Jurdi Jurdi & Jurdi
Jurdi Jurdi & Jurdi Solicitors and Barristers
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Real Estate Law
Our attorneys can represent and assist any individual or business entity in a variety of real estate issues including real estate investment disputes, acquisitions and sales, leasing, zoning, landlord/tenant matters, land use, mortgages, and other real estate matters. Litigation, consultation and negotiation of mortgages re-financing, reverse mortgages, residential purchase and sale agreements, real estate disputes, claims against and defense of real estate brokers and agents for negligence, misrepresentation, breach of duty, construction defects and mechanic’s liens, including disputes between owners, builders and contractors.


Finance and Banking Law
Our attorneys are armed with special knowledge on matters of banking and financial institutions laws, commercial litigations, financial crimes of international nature, tax evasion litigations, and in general all disputes related to Banking and Finance Laws.

We provide legal assistance on daily banking business issues, advising our clients with respect to on-line banking, the implementation of alternative securities trading systems on the Internet, or questions in connection with other forms of E-resources. Again, we help in representing financial services institutions with respect to all issues related to ISLAMIC BANKING BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND CUSTOMS. Our attorneys are also capable of providing our clients the legal advice in connection with the acquisition and sale of companies and with regard to company reorganizations, representation in mergers and acquisitions.


Corporate & Commercial Activities
Our firm helps in setting up client’s request of corporate structures and advising on investment. We provide consultations on various types of business activities within the daily practice; this practice includes diverse issues; corporate and commercial activities, mergers and acquisitions, investment and joint ventures structuring, leasing, structured and project finance.


Tax Law
We guide our clients to achieve their financial and tax objectives, and keep them informed of the potential impact of pending legislation, and regulation on their businesses. We draw their attention on benefiting from certain tax exemption measures applied by law.

Professional tax activities in view of the frequent and significant changes in the content and interpretation of tax laws, requires an alert professional group of legal advisors to monitor the legislative authorities work and advise accordingly.


Labor Law
In order to ensure compliance with employment legislation, our office can audit and prepare employment contracts, disciplinary and grievance procedures in addition to all other policies needed. Our office can also advice businesses, how to reduce their risk of employment litigation, and what are the obligations imposed by Lebanese laws to protect workers whenever their rights are breached.

Again, our firm is specialized in well defining relationships between employers and unions, by reviewing the companies’ internal regulations manual and evaluating the compliance with Lebanese laws, international agreements on labor, and policy statements in order to represent our clients at the arbitral labor council, counsel on issues related to strikes and provide related litigation support.


Professional Negligence
Our team is always ready for litigations on mattes of professional negligence and professional insurance indemnity, backed by extensive experience in litigation in order to stop suffering of professional negligence consequences and to protect the rights of the person concerned.


Family Law
Our lawyers advise on divers issues of Family Law (Known in Lebanon as Personal status Codes) such as complications of divorce, guardianship of children, inheritance law and all related matters. Our office has successfully handled several cases of inheritance and divorce including litigations between spouses of different nationalities.

The unique judicial structure of religious and civil courts, along with a complicated body of religious and civil legislations governing the cases of marriage and divorce, requires that such cases be handled with outmost professionalism, with lawyers specialized in family and international private law that our firm excels.


Educational Institutions Law
Our office offers consultation services to foreign and Lebanese educational institutions, whether related to employment law or executive compensation matters, or partnership between educational institutions. We provide quality service in advising the educational institution for a daily communication.


Military Litigations
Under the Lebanese military law, military litigations are conducted by the military courts. Dealing with such cases requires an attorney experienced with the military’s court procedures which enjoys a special character due to the administrative structure and procedures followed at these courts. Our office in that sense can represent clients throughout every phase of the military litigations, defending military personnel against their military institutions, including cases related to national draft service.

Our office handles any dispute or litigation arising from any contractual relation, between any entity and the military institutions.


Maritime & Aviation Law
Our attorneys would answer all your inquires related to the representation of passengers and crew members injured as a result of an accident or occurring due to the implementation of their marine or aviation employment contracts. We advise what law applies to their situation and when their claim must be filed (their rights of medical care, wages, and full range of compensation to suffering; in addition to claim for disability…) in accordance to the respective laws, international treaties and customs enforcement.

Enjoying exceptional professional skills, the client is always represented by an attorney who understands the complexity of Maritime & Aviation laws.


International Criminal Jurisdiction
Our office is focused in the matters of international criminal jurisdiction, and is capable of preparing studies related to any entity that is in need of standing on any legal aspect related to the permanent International criminal Court (ICC), and to ad-hoc tribunals. Again, we support the case by international criminal law for its implementation into domestic legal systems, whether related to procedure and evidence, elements of crime can be undertaken by specialized experts to check in the competence of international courts to rule in the case