Our Team

Being a young law office, our team is, for the time being, small, open to growth, offering personalized service, and composed of a seasoned lawyer exercising the profession since 1995 in the office’s areas of practice.



GEORGES VICKEN PATANIAN, C.J.É / F.L.C, M.B.A.

Foreign Legal Counsel - Quebec Bar Association

Attorney at Law – Beirut Bar Association

Founder and Manager of PATANIAN LEGAL

 

Bar admissions:

1)            Beirut Bar Association (Lebanon): 1995

 

2)            Quebec Bar Association (Canada): 2009 - 2010 / Holder of a temporary restricted permit allowing him to practice in International Business Law.

 

3)            Quebec Bar Association (Canada): 2021 / Holder of a Foreign Legal Counsel’s permit allowing him to practice in both International Law and Lebanese Law.

 

Me Georges Vicken Patanian, commonly called Vicken Patanian, is a seasoned multi-disciplinary practice lawyer admitted to the Beirut Bar Association in 1995. He has an MBA degree and has been teaching law at his alma mater’s business school from 2007 till 2023.  Between 2009 and 2010, he had a permit delivered by the Quebec Bar Association to practice International Business Law. In 2021, the Quebec Bar Association granted him a Foreign Legal Counsel’s permit allowing him to practice in both International Law and Lebanese Law.

 

As a Foreign Legal Counsel authorized to practice law in Quebec, Vicken is can handle cases and files in the following fields:

·  International law

·  Lebanese Law

 

As a Lebanese Lawyer, Vicken is qualified to handle cases in the following fields:

·       Lebanese and international Business and Corporate Laws

·       Lebanese Civil Law

·       Lebanese and international Family and Inheritance Laws

·       Lebanese and international Taxation

·       Lebanese Real Estate Law

·       Lebanese Labor and Social Security Law and international Labor and Mobility Laws

·       Lebanese Penal and Criminal Law

·       Lebanese Insurance Law

·       Lebanese and international Arbitration

·       International Law

·       Technology and Privacy Laws

 

Vicken is:

· A lawyer since 1995 registered with the Beirut Bar Association.

· A Foreign Legal Counsel since 2021 registered with the Beirut Bar Association.

· The founder and manager of Patanian Law Firm since the year 2000.

· The founder and manager of Patanian Legal (Quebec – Canada) since 2023.

· A member of the scientific committee of the Lebanese and International Arbitration Center of the Beirut Bar Association from 2015 till 2021.

· A former legal advisor and lawyer of the Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants.

· A founding member of the Swiss Business Council-Lebanon (SBC-L).

· A Lebanese Law expert for Finances et Conseil Méditerranée (Marseille - France).

· A former member and sole representative in Lebanon and the Middle East for Alta-Juris International (France).

 

Vicken has an extensive international expertise and has built a strong network of strategic partners, correspondents, and contacts across several regions. He has established connections in Canada, the United States of America, Europe (including France, Austria, and Cyprus), the Middle East, and the Arabian Gulf, as well as numerous Arab countries in North Africa. Additionally, Vicken is actively expanding the firm's network to encompass the remaining regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This wide-reaching network enables him and his firms to effectively engage with clients and stakeholders on a global scale, facilitating the firm's ability to provide comprehensive and impactful services across diverse geographical areas.

 

Languages: Arabic - French – English – Armenian

E-mail: vicken.patanian@patanianlegal.com

Mobile: +1 (514) 922-8709


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