Michel George Ghanem

Michel is a partner in Meysan Partner’s Kuwait offices with over 15 years of experience advising on corporate and commercial matters in Kuwait, the Middle East and North Africa.

He specializes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, and foreign direct investment.

Clients come from various business sectors, including telecommunication, logistics, healthcare, media, education, manufacturing, energy, and financial services.

Michel, who is trilingual, holds academic qualifications in common law and civil law, and is admitted to the Beirut Bar Association.

Michel joined Meysan Partners in 2015 from DLA Piper.

• Advised the shareholders of a prominent Kuwait school in the sale of its entire equity to a local educational group
• Advised the shareholders of a leading dental clinic chain on the sale of 60 percent of its shareholding.
• Represented the purchasers of an 80 percent equity in Manarat Educational Services, the operator of seven nurseries in Kuwait under the “Hamel Almesk” brand.
• Advised a consortium comprised of Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company, Mohamed Yousuf Naghi Motors Company, and Al Safy Automotive Company on their successful acquisition of 100% of Mid-East Auto Company Ltd, a Bermuda incorporated company directly and indirectly owning the Bavarian Auto Group, BMW's Egypt dealership.

• M&A
• PPP/PFI

• Accounting
• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Aviation
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Food and beverage
• Forestry
• Gaming
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Media
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharma and life sciences
• Real estate
• Shipping
• Social infrastructure
• Tech and telecoms
• Tourism
• Transport
• Utilities

• Master’s in international Commercial Law (LL.M) (with commendation), University of Aberdeen Scotland, United Kingdom, 2012
• Double Masters in Business Administration and International Business (MBA - MIB) , Notre Dame University Beirut - Lebanon
• Masters in Private Law (DEA), Thesis: Autorité de la chose jugée du pénal sur le pénal (non bis in idem), La Sagesse University, Beirut – Lebanon
• Bachelor in Law, Lebanese University (Section II), 1999