Ghassan El Daye

Ghassan heads the regional litigation practice in the Middle East and specialises in all areas of dispute resolution with a particular emphasis on construction, commercial, civil, banking, real estate and criminal matters.

Ghassan has over 27 years’ experience in litigation and dispute resolution. His extensive in-depth experience in civil, Sharia, commercial, real estate, banking, construction and criminal laws have enabled him to represent clients in some of the region’s most high profile and complex cases. Offering a full scope of litigation services from drafting to implementation of case strategies locally and internationally, Ghassan is one of few litigators who won multi-billion dollar cases for clients and advised on high complex and cross border disputes. In addition, Ghassan possesses thorough expertise in matters of civil, administrative, real estate, banking and Sharia’h law.

He has worked on projects, and disputes in and/or involving many different jurisdictions in Europe (USA, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and UK), Middle East (Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE). As a result, Ghassan is accustomed to working in varied legal frameworks and has a strong grasp of local laws and procedures.

He has a strong track-record in multi-billion, cross-border projects, cases in a wide range of industries, such as construction, banks, Real Estate, across the entire project life cycle (from drafting and negotiating to litigation).

Ghassan regularly serves as lead expert in international commercial and construction cases in the Middle East.

Ghassan was admitted to the Lebanese Bar, holds an MSc in Business and Master’s in international Corporate and Commercial Law.

Ghassan is ranked in Legal 500 and Award Winner of the Litigation Law Expert of the Year 2022 by Global Law Experts.

Ghassan has provided numerous legal insights and contributes to local, regional, and international newspapers (both Arabic & English).

Quoted in more than 25 articles on a major ground-breaking SIM Swap Fraud case involving a local bank, in newspapers in the UAE, Middle East, China, USA, and others. He has also written in more detail about this case and how it has shaken up the banking and regulatory environment as banks look to tighten security and customer protection measures to avoid facing liabilities, in The Oath magazine, and others.

Memberships
• Beirut Bar Association

Background & Education
• Lebanese University,LL.B in Lebanese Law(Hons)
• Beirut Arab University, Licence En Droit( Hons)
• Lebanese American University, LL.B in Political Science(Hons)
• Lebanese American University, LL.M in International Affairs (Distinction)
• Qualified 1995, joined the firm 2017
• Master of Law in International Corporate and Commercial Law- King’s College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law 2020-2022

Leisure
Reading, traveling, driving fast cars, golf and swimming.