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Attorney at Law · Beirut

From the negotiating table to the courtroom, one lawyer at your side.

I advise and represent individuals, families and companies in civil, commercial, criminal and real estate matters, and in personal-status cases before the ecclesiastical courts. Every file handled personally, in Arabic, French or English.

Portrait of Nicolas Nasrallah
Years in practice
7+
Transactions closed
350+
Working languages
3

Trusted by companies at every stage

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About

A lawyer who reads the file before the clause.

Tripoli Bar Association
Admitted 2021
In-house experience
7+ years
Typical engagement
Retainer or fixed-fee scope

I started my career in the Beirut office of Jocelyn Rahi, and have since spent seven years as legal counsel to companies operating in Lebanon and abroad. That combination shaped how I work: I read a file the way a client does, looking for where the exposure, the leverage and the realistic outcome actually sit.

Experience

  • Practised before the Military Court, handling and managing cases through all stages of litigation.
  • Represented and advised six companies in Lebanon and abroad, acting as their legal counsel and attorney.
  • Handled a wide range of civil, commercial, real estate and criminal matters, including litigation, legal representation and proceedings before the competent courts.
Nicolas Nasrallah, Attorney at Law
Practice areas

Where I do my best work

Advice and advocacy across five areas, from the first consultation to the final hearing. If a matter falls outside them, I will tell you and refer you on.

  • 01

    Civil litigation

    Claims, debt recovery, liability and contractual disputes, run from the first notice to judgment and enforcement.

    • Contract & liability claims
    • Debt recovery
    • Enforcement of judgments
  • 02

    Commercial & corporate

    Company formation, shareholder arrangements and the contracts a business runs on, drafted to hold up in the court that would hear a dispute.

    • SAL & SARL formation
    • Shareholder agreements
    • Commercial contracts
  • 03

    Real estate

    Sales, leases and title matters, from checking a property's record to litigating the dispute when a deal goes wrong.

    • Sale & purchase
    • Leases & evictions
    • Title & co-ownership disputes
  • 04

    Criminal defence & Military Court

    Representation at every stage of a criminal matter, before the criminal courts and the Military Court, for defendants and for victims bringing a complaint.

    • Investigation & questioning
    • Defence at trial and before the Military Court
    • Complaints & civil claims
  • 05

    Attorney at the Maronite Court

    Personal-status matters argued before the Maronite ecclesiastical court, with discretion and care.

    • Annulment & separation
    • Custody & visitation
    • Alimony
Credentials

Bar membership and languages

Bar membership

  • Tripoli Bar Association, LebanonAdmitted 2021

Languages

  • ArabicNative, drafting and advocacy
  • FrenchBilingual, drafting and advocacy
  • EnglishFluent, drafting and negotiation
FAQ

Before you get in touch

How do you charge?

Most work is either a monthly retainer for ongoing counsel or a fixed fee for a defined scope such as a formation, a financing round or a contract suite. Hourly billing is reserved for disputes and open-ended diligence. You will always have the fee basis in writing before work starts.

Do you take on litigation?

Yes. I appear before the competent civil, commercial and criminal courts, and before the Military Court, and I manage a file through every stage of the proceedings. Where a matter falls outside my practice, I will tell you so and refer you to someone better placed.

Can you work with our existing lawyers abroad?

Frequently. On cross-border matters I act as Lebanese or French counsel alongside your primary firm, or coordinate a small panel of local counsel across jurisdictions and consolidate the advice into a single decision memo.

What happens in the first consultation?

Forty-five minutes, no charge. You describe the situation, I tell you what I think it needs, roughly what it costs and whether I am the right lawyer for it. If I am not, I will say so and point you somewhere better.

Is our first conversation confidential?

Yes. Professional secrecy applies from the first contact under the rules of the Tripoli Bar Association, whether or not you go on to engage me. Please avoid sending documents until we have confirmed there is no conflict.

Contact

Let's talk about the matter in front of you.

A first consultation runs forty-five minutes and costs nothing. Message me on WhatsApp and I will reply within one business day.

Message on WhatsApp

Fastest route to a reply. Voice notes and documents welcome.

Phone & WhatsApp
+961 3 008 048
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 18:00 (Beirut, GMT+3)
Consultations in
Arabic, French, English