Throughout the centuries, and thanks to a central geographical situation as well as a policy of open market, Lebanon has developed links with the United States, Europe and the Arab world. A country of many cultures, Lebanon is a gateway between the Arab and the Western world. Furthermore Lebanon benefits from massive financial transfers and capital inflows from the Diaspora of 15 million Lebanese living abroad.

Lebanon is one of the few countries in the world whose economy was not crippled by the recession. Recent years registered a great growth and the government has always made sure not to intervene in the private sector, which accounts for 90 percent of GDP. The flow of foreign and local investments is continuous and reconstruction goes side by side with development and expansion. In fact, Lebanon‘s financial sector is bank-centric exceptionally large and stable.


Banking secrecy is a tradition and the world knows Lebanon as the Middle East equivalent of Switzerland. Culturally close to the Arab World, while financially strong and reliable, Lebanon has liberal codes for capital and money market transactions with no restrictions on either inflows or outflows. The country has an open foreign exchange market, full currency convertibility and unrestricted repatriation of capital. All those factors contribute to making Lebanon a prime candidate for your investments.