Tax Advisory- Global and Domestic Tax Advice- Dispute Resolution- Collective Investments- Mergers, Acquisitions, Group Restructuring- Intra group and Listed Financing - International Asset Ownership and Structuring- Family Offices

- Undertake permanent establishment reviews and provides recommendations to reduce business risk- Structuring of commercial contracts in a tax efficient way, supply of products, services and rentals- Partnered with Legal counsel, Commercial teams to drive clear, concise and tax compliant policy- Review transfer pricing documentation and drafting of intercompany agreements - Align VAT compliance requirements with contract T&C’s - Review of various tax returns (CIT, VAT, WHT, TP ) for branches and different legal entities in the region- Audit support: Tax authorities’ audits, Big4 audit - Work with outside tax advisors, when required, to ensure that clients operations in the region comply with local tax laws - Ensuring proper compliance support for changes to the tax legislation, including monitoring legislative changes and developments in tax area

- Actively participated in the annual risk assessment to prepare audit plans, - Reviewed internal procedures, - Determined the audit criteria to build the audit program used during the conduct phase, - Walkthrough of processes and executed tests to check controls and identify weaknesses, - Lead staff auditors in the execution of audit activities,- Prepared audit reports mapping out all major anomalies, and- Partnered with management to develop corrective action plans. - Led, participated, and added value to different internal audits jobs critical to the bank’s operations in Lebanon and the region, such as: 1- Liquidity and Market Risk2- IFRS93- Treasury and Capital Markets4- Trade Finance (Letter of Credit and Letter of guarantees)

- Acted as main client contact on several financial audits of key private local and multinational companies. - Walkthrough of processes, testing of controls. - Perform substantive and analytical procedures. - Review of Financial statements and notes to FS and ensuring compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards together with applicable Lebanese business laws, taxation, and social security requirements. - Managed audit teams reviewing and signing off their work papers