Nada Hachem

Nada Hachem is a corporate and cross-border transactions lawyer based in the Middle East.

Her practice involves advising regional and international clients on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including business establishment and expansion, complex agreements, corporate restructuring, risk management, banking, and operations.

Ms. Hachem’s extensive experience in legal and regulatory matters spans the MENA, Europe, the United States, and South Asia, with expertise in fundraising, entertainment, and technology.

She also has considerable experience petitioning for delisting clients sanctioned by the World Bank, OFAC, and its foreign counterparts, as well as representing clients in commercial and arbitral proceedings.

Ms. Hachem is fluent in Arabic, English, and French, and practices law in all three languages.

Working out of Beirut, Ms. Hachem leverages her deep cultural and legal understanding of the MENA region, Europe, and the United States to deliver practical solutions for clients.

Ms. Hachem is admitted to practice law in Beirut. She is not admitted to practice law in the United States.

Other Languages

• Arabic
• French
• German

Professional Affiliations

• Beirut Bar Association of Lawyers

• Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
• Senior associate, Lex&Co Legal Counsels
• Senior associate, Abou Jaoude & Associates
• Of counsel, Hachem Rizk Law
• Legal consultant, Wildgen Partners in Law

• Represented ultra-high-net-worth individuals in sophisticated cross-border investments and transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions and sectors.
• Advised start-ups and emerging companies from establishment through scaling, providing ongoing support on corporate structuring, regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, and day-to-day operational matters.
• Advised global multinational companies across the technology, engineering, construction, medical devices, financial services, recruitment, and social media sectors on regulatory and compliance matters in the GCC.
• Represented buyers and sellers in major cross-border direct and indirect acquisitions, including in the purchase of a zircon and secondary minerals mining production plant in Indonesia; an iron ore mine and agricultural land in Sierra Leone; tourism and hotel establishments in Cyprus; large-scale real estate and industrial facilities in Croatia, Lebanon and Ghana; industrial food chains in Lebanon, etc.
• Advised on legal matters pertaining to major international sporting, entertainment, and cultural initiatives, such as global tournaments, FIFA-level events, and internationally recognized film and media festivals.
• Provided ongoing legal support and advice to one of the largest social media platforms worldwide and a major global payment network.
• Acted as lead counsel for the migration and expansion of companies across borders, including a leading international capital markets technology platform.
• Advised on the redemption of convertible bonds in exchange for the direct acquisition of 25 real estate plots valued at USD 200 million within a large residential development project in Lebanon.
• Acted as lead counsel in the establishment, launch, and venture capital financing of an online retail start-up platform in the United Kingdom.
• Acted as lead counsel for the franchising and expansion strategies of luxury and ready-to-wear fashion brands, food chains, cloud kitchens, pharmacy chains, real estate brokers, recycling businesses, and other businesses across the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Lebanon, Oman, and Kuwait.
• Acted as lead counsel on the licensing and rollout of Internet of Things (IoT) technology from a US entity to a Lebanese company, including securing the first governmental IoT license in Lebanon.
• Represented a UAE-based IT solutions provider in complex commercial arrangements across the MENA region, including equipment identity register agreements, telecommunications technology purchases, IT support and maintenance agreements, managed services contracts, joint ventures, and public-private partnerships related to the establishment and operation of Network Operations Centers and International Gateway monitoring systems.
• Represented MENA’s first streaming video platform in its joint venture with a telecommunications systems integrator serving the corporate market in Kuwait.
  

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