Hage-Chahine Law Firm is proud to announce the election of its Managing Partner Najib Hage-Chahine as President of the Harvard University Alumni Association of Lebanon.

Najib Hage-Chahine will take on this important role of leading the activities of the prestigious organization.  The HUAAL was founded in 1998 and has been active and growing ever since.

Commenting on his election, Najib Hage-Chahine said: “It is a true honor to join the Board of the HUAAL and I am thrilled for the opportunity to serve the organization and its members.  I am grateful to be entrusted with this position. Through teamwork, I am confident that the new board will significantly contribute to the HUAAL and the Harvard Alumni community in Lebanon and beyond”.

Najib Hage-Chahine is a graduate of Harvard Law School. He is the Managing Partner of Hage-Chahine Law Firm. He is a dual-qualified lawyer in Lebanon and France. He holds the prestigious title of Agrégé of the French Faculties of Law which is the highest academic recognition that is bestowed upon French Law Practitioners and is a Professor of Private Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut and a Visiting Professor at Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas in Paris. Najib is also the President of the Lebanese International Arbitration Center of the Beirut Bar Association.

Najib Hage-Chahine holds a PHD in Private Law from Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, a LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a Master 2 in Private Law from Saint-Joseph University, a Master 2 in Criminal Law from Lyon 3-Jean Moulin University, a Master 1 in Business Law from Lyon 3-Jean Moulin University and a LLB in Lebanese Law from Saint-Joseph University. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (FCIArb) and a member of several prominent international arbitration organisations.

His practice focuses on Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Arbitration, Contract Law and Sovereign Government and Institutions. His expertise has been recognized globally and reflected in leading legal directories. He became the first and only Lebanese Lawyer to be recognized as a Global Leader in Commercial Litigation by Who's Who Legal. In 2022, Najib was named by Thomson Reuters ALB as one of MENA Super 50 Lawyers.