Legal-AI skills in 🇱🇧 LB

13 skills, across 10 practice areas.

Employment Contract — Lebanon (LB)

MITLBEmployment

Use when drafting a Lebanese employment contract under the Labor Code (Decree No. 207/1946 as amended) and Decree-Law No. 25/1976. Covers mandatory clauses, salary currency specification (LBP vs. USD critical post-2019), NSSF registration, indemnity calculation (Art. 50), grounds for termination with cause (Art. 74), probation (3 months), bilingual AR/EN format with Arabic controlling, and post-employment non-compete enforceability under Lebanese courts.

Incorporation Package — Lebanon (LB)

MITLBCorporate

Use when preparing an incorporation package for a company in Lebanon. Covers the two principal structures (SAL: société anonyme libanaise, 3+ shareholders / SARL: société à responsabilité limitée, 1+ members), capital requirements (SAL LBP 30M+ / SARL LBP 5M+), Articles notarization, Commercial Registry filing, tax and NSSF registration, and the critical Decree 11614/1969 restriction on foreign majority ownership in certain sectors.

Inst — Lebanese Bar Association Integration

MITLBRegulatory

Use when a matter or query involves the Beirut Bar Association (Niqabat Muhami Beirut) or the Tripoli Bar Association, Lebanese lawyer registration and verification, CLE credit tracking, bar-sponsored legal aid clinics, or institutional partnership features for Louis users who are Lebanese practitioners. Covers member discount programs (HAQQ Pioneers), co-hosted webinars, bar advisory committee engagement, and the bar's public legitimacy function within the HAQQ ecosystem.

Justinian — Lebanon Bar Prep (Concours d'Avocat)

MITLBGeneral practice

Use when a user is preparing for the Lebanese bar concours d'avocat — the competitive entry examination administered by the Beirut, Tripoli, or regional Bar Associations — or navigating the subsequent 3-year avocat stagiaire stage. Covers all tested subjects (civil code, commercial law, penal code, procedure, personal status, ethics), study approach, and practical IRAC coaching. Jurisdiction: Lebanon (LB); P0 priority.

Knowledge Pack — BDL Banking Regulation (Lebanon)

MITLBFinance

Use when advising on Lebanese banking regulation, including Banque du Liban (BDL) oversight, banking license types, the ongoing financial crisis and its legal consequences (capital controls, multi-tier exchange rates, bank restructuring), AML obligations under the Special Investigation Commission, bank secrecy reforms, and IMF-linked reform expectations. Essential context for any cross-border transaction involving Lebanese banks or Lebanese-domiciled entities.

Knowledge Pack — Criminal Procedure in Lebanon

MITLBCriminal

Use when advising on Lebanese criminal procedure, including the role of the Investigating Judge (juge d'instruction), the Public Prosecutor (Niyaba 'Amma), detention and pretrial rights, the court structure (Judicial Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal, Court of Cassation), the distinct criminal jurisdictions (military court, Judicial Council, personal status courts), white-collar crime, and the practical challenges of the Lebanese judicial system under the ongoing crisis. French-derived system with Lebanese adaptations.

Knowledge Pack — Lebanese Tax Law

MITLBTax

Use when a user asks about Lebanese tax law, income tax, VAT, withholding obligations, stamp duty, or tax compliance for individuals or entities operating in Lebanon. Covers the Lebanese Income Tax Law, Built Property Tax, VAT regime, withholding tax on cross-border payments, and the practical realities of compliance in an economy operating under severe fiscal and monetary constraints since 2019.

Knowledge Pack — Lebanon Corporate Law

MITLBCorporate

Use when advising on Lebanese corporate law, including SAL (joint stock company), SARL (LLC), holding company and offshore company regimes, incorporation procedure, foreign ownership restrictions, governance requirements, beneficial ownership reforms, and the impact of the ongoing financial crisis on corporate practice. Also covers capital markets under Law 84/2018, commercial registry digitalization (Law 159/2020), and dispute resolution through Lebanese commercial courts.

Knowledge Pack — Lebanon Employment Law

MITLBEmployment

Use when a matter involves employment law obligations, contracts, termination indemnity, NSSF contributions, or labor disputes in Lebanon. Covers the Lebanese Labor Code (Decree No. 207/1946 as amended), NSSF (Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale), termination notice and indemnity formulas, serious-cause dismissal, non-compete enforceability, and the practical impact of Lebanon's economic crisis on pay obligations. Triggers on Lebanon employment contract, NSSF, termination indemnity LB, or Lebanese labor law questions.

Knowledge Pack — Lebanon Immigration Law

MITLBImmigration

Use when a matter involves immigration, work permits, residence permits, or the status of foreign nationals in Lebanon. Covers the MOL work permit + General Security residence permit framework, sectoral professional restrictions on foreign nationals, Palestinian and Syrian national special regimes, the impact of Lebanon's economic crisis on permit processing, and the position of Lebanese diaspora seeking to return or invest. Triggers on work permit Lebanon, residence Lebanon, foreign worker LB, Syrian workers Lebanon, or Lebanese immigration questions.

Knowledge Pack — Lebanon Personal Status Law

MITLBFamily

Use when a matter involves marriage, divorce, custody, inheritance, or personal status in Lebanon. Lebanon has no unified civil personal-status law for nationals — 18 confessional courts each apply their own rules. Covers the full confessional map, implications for practice (marriage contracts, wills, divorce petitions, custody disputes, cross-confession jurisdictional questions), the civil-marriage-abroad strategy, and the differing rules for Christian, Sunni/Shia/Alawite/Ismaili, and Druze communities. Triggers on Lebanon divorce, Lebanese will, confession jurisdiction, personal status LB, or Lebanese inheritance.

Knowledge Pack — Lebanon Real Estate Law

MITLBReal estate

Use when a matter involves real estate ownership, leasing, transactions, or construction in Lebanon. Covers Lebanese property law (Decree-Law 188/1926 as amended), freehold vs usufruct ownership, foreign ownership restrictions (Decree 11614/1969), the Old Rent Law vs New Rent Law duality (pre-1992 and post-1992 tenants), the notarial deed + cadastre registration process, transfer tax, construction rules and 10-year decennial liability, and the practical impact of Lebanon's financial crisis on real estate transactions. Triggers on Lebanon property purchase, lease law LB, old rent law Lebanon, cadastre registration, or foreign ownership Lebanon.

Lebanon Commercial Register (Sijil al-Tijari)

MITLBGeneral practice

Use when performing KYC, counterparty verification, or corporate due diligence on a Lebanese entity. Queries the Lebanon Commercial Register (Sijil al-Tijari) held at the Mohafaza commercial courts to retrieve company form, capital, partners, board composition, statutory auditor, and encumbrances. Essential before signing commercial contracts with Lebanese parties; important caveat on data freshness given court-system delays.

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