This useful volume provides business persons and their counsel with English texts, arranged by category, of the most significant laws relating to business, trade, and investment in Lebanon, including legislation and regulation affecting all of the following area's: jurisdiction; contracts of commercial representation; types of business formation; contracts of business management; investment and guaranty; banking regulation and bank secrecy; real property rights; recognition of foreign judgments; trademarks and patents; taxation; and labour and eployment. A detailed introduction provides details of the judicial system, governmental structure, sources of law, and other essential background information.