https://www.smayralaw.com/home daily 1.0 2023-04-17 https://www.smayralaw.com/about-us daily 0.75 2023-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603b85a4543f684c5619d1ca/1616257214312-20KJDEJ1IYB6IF9EOBBF/columns.jpg About Us - Our History Our firm was founded in 1970 by Mr. Edmond Smayra, after he had established himself as an adviser to a number of highly respected Lebanese private clients, corporations, banks and financial institutions. The aspiration was to provide clients with high-quality legal services, and to build strong and longstanding client relationships founded on trust. This intent remains at the core of our firm’s founding principles. In the 1990s, our firm represented a number of the companies that were involved in Lebanon’s reconstruction and economic recovery on a number of high-profile and complex disputes and transactions. As Lebanon’s economy grew, significant opportunities arose, primarily in the banking, real estate, construction and commercial sectors. Our firm was strategically positioned to provide the technical and inventive legal services required by the times. In this context, our firm developed a diverse team of highly talented attorneys capable of accompanying our local clients in their expansion, locally and internationally. Naturally, our firm’s reach grew across the Middle East region. We also represented our clients in their ventures in Africa, Europe and the Americas. Through globalization, borders are no longer a restriction; yet, local specificity, and particularly in the legal sphere, requires specialized expertise, knowledge and understanding. Our culture and work ethics have therefore allowed us to continually grow and adapt; as well as to provide our clients with the highest level of legal services. Today, our firm is even more committed to its founding principles and represents a wide range of clients from a diverse number of industries in a wide scope of matters within its practice areas. We are present in Lebanon, and we cater to our clients’ legal needs within the Middle East region through our network of collaborating law firms. We also have a larger international reach through a number of select correspondent law firms in different jurisdictions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603b85a4543f684c5619d1ca/1616259683815-EFTDECRAMHL3VJYGUJLH/commute.jpg About Us - Our Vision We aim to provide clients with high-quality and results-oriented legal services, locally and internationally; as well as to build strong and longstanding relationships founded on trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603b85a4543f684c5619d1ca/1616259755355-FYH9XJJU95VXTD81A46F/meeting.png About Us - Our Values Trust and Integrity. Dedication, pragmatism and inventiveness. Collaboration. Expert services. Maximizing the client’s long term best interest. https://www.smayralaw.com/our-practices daily 0.75 2021-03-21 https://www.smayralaw.com/arbitration-litigation-dispute-resolution daily 0.75 2021-03-21 https://www.smayralaw.com/banking-finance daily 0.75 2021-03-21 https://www.smayralaw.com/rami-smayra daily 0.75 2023-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603b85a4543f684c5619d1ca/1617039684674-2UB0Z1LN5PM0NXAOQ5EH/Rami+Smayra.jpg Rami Smayra - Rami Smayra Managing Partner Mr. Rami Smayra is our firm’s managing partner. He essentially practices in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, and he represents a wide variety of clients in highly technical banking, construction, corporate and M&A transactions. He is also particularly experienced in arbitration. He has advised clients from Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, including most countries in the Middle East. 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His practice primarily focuses on complex commercial, infrastructure projects, real estate and administrative law disputes. Mr. Smayra founded our firm in 1970, after he had established himself as an adviser to a number of highly respected Lebanese private clients, corporations, banks and financial institutions. His aspiration was, and remains, to provide clients with high-quality legal services, and to build strong and longstanding client relationships founded on trust. During his career, Mr. Smayra has litigated numerous landmark cases that resulted in the rendering of precedent setting decisions. He has also had a pivotal role in several transactions that have contributed to the development of the commercial environment in Lebanon. 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