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Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm was awarded the LegalComprehensive Golden Global Awards Islamic Finance Law Firm of the Year award for Lebanon.

The LegalComprehensive Golden Global Awards ranks as one of the most sought after accolades in the legal world, not just because of the lengths LegalComprehensive go through to quantify the winners but also because they only give out a very few awards.

According to LegalComprehensive, with one of the most stringent judging processes of any awards campaign, LegalComprehensive awards less firms than any other legal publisher.

Awards are issued on the basis of nominations received from LegalComprehensive members and strict scrutiny and appraisal by an internal panel of judges.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm is proud to have its Islamic Finance work recognised in this manner.

About Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm is one of Lebanon’s oldest law firms, founded over 130 years ago. Throughout the years, the firm has stood out for providing high-quality, innovative and pragmatic legal services to companies and individuals in the Middle East and internationally.

The award-winning firm is recognised by the leading legal guides – such as Chambers and Partners, IFLR1000 and the Legal500, as a top tier law firm in Lebanon and Qatar.
Built on the pillars of its give core values – Ethics, Responsibility, Innovation, Teamwork and Excellence – the firm has withstood the test of time by constantly staying ahead of new trends in the legal landscape.

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Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm has won a regional award for its social and pro bono work at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Middle East Awards ceremony, held on Wednesday October 18th, 2017, at Burj Al Arab in Dubai, U.A.E.

For the second time since 2015, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm was awarded the IFLR Middle East Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year award, in recognition of the thousands of hours of pro bono legal and strategic work contributed by firm to various causes across Lebanon and the region.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm assists NGOs and associations working in fields as diverse as: education, health, leadership, the environment, helping children with disabilities, combatting corruption, science, human rights, entrepreneurship and many others. It is particularly impressive that the renowned Lebanese firm won this award after being nominated alongside large international law firms including Clifford Chance, Dentons and Al Tamimi.

Among the highlights of Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm’s pro bono policy is an innovative, incoming system that allows the members of the team to direct the allocation of pro bono resources.

The IFLR Middle East Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the legal industry, recognising the leading firms and individuals in financial, corporate and commercial law.

About Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm is one of Lebanon’s oldest law firms, founded over 130 years ago. Throughout the years, the firm has stood out for providing high-quality, innovative and pragmatic legal services to companies and individuals in the Middle East and internationally.
The award-winning firm is recognised by the leading legal guides – such as Chambers and Partners, IFLR1000 and the Legal500, as a top tier law firm in Lebanon and Qatar.
Built on the pillars of its give core values – Ethics, Responsibility, Innovation, Teamwork and Excellence – the firm has withstood the test of time by constantly staying ahead of new trends in the legal landscape.

For more information please contact publications@elmeouchi.com
http://www.elmeouchi.com

IFLR1000, one of the leading guides of international law firms in corporate and finance law, has ranked Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm in the top tier for Lebanon in 2014. This latest edition sees the firm praised for its “excellent reputation“, “quick […] responses” and knowledge of the local law.

Our Qatar office is also highly ranked and recognised for its work in “[…] banking, asset finance, Islamic finance, derivatives, securitisations and structured finance [and] its corporate work […] largely M&A.”

In addition to the firm’s rankings, Salim El Meouchi (Chairman and Senior Partner) and Chadia El Meouchi (Managing Partner) were both listed among Lebanon’s Leading Lawyers for all three categories evaluated by IFLR1000, namely: Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions.

IFLR has also nominated Badri and Salim El Meouchi for the “Law Firm of the Year – Lebanon” award, and Chadia El Meouchi has been nominated for “Managing Partner of the Year – Middle East“, along with the leading law firms in the world.

The winners of these and other categories will be announced at the annual IFLR Middle East and North Africa Award dinner in Dubai on October 25th. If you are attending the event, be sure to introduce yourself to our team of partners and associates in attendance.

We are proud to see our dedication to service and legal excellence recognised again by IFLR1000, and thank our clients and our peers who participated in the review process.

For more information, visit the IFLR1000 website.

Interleges, the international network of independent law firms, launched this year’s Annual Interleges Award (2011), in memory of Stephen Rayner, founding Chairman of Interleges.

The award, aimed at young students and trainees, focuses on one topic of importance in international commercial and business law.

This year’s winner will be invited to Paris for the closing dinner of the Interleges AGM.

For more information, please visit this link.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm contributed to the International Bar Association’s 2011 Anti-Money Laundering Forum, cataloguing AML compliance requirements throughout the world.

Chadia El Meouchi, Jihad Rizkallah, Maria Jreissati and Hala Okeili all participated in the drafting of the guide’s content for Lebanon.

Chadia El Meouchi, Jihad Rizkallah, Maria Jreissati and Neyla El Khazen all participated in the drafting of the guide’s content for Qatar.

Visit the IBA AML Forum page to see the Q&A for Lebanon.

For Qatar, please visit this link.

Vodafone Qatar launched today a standard-setting global mobile money transfer solution, VMT (Vodafone Money Transfer). Initially launching in limited countries, but set to expand to many new destinations, the solution will include local transfers as well as payment options at select merchants.

Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm advised Vodafone Qatar on the structuring of this transaction (this is the first time such a structure is used), and advised on the key agreements of this structure in Qatar. We also advised on the regulatory aspects of the transaction with regards to the Qatar Central Bank regulations.

With its tradition of creative thinking and its deep knowledge of the Middle-East’s legal systems, Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm is at the forefront of innovation in the field of financial law in the region. For more information on our banking and finance and telecoms practices, please do not hesitate to contact us.