OUR FIRM
Citizen L operates at the intersection of law, finance, and emerging technologies.
The rise of artificial intelligence, blockchain infrastructure, digital assets, and decentralized finance is transforming the global economy. New business models require new regulatory approaches. Cross-border transactions now demand sophisticated tax planning, governance design, and compliance architecture across multiple jurisdictions.
Headquartered in the UAE, Citizen L advises clients navigating this transition — structuring ventures, financing innovation, implementing international tax strategies, and designing compliant frameworks for operations in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.
We do not merely respond to new laws. We help shape strategies within the new economy.
We advise multinational companies, family offices, investors, and high-growth ventures on complex cross-border transactions, corporate structuring, and international contract negotiations.
Our work includes mergers & acquisitions, venture financing, governance design, and multi-jurisdictional implementation strategies across the US, Europe, and the MENA region.
We design and implement international tax structures, group reorganizations, and regulatory frameworks adapted to the evolving digital economy.
From AI-driven business models to digital assets and cross-border capital flows, we help clients structure operations that are compliant, efficient, and sustainable.
Our practice combines legal, financial, and strategic advisory.
We support clients in fundraising, venture capital transactions, restructuring mandates, regulatory risk management, and dispute coordination — ensuring clarity, protection, and long-term value creation.
THE PARTNERS
ADIB Y. TOHME
Adib Y. Tohme is an international tax and corporate lawyer with over 30 years of experience advising on cross-border transactions, international structuring, venture financing, and corporate reorganizations across the United States, Europe, and the MENA region.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Paris 2 Assas, and ESCP, he is licensed in New York and Beirut. His practice focuses on international taxation, group restructuring, digital assets, regulatory strategy, and complex multi-jurisdictional mandates. He regularly advises investors, family offices, and multinational corporations and remains active in research and thought leadership on emerging financial systems and new regulatory frameworks.
​​FOUAD A. DEBS
Fouad A. Debs is a New York and Beirut–qualified attorney specializing in corporate, commercial, and compliance matters across the United States and the GCC.
His practice focuses on M&A transactions, corporate structuring, regulatory compliance, AML/CFT frameworks, and cross-border commercial agreements. Fouad has extensive experience advising UAE-based companies, multinational groups, and startups on governance, due diligence, dispute strategy, and operational legal implementation.
He is a graduate of Cornell Law School and previously served as President of the LL.M. Association
RONY EL HUSSEINI
Rony El Husseini is a senior corporate attorney with over 30 years of experience in corporate governance, shareholder relations, tender processes, and complex commercial litigation across the Middle East.
A member of the Beirut Bar, he advises on corporate documentation, compliance, governance manuals, employment regulations, and dispute resolution. He has acted as external counsel on major regional projects and has represented clients in high-level corporate and commercial disputes.