Ahmad El Lakkis
Associate
Overview
Ahmad El Lakkis is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Doha office and a member of the firm's Corporate and Transactional Group. He advises clients on commercial transactions, corporate structuring, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions.
Career & Education
- Toulouse Business School, M.S.
- Lebanese University, LL.M., Business Law
- Lebanese University, LL.B.
- Beirut
- Arabic
- French
- English
Representative Matters
- Advised on the establishment of an international school in Qatar, including licensing arrangements, regulatory compliance, and contractual negotiations.
- Supported a regional logistics group and its affiliates on cross-border contracts, governance transitions, and regulatory filings.
- Provided ongoing legal support to a hotel-owning company in Qatar, including drafting and negotiating bilingual commercial and service agreements.
- Assisted in numerous mergers and acquisitions across Europe and the Middle East, acting on both buy-side and sell-side transactions, with responsibility for due diligence, sales and purchase agreements (SPA), and joint venture structuring.
- Represented corporate clients in arbitration proceedings and supported settlement negotiations before regional arbitration centers.
- Advised on litigation strategy and coordinated with dispute resolution teams in commercial, contractual, and employment-related cases.
- Counseled a multi-sector trading and contracting group spanning hospitality, retail, and real estate on joint ventures, partnership agreements, and dispute settlements.
- Drafted and negotiated a wide range of bilingual agreements for companies in the fitness, leisure, and technology sectors, including employment, consultancy, confidentiality, and intellectual property contracts.