The  firm
has experience in several fields of legal activity among which are:
         ·   Commercial companies, transactions, and bankruptcy.
        
·   Banking laws, bank liquidation and bankruptcy.
             
Nasser El Khalil was commissioned by the Court of Commerce of Beirut as:
                  ·    Chairman of Liquidation Committee of Bank Al- Mashrek
                 
·    Attorney of the Lebanese Arab Bank “under liquidation”
                 
·   
Attorney of Middle East Banking Company (MEBCO Bank) “under liquidation”.
         ·    Criminal cases related to bankruptcy and to commercial and financial operations.
         ·    Contracts.
        
·    Legalities of trading in spot and futures contracts of commodities and currencies, and disputes arising    
              there from.
        
·    Taxes.
        
·    Work and property of non-Lebanese in Lebanon.

 

Laws Drafted by the Firm:

        ·     The “Financial Markets Laws”, drafted upon the request of Minister of Finance in August 2000.
        ·
    
The “Morabat (Usury) Law” drafted upon the request of Minister of Finance in May 2000.


Areas of Specific Interest: 
 

 ·     Copyright, patent, trade mark.

 ·     Off-Shore companies. 

 ·     E-Commerce. 
 
 

Firm established by H. E. Kazem El Khalil in 1932.

      ·   Graduate of the Syrian University in Damascus in 1928.
      ·   Member of Lebanese Parliament and member of the Council of Ministers several times between 1936 & 1990.

 
Headed by H. E. Khalil El Khalil 1968-1970,
then appointed ambassador to Tehran, and thereafter to Bonn, The Hague, and Ankara.


Nasser El Khalil,
also Chairman of Bank al Mashrek Liquiditation Committee (court appointed), former Merrill Lynch account executive, NYSE registered representative, CBT commodity solicitor. 

· Graduate of American University of Beirut 1965  
Lebanese University      1969
· Investment & Security Analysis, Money Markets & Taxes, 
Hayden Stone Inc., New York  
1968
Stock and commodity
Brokerage
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
1968
Partner and manager of law firm established in 1932 by H.E. Kazem EL Khalil as of 1971.    
Chairman of the Liquidation Committee of Bank Al-Mashrek  in 1991.
The liquidation involved: Recuperation of assets in excess of  US$80,000,000, including the sale of  Trans Mediterranean Airlines (TMA), First Phoenicien and Capital Trust Banks.   
Distribution of 73 Billion Lebanese Pounds (US$50,000,000 aprox.) to depositors and creditors.