Practice Areas
Industries
Technology and Telecommunications
SAAS lawyers advise and assist both local and foreign clients in the technology and telecommunications sectors. Our services include:
- Regulatory approvals
- Corporate structures
- Employment matters
- Intellectual property rights
- Tax issues
- Drafting joint venture agreements, articles of association, technical assistance and management agreements
We also act as parties’ counsel and arbitrators in technology and telecommunications disputes, ensuring clients’ rights and commercial interests are protected.
Our team works with emerging growth companies, established operators and venture capital funds, helping them navigate complex transactions, expand into new markets and form strategic partnerships. We provide tailored advice that balances regulatory compliance with commercial objectives, supporting innovation while managing risk.
Experience:
- Advised the shareholders of a Lebanese start-up in a landmark acquisition by a major Japanese technology company, the first transaction of its kind in the MENA region.
- Advised a major French telecom operator in connection with the privatisation of the public telephone network in Lebanon.
- Structured and advising on the restructuring of a telecommunications group with affiliates across several Arab and European countries, including transfers of licences and other regulatory matters.
- Supported the establishment of a satellite telecommunications engineering company in Lebanon and Switzerland and acting as external legal adviser to the group.
- Advised a major insurance company on a joint venture with a mobile operator for a micro-insurance scheme delivered via text message, including negotiation with the operator and regulator.
- Represented a Lebanese mobile operator before the Council of State (Supreme Administrative Court) in a dispute with the Ministry of Telecommunications regarding government-owned interconnection lines.
- Acted for a Lebanese mobile operator in a series of ICC arbitration proceedings, including disputes over prepaid line contracts, an alleged breach of a Data Clearing Contract in Geneva, and a cross-border dispute with an African mobile operator involving liability for fraud and hacking of international lines.