Intellectual Property Specialized Law Firm

Sader & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants

3rd Floor, Sader Building, Dekwaneh
P.O. Box 116-2428 Justice Palace
Beirut
Lebanon

+961 1 499888

www.saderlaw.com

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Law Firm Overview

Sader & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants is a trilingual law firm, registered at the Beirut Civil Court under Number 237, offering to its clients advocacy and consultancy services in many legal fields.

The firm groups three partners and many associated lawyers and legal researchers.

Our office, located in Beirut, serves the need of companies and individuals of different nationalities.

We are a dedicated law firm, focusing our practice on IP law, IT law, Entertainment Law, Real Estate law, Corporate law, Criminal law, International law, Conflict of laws, Family law, law on Inheritance and Wills and Environmental law.

Sader & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants has one of the largest legal libraries in Lebanon composed of more than 4000 books in Arabic, English and French languages which cover laws in Lebanon, the Gulf, the Arabic Maghreb, Europe, and the USA. Our collaboration with the leading legal publisher in the Middle East (Sader Group established in 1863) keeps us up dated in all legal development.

Sader & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants collaborates with reputed law firms in different countries. Its network keeps it well placed to serve its clients on national, regional and international scales.

Our staff is highly efficient and professional, founded on a teamwork philosophy. The organizational structure of our firm embraces: A Public Relation Department; An Information Technology Department; A legal translation Department - Arabic, English and French; A specialized Project Coordination Department to assist our clients needs concerning their investments; and A research Department.

Our Capacity to conduct Market researches and studies makes us well positioned to assist our clients in dealing with the difficulties raised in the Trade, Industry and Entertainment matters.

Sader & Associates, Advocates & Legal Consultants joint efforts with many Public and Private sector entities in executing many Projects related to the legal fields.

Languages: English, Arabic, French

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

Our services include:

- Intellectual Property Rights

Our experienced team handles all cases related to copyright, trademarks, patents, industrial designs and trade secrets legal actions.

* Copyright and Authors Rights: Evaluating on copyright ability of works; Registrations of all forms of literary and artistic works including Software and Music industry products; Counseling on registration of copyrights at a national, regional and international level; Advising on exploitation and proper use of copyrights and other related rights; Negotiating, preparing, and drafting copyright agreements; Distribution of copyrights through licensing; Enforcing authors rights and agreements and other related rights; Negotiating, preparing, and drafting copyright agreements; Distribution of copyrights through licensing; Enforcing authors rights and agreements and other related rights

- Arts and Entertainment

We are one of the few law firms in Lebanon and the Arab Region which specializes in Entertainment laws. We have a large experience in supporting our clients in all issues related to:

* Films and video clips production
* Single-artist representation
* Representation agreements
* Performing artist agreements
* Music publishing agreements
* Structuring and starting up entertainment companies
* Artists management agreements
* Concerts and tours agreements
* Music production for films.

- Information Technologies

We guide our clients in all aspects related to information technologies, computer law and cyber law:

* The development of protection systems
* Assisting clients with import and export of products related to information technology
* Negotiating and drafting contracts related to information technology and technology transfers
* Domain names disputes
* Joint Ventures in the online service industries
* Contract drafting in all concerns related to e-commerce, website development and internet transactions

- Real Estate Transactions and Litigation

The firm's extensive residential real estate practice provides a complete range of services:

* Title insurance services
* Real Estate transactions
* Commercial and residential leasing
* Lease litigation
* Mortgage foreclosure
* Condominium law

- Construction

The firm represents numerous clients involved in the construction industry, including builders, developers, realtors, and homeowners. Services to these clients include contract preparation and negotiation; contract administration; analysis and resolution of claims and disputes; litigation, proceedings. Our firm represents owners, developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in virtually all types of construction matters.

- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction

Problems related to conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions in a country like Lebanon, where the legal system as well as the Court system are complex due to the multiconfessional structure of these systems, require, for their solution, a certain skill and a full knowledge of the Statutes and Laws governing the different religious communities.

Domestic as well as international conflicts for Lebanese emigrants and expatriates as well as for foreigners residing in Lebanon take proportions different from these concerning citizens of countries having a unified legislation and court systems. Problems of Characterization, Renvoi, Public Policy and Fraud, as applied to the different legal relationships, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration awards and, in general, all other conflict problems which may have in the Lebanese Legal System a different scope and meaning.

Contracts and international Agreements raise a variety of conflict of laws problems requiring special attention and counseling.

This is a field where our Law firm is qualified to give the best counseling and to deal with these and related problems with a professional approach and in the best possible manner. This is mostly due to the presence among our partners in the firm of an Attorney who has a local and international experience of more than fifty years in this field, teaching and practicing.

- Family Law, Wills and Estates

All matters relating to this field from birth up to enforcement of post mortem agreements and successions can be handled by our law firm.
* Rights and obligations from childhood up to maturity
* Prenuptial agreements
* Marriage: form, substance and legal effects
* Dissolution of marriage and legal effects thereof
* Ante nuptial settlements
* Parents/children relationships
* Legal status of illegitimate and adopted children
All these matters are handled with utmost confidentiality, trust and diligence.

Partners

	Ms. Nisrine W. El Haddad Partner Commercial Law, Copyright, Corporate Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property		Mr. Rany J. Sader Managing Partner Advertising, Agency and Distributorship, Art and Culture, Computer and Software, Consumer Law
	Mr. Khalil A. Sfeir Senior Partner Family Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patents, Will