Lawyer Dr. Salam Abdel Samad
Address: Lebanon – Beirut – Ashrafieh – Adliya – opposite the lawyer’s house – Al-Ghazal Building – 6th floor
Academic level: Doctorate in Law – Lebanese University and University of Paris 2.
- Founder and principal of SALAMAS Law Firm: a law firm established in Lebanon in 2004, specializing in public interest matters and private cases, anti-corruption matters, international criminal law, human rights defense, banking, corporate laws, arbitration, investment law, refugees, and immigration affairs.
- Legal advisor for AILA (Association for international immigration lawyers based in Washington (since 2017)
- Accredited adviser and subcommittee member of AILA – GCC area (2021).
- A legal advisor at UN and its affiliates since 2008 (UNICEF, UNHCR, UNA)
- A legal advisor at UNHCR – Beirut since 2015.
- Drafting laws on illegal funds recovery, laws to abolish the military justice in Lebanon, and laws to abolish the judicial court in Lebanon. Contributing to a draft law on the Lebanese Justice Independence and the law on illicit enrichment in Lebanon
- Drafter and contributor to the system of establishing a special anti-corruption court. • Trainer in the United Nations Human Rights Council.
- Certified Arbitrator in arbitration laws at UNCITRAL, since 2015 (Membership no. 204).