With over 25 years of experience, Serena is a corporate lawyer specializing in complex international contracts, in addition to the fields of energy, construction, and maritime.
Her practice covers cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, commercial, corporate structuring and artificial intelligence in contracts; she is well-versed in legal due diligence and corporate governance.
Serena is a passionate lawyer, committed to integrity and ethics. She is renowned for her unparalleled strive for perfection, diligence, precision and close attention to small details. Her goal is to ensure that her clients obtain the best possible outcome in the most optimal cost-effective manner.
Her reputation as an exceptional contract lawyer stems from her long experience as a litigation lawyer notably in banking and criminal law including litigating sophisticated white-collar cases for fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, tracing and asset recovery; as well as in international commercial arbitration (including in the ICC and DIAC).
Serena is fluent in English, French and Arabic, and has intermediate knowledge of Spanish.
Ranked in Corporate & Finance – Lebanon
- Admitted to Lebanon’s Beirut Bar Association, 1999.
- Counselled on a multi- jurisdictional acquisition in the insurance sector described by the press as the biggest Merger and Acquisition and syndicated loan transaction in Lebanon .
- Litigated enforcement of an arbitration award rendered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in a construction contract with proceedings in Europe, the Arab world and Africa.
- Litigated white-collar cases including a complex case comprising multiple criminal cases, a substantial number of companies and a multitude of bank accounts across the world; including close collaboration with international forensic intelligence and experts.
- Managed the sale of a superyacht, navigating complex legal and operational challenges, including the presence of a mortgage and outstanding bank loans, while resolving conflicts between brokers and central agents and terminating charter agreements; addressing the resistance from crew; coordinating technical works onboard and handling the buyer’s non-standards prerequisites.
- LLB, M1 Private Law, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (1998)
