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Forty years. Same signature.

Bou Fayad was founded in Beirut in 1984 — the worst possible year to open an auditing house, which is exactly why our standards hardened the way they did.

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The Firm

Independent. By charter.

We do not cross-sell consulting into engagements we audit. We don’t lobby on behalf of clients we sign off. Partners are remunerated on technical quality and retention, not origination.

The result is a firm small enough to know every file on its books, and senior enough to issue an opinion that holds when the room gets hostile.

Chronology

A slow compounding.

1984
Founded in Beirut by Antoine Bou Fayad. First mandate: post-war banking restatement.
Beirut
1996
First forensic engagement on a sovereign debt restructuring across three Gulf states.
Riyadh
2004
Dubai office opens the year DIFC is incorporated. We are licence holder #00041.
DIFC
2011
Limassol office opens to serve EU-domiciled holding structures and family offices.
Limassol
2017
Forensic desk formalised. Three former regulators join as equity partners.
Group
2024
40-year mark. 420+ engagements. Zero restatements issued against our opinions.
Group
Partners

Names on the opinion.

JB

Joseph Bou Fayad

Managing Partner

Forty years on bank audits, sovereign restatements and post-war engagements no one else would sign.

ND

Nada Daher

Forensic, Partner

Former regulator. Leads dispute, fraud and quantum work across the GCC and EU.

KH

Karim Haddad

Tax, Partner

Cross-border structuring, transfer pricing and Pillar 2 implementation for groups and sovereigns.

LM

Layla Mansour

Audit, Partner

IFRS 17 and financial services. Lead signatory on regional bank engagements.

SR

Sami Rizk

Risk & Controls, Partner

SOX-style ICFR design for listed issuers across DFM, ADX and LSE.

AK

Aline Khoury

IPO, Partner

Reporting accountant on 18 admissions across the region since 2014.