HNS Legal

Founding Partners: Joseph Nasrallah, Jad Skaff and Ali El Maoula

Partners: 5

Lawyers: 25

International Offices: Dubai, Baghdad, Erbil

Firm Overview:

HNS Legal (HNS) has been delivering the highest quality, comprehensive legal advice and exceptional tailored services in the MENA region for over a decade.

Particularly active in M&A, Joint Ventures, Corporate Restructurings, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Arbitration, the firm offers legal services to leading local, regional and international companies operating in industries including aviation, banking, telecom, logistics, transportation, venture capital, energy and waste management, healthcare, media, technology, hospitality and FMCG, as well as to high net worth individuals, family offices, startups, established businesses, non-governmental organizations and public and state-owned entities.

The firm's commitment to supporting clients extends to a range of complementary practice areas aiming at ensuring optimal protection of their personal matters and finances.

Based out of Beirut-Lebanon, HNS has joined forces with leading firms in the UAE, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, combining their expertise, resources and abilities to create a powerhouse of like-minded attorneys and practitioners who provide effective legal strategies and solutions, and strive to protect and preserve clients’ interests at home and overseas with excellence, integrity and professionalism.

Under the tutelage of highly experienced lawyers, the multi-disciplinary team at HNS doesn’t work in silos, but instead collaborates to provide innovative and practical legal solutions optimizing success, in line with today’s constantly changing business environment.

With a vision to take on new challenges while adapting to the region’s evolving landscape and embracing new technological developments, the firm’s unparalleled creative thinking, critical responsiveness and dynamism has placed HNS on top of the legal practice in the region and has established its identity on the international scene.

Through strategic synergies and other solid long-term collaborations with international law firms across the globe, HNS has developed extensive experience across multiple other jurisdictions, in key practice areas revolving around Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution, Civil and Criminal Law, and Regulatory Services, allowing the team to assist clients in successfully conducting their business in the GCC, MENA,Asia, Africa, Europe and beyond.

HNS is perfectly placed to understand and advise clients on the complexities and challenges of cross-border transactions and projects, namely when dealing with regulatory bodies, governments and authorities.

Main Areas of Practice:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Business Law
• Agency and Distribution Law
• Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy
• Aviation Law
• Banking and Finance Law
• IT & Telecommunications
• Real Estate and Construction law
• Public Works and Administrative law
• Media and Entertainment Law
• Intellectual and Industrial Property
• Debt Recovery
• Litigation and Arbitration