TOHME LEGAL IS A TOP TIER, FULL RANGE LAW FIRM

We assist both businesses and individuals with claims against state-owned companies, with a flawless track record in expropriation disputes including : 

· lawful and unlawful expropriation. 

· direct or indirect expropriation. 

· creeping expropriation. 

· nationalization. 

· confiscation.  

Whether it is an international, cross border or a domestic dispute, our firm will handle the matter from the negotiation to the litigation process. We advise on tenders to businesses and public administrations, help with the negotiations finalizing, drafting and closing contracts. We provide advice to governmental bodies and private firms all over the world.  

As big businesses cannot be globally present without being represented on site. Working with agents, distributors or franchisees will give you a market exposure and ensures distribution of the goods and services you offer. 

We assist in negotiating and drafting Agency, Distribution, Franchise agreements and advise on international and local regulations.

Agents will sell your goods without taking ownership, distributors will buy your goods and resell them. both will represent your brand in foreign markets, while working under their own commercial name.

For a bigger and more thriving business you will need a trusted partner for your business venture. A license is a formal authority to use a brand, patent-protected technology, software or a database... 

A franchise is a contract between a brand owner and another party (the franchisee) to use a brand, but also to obtain products, services and support from the franchiser by giving him either the KNOW-HOW or the SHOW-HOW . While using the brand the franchisee is often obliged use the shop furnishing, signs and corporate style and to pay a part of his turnover or profit to the brand owner.     

Our team of highly prepared and skilled lawyers will assist all businesses and individuals in all arbitration matters whether in drafting contracts and clauses, negotiating or litigating in international commercial arbitration and local disputes. 

Attorney Elias Tohme has received many Arbitration certificates and diplomas from well regarded institutions including a Diploma with Merits in International Dispute Resolution, and a certificate in International Business Law, both from the University of London.

Our firm assists clients daily in negotiations, conciliation, and mediation. 

At TOHME LEGAL we offer financial institutions, investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private banks,retail banks and individuals a studied, innovative, sophisticated Legal counsel and day to day operations management. we negotiate, advise, enforce specific contracts and deliver clear and effective legal solutions.

We offer our clients the best and most effective legal advice concerning international commercial transaction and domestic as well, covering a full range of services on commercial law disputes, negotiations, contract drafting such as, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, representation & agency laws, sales and purchase, licencing agreements, employment contracts. 

We also advise on import and export regulations, manufacturing, marketing, service provisions, and online term and conditions. We  also assist in obtaining licenses and registrations for all sectors. 

Latest  work, includes advising an energy company on cross-border maritime transactions, drafting the necessary legal paperwork, negotiating bank guarantees in order to close the deal. 

We offer corporation and individuals a full range of expertise in the construction and real estate business.

legal advice in all aspects of complex real estate acquisitions, sales & rental management real estate acquisition through innovative legal mechanisms. 

We advise on public and private construction projects including liability management, and dealing with construction and real estate related regulations.

latest work, drafting a partnership construction project, advising on legal regulations, obtaining licences and managing the legal relationship between the investors, contractors, sub-contractors, owners, suppliers, and the financial institutions.  

We help and advise on company formation, structuring, restructuring and day to day business, we offer counsel on debt and equity placements, debt restructurings, international mergers, domestic mergers, merger control, acquisitions, and divestitures, private equity, corporate governance and structure, and general corporate matters.

We advise board of directors, managers, shareholders, creditors, auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders in all legal aspects that are critical to a company; prepare, study, draft shareholder’s agreements and protective formation documents like by-laws and articles, we ensure that all legal aspects are finalized so the company will be up and running at full capacity.

Company formation is a very delicate process, and we at TOHME LEGAL offer our extensive expertise so the business we build for you becomes the dream you always wanted. 

We offer our clients day to day corporate legal support whether, international or domestic, private corporations or individuals, we also advise on asset management and holdings in Lebanon or abroad.

We offer our clients Legal support in international criminal law, domestic criminal law, corporate crimes, white collar crimes, we only ask for the truth so we can negotiate and fearlessly represent you or your business.

Contracts & contractual relationships are a very delicate process, We offer our clients the best dedicated legal advice in order to ensure your contractual relationships grows strong and liability free.

latest work includes legal advice on Oil & Gas contracts for an energy tycoon, Construction partnership contracts for a multinational company. 

We offer our clients legal expertise in all labor related matters, whether employers in collective disputes or employees in individual disputes, we advise on social security law and represent you or your business in all labor related disputes.

Hospitality Law governs the various nuances of the hotel, restaurant, bar, spa, country club, meeting, and convention industries, among others. 

We offer our clients legal advise and day to day business management as Hospitality law commonly encompasses a wide array of laws including contracts, anti-trust, torts, real estate... 

We are very interested in Human Rights , we offer counsel to NGOs, Government entities, Companies and Interested individuals, we have experience and education as well, Lawyer Elias Tohme attends workshops and conferences on every occasion and has already been certified in Human Rights, Human Rights Mechanisms For Protection, International Criminal Proceedings, International And National Mechanisms For The Prevention Of Torture...

We represent and advise on all insurance matters to international and local insurance & reinsurance companies and offer our expertise to individuals as well.

latest work, winning a litigated case for accident damages, negotiating with the company and closing the deal.

We are at the forefront of the industry, offering innovative legal advise in all IP matters including rights, licencing, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and copyright. We offer a full range of  Intellectual Property services from counsel to Trademark registration in Lebanon and abroad, design, copyright, and patent registration to litigation and dispute resolution.

Latest work includes a claim for unfair competition between two international designers, after winning the court case, it  became a landmark for trademark infringement and unfair competition in Lebanon proving the difference between civil/personal names and commercial trademarks.   

Our team can assist you in any investment dispute, lawyer Elias Tohme has specialized in international investment law, the regulation of Foreign Direct Investment under Bilateral Investment Treaties, Multilateral Investment Treaties, Regional Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements; International Investment Law and Assistance to Investors are one of our many fields of expertise, we have studied its history, the implications emanating from the treatment of foreign investor, the standards of treatment, the responsibility of the host state and that of the state of origin, the different doctrines and formulas, the compensation for damages, the principle of reciprocity of treatment between nations, the fair & equitable treatment of all investors, the role of different actors and there involvement in investment law, such as the world bank, the ICSID, the human rights council, the regulation of FDI under BITs, MITs, RITs and FTAs, and so We are the most qualified to advise you or your company on any investment dispute whether international or local. 

We have a track record of thousands litigated cases, we offer our expertise to both local and foreign clients, businesses and individual, complex or simple cases, our methods are highly efficient and get the job done.