Rany Sader

Rany Sader

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Sader & Associates (Advocates & Legal Consultants)

Areas of expertise
  • Advertising

  • Agency & Distributorship

  • Anti-Counterfeiting

  • Art & Culture

  • Computer & Software

  • Consumer Law

  • Copyright

  • Entertainment Law

  • Franchising

  • Information Technology

  • Intellectual Property

  • Internet Law

  • Licensing Law

  • Media

  • Patents

  • Pharmaceutical Law

  • Sports & Recreation

  • Trademarks

Education

SADER earned his L.L.B. in 1996, from La Sagesse University, Lebanon, and his L.L.M. in 2003, from USEK University, Lebanon.

Memberships
  • General Counsel (Head of Legal) to SADER Group (established in 1863)

  • General Secretary and Member of the Board of the Brand Protection Group in Lebanon

  • Legal Consultant and Member of the Lebanese Intellectual Property Association

  • Vice President of the Sports Committee at the Beirut Bar Association

  • Former Member of the Information Technology Committee at the Beirut Bar Association

  • Member of the International Association of Lawyers

  • Member of the Intellectual Property Committee at the Beirut Bar Association

  • Member of the Energy and Water Committee at the Beirut Bar Association

  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)

    Member of the Association for the Development of Informatics and Law in Lebanon (Former Member of Board)

  • Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)

  • Head of Intellectual Property, Entertainment and IT Group at the Arabic European Lawyers Association (AELA)

  • President of the Association for Consumer Trust in Lebanon

  • Member of the Family Business Network in Lebanon

Biography

Rany SADER is co-founder and managing partner of SADER & Associates. As co-founder his vision for a modern and innovative law firm is reflected in the Firm’s core values as well as his ability in finding multitalented individuals as core members of the firm.

As managing partner, his main occupation is to set the strategy for the law firm's development and expansion in terms of operations, public relations and quality. He also supervises the diagnostic and directional approaches of every case and participates in negotiations related to clients and their business interests.

He has overseen a multitude of mediations, negotiations and settlement agreements for clients, particularly dealing with Ministries, Governmental departments & administrations as well as the private sector

SADER has extensive experience in the representation of international clients in diverse industries, including IT, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, FCMG, high fashion, cosmetics, media, entertainment, advertising, consumer protection and more

His main talent is for putting together a successful strategy for the establishment and protection of client's IP rights, starting from the registration of the IP right up to the institution and execution of the anti-counterfeiting & anti-piracy plan, as well as maintaining the Trademark & Brand's relevance in the market. This strategy has proven its effectiveness for numerous clients whose trademark was at risk, which lead to the firm being selected as the representative of international conglomerates in Lebanon and the Levant

SADER constantly seeks intensive programs to develop his skills and knowledge in this increasingly competitive and innovative world. He believes that learning is not an accomplishment by itself but an endless journey

Being the leading attorney at SADER & Associates as well as a leader in the intellectual property rights, information technology and legal informatics fields in the middle east, he is often invited as a speaker at seminars related to intellectual property, information technology and anti-counterfeiting