services to Lebanese expats across the globe.

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Exclusive IR Global advisor for Commercial Litigation , Corporate Law and Real Estate in Lebanon

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