Job title: Investment Director - Strategic Investments & Corporate Development
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Functional Expertise: Investment / Private Equity
Salary type: Monthly
Salary: negotiable
Location: 109 Marfaa, 2nd floor, Allenby Street, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon
Job published: 13-10-2026
Job ID: 50277
Contact name: Pia Saouma
Phone number: +96181126644
Contact email: pia@businesslobby.net

Job Description

Our client, an international law firm focused on the Middle East, is seeking an Investment Director, based in Beirut, to oversee the evaluation, structuring, negotiation, and execution of strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other growth-oriented partnerships. Working closely with the CFO and senior leadership, the Investment Director will assess investment opportunities, formulate recommendations, and oversee transactions from initial evaluation through closing and integration. The position requires strong financial expertise, commercial acumen, and negotiation capabilities, along with the ability to coordinate internal stakeholders, transaction counterparties, and external advisers.

Responsibilities

Investment assessment and financial analysis

  • Examine potential acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships to determine their strategic alignment, financial attractiveness, and associated risks.
  • Develop and assess financial models, valuations, business plans, and investment proposals, incorporating scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
  • Analyze earnings quality, cash flow generation, financing needs, projected returns, and opportunities for synergies.
  • Present clear investment recommendations to the CFO and senior leadership, outlining proposed transaction terms, key risks, and considerations for proceeding.

Transaction management and execution

  • Oversee transactions from initial discussions and preliminary offers through due diligence, negotiations, signing, and closing.
  • Coordinate financial, tax, legal, commercial, and operational due diligence, ensuring that findings are reflected in valuations and deal structures.
  • Supervise external advisers, managing their scope of work, fees, deliverables, and timelines.
  • Monitor transaction progress, address emerging issues, and keep the CFO updated on developments and decisions requiring attention.

Structuring and negotiation

  • Establish and negotiate commercial terms for acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
  • Evaluate alternative ownership, financing, and consideration structures, including earn-outs, deferred payments, and management incentives.
  • Negotiate governance frameworks, control rights, profit-sharing arrangements, reserved matters, and exit provisions.
  • Collaborate with legal advisers to ensure that transaction documentation accurately captures the agreed commercial terms.

Strategic growth and post-transaction oversight

  • Source and evaluate investment opportunities that support the firm's strategic growth objectives.
  • Build and maintain relationships with prospective acquisition targets, strategic partners, investors, and professional advisers.
  • Contribute to integration planning and oversee performance against approved investment cases.
  • Monitor financial results and strategic objectives following transaction completion, proposing corrective measures when necessary.

Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer

Qualifications
  • Approximately 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, transaction advisory, or a similar investment-focused function.
  • Demonstrated experience executing M&A and joint venture transactions, with significant involvement in financial assessment, deal structuring, and negotiations.
  • Strong capabilities in financial modelling, valuation, and accounting analysis, supported by practical commercial judgment.
  • Proven ability to manage external advisers and communicate investment recommendations effectively to senior decision-makers.
  • Experience in professional services, particularly law firms or businesses driven by talent, client relationships, and recurring revenues, would be a significant advantage.
  • Exposure to regional and cross-border transactions, particularly within the GCC.
  • A degree in finance or economics is required; CFA, ACA, ACCA, or MBA qualifications would be beneficial.
  • Excellent English.
  • Willingness to undertake regional and international travel as required.
  • A proactive, hands-on dealmaker with strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, confident negotiation skills, and the ability to take ownership, challenge assumptions constructively, and handle sensitive transactions discreetly.
Location
  • Beirut, Lebanon