Middle East Legal Services Ltd. (MELS) was founded by three Lebanese and Canadian lawyers with 85 years of legal experience between them. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with strong connections to Lebanon the rest of the Middle East they recognized the need of North Americans for dependable legal services in the Middle East. Establishing a presence in North America provides a real connection that our clients can rely upon to be sure that their legal requirements are being met in the Middle East and North Africa. MELS offers an integrated multidisciplinary service to our clients through our counsel in Canada and our wide connection of affiliates throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Each Partner possesses a vast wealth of knowledge, effective communication skills and proven experience in order to gather and analyze information to develop solutions and obtain exceptional results for clients’ legal issues.
Our intent is to offer our expertise to help our clients solve their legal issues and property matters between North America and Lebanon in particular and the Middle East region in general.
We offer our clients a creative approach, superior client service, and a commitment to first rate advocacy, through affiliation with local firms in different jurisdictions, that are qualified to conduct all kinds of legal services and litigation, and ready to serve our client’s legal needs on a local, regional and national basis.
Our team possess vast experience in both legal and business systems in Lebanon, Gulf Cooperation Counsel Countries and the rest of the Middle East, giving us insight not only into the legal systems of these countries but also its culture, mentalities and their ways in doing business.
We can assist North American businesses preparing to enter into Middle Eastern markets by shortening the time required for the due diligence required to enter into those markets by providing advice and assistance on legal matters related to their countries of interest
As Laws vary dramatically from country to country and in conjunction with our vast know-how, we leverage the robust legal expertise of assisting North American lawyers to develop a better understanding of the legal challenges for their clients in Lebanon and throughout the Middle East.
