Dr Chady Antonios Saad

Attorney at law, Member of the Beirut Bar Association

Education

2005 - Attorney at law (Beirut Bar - Admitted to the Paris Bar - Soon to be member of the Paris Bar Association - The swearing-in ceremony will take place on 6 September, 2021) specialized in Arbitration, Mediation, Commercial Law, and Sports Law

2018 - PhD in Law - Paris Saclay University

2019 - Member of AME - the Association of European Mediators

2020 - Arbitrator – LAMC- Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Center

2021 - Member of MDPA - the Association of Graduated Mediators of the Panthéon-Assas

2021 - Director of the Sports Arbitration Center in Lebanon (SAC)

Memberships

Former President of the Appeal and Objection Committee – Lebanese Basketball Federation

Former Member of the Appeal and Discipline Committee – Lebanese Football Federation

Biography

Admitted to the Paris Bar - Soon to be member of the Paris Bar Association (The swearing-in ceremony will take place on 6 September, 2021)

Dr. Chady Antonios Saad has been practicing law in Lebanon since 2004, having first trained at Michel Tueni Law Firm. In 2009, he established together with his partner Me. Labib Harfouche his law firm Harfouche & Saad Law Firm, specializing in commercial and banking law, sports law and most recently in Mediation and Arbitration.

Dr. Saad received his PhD from Paris-Saclay University in 2018, where his thesis focused on “the role of the lawyer in the development of mediation”.

He is an active member of numerous mediation centers, sports law committees, and has appeared as guest speaker in France and Lebanon to talk about the subject of Mediation and sports law.

Dr. Saad strongly believes in the role that mediation has in preventing disputes, and solving them, and is active in lobbying for establishing mediation on the right grounds in the Arab region.