Online contracts and transaction terms
Drafting and reviewing contracts concluded online and store or platform terms, including party identity, how the agreement is made, payment, delivery and termination.
Dr. Dani Geagea brings a Master's degree in Internet Law and a PhD in International Law to his work on digital transactions and disputes. His practice covers contracts concluded online, e-commerce, platform terms, electronic signatures, agreements governing websites and social media pages, and related evidence. These matters are assessed in both Lebanese and international settings, including relationships involving parties, services or platforms in several countries.
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How the practice helps
Website and social-page management agreements
Defining the relationship between the owner and manager or agency, including account access, content and data rights, confidentiality, fees and account handover at the end of the agreement.
Software and platform contracts
Reviewing digital-service, subscription and marketplace agreements with attention to service scope, responsibilities, intellectual property and remedies for breach.
Electronic documents and signatures
Assessing how a transaction is concluded, signed and recorded, and the legal and evidentiary value of messages and documents under the applicable framework.
Digital commercial disputes
Addressing disputes over payments, delivery, refunds, accounts and content, including the steps needed to preserve evidence and protect rights before proceedings.
International digital transactions
Assessing contracts and disputes involving parties, platforms or providers in several countries, including jurisdiction, governing law and enforcement, with appropriately licensed local counsel where required.
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Legal context
The legal structure begins with how the transaction is formed and proved.
Lebanon’s Law No. 81/2018 provides an important framework for electronic transactions, documents, signatures and personal data. It operates alongside contract, commercial, consumer-protection, evidentiary and private-international-law rules. A sound digital-business structure must account for the complete transaction—not one statute in isolation.
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Working with the office
Before launching an online store or service
The terms should reflect the transaction as it actually operates: who supplies the service, when the contract is formed, how prices are shown and paid, and what follows cancellation, delay or a dispute. They should also fit the relationship with the platform and payment or delivery providers.
Subscriptions, digital content and software require attention to the period and limits of use, intellectual property, service commitments and termination. Clear obligations at the outset can reduce contractual uncertainty if a dispute arises.
Control of the website, page and records
A management agreement should do more than refer to “content management.” It should identify who controls the account and credentials, who owns published materials, the manager's authority, approval of spending or publication, and how accounts and files are handed over when the relationship ends.
In a dispute, the agreement, correspondence, payment records and history of account access need careful review and preservation. The office's role concerns the legal structure of the relationship, the parties' rights and the dispute.
Electronic signatures and international transactions
Review covers how the signatory is identified, consent is shown, document integrity is maintained and records can be retrieved. Selecting a signature tool alone does not settle every question of validity or proof; requirements depend on the transaction and applicable law.
For transactions involving parties in several countries, forum and governing-law terms and applicable customer and data obligations are examined with the relevant markets in mind. Appropriately licensed local counsel is involved where foreign-law advice or proceedings are required. See also electronic signatures and cross-border digital disputes.
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Frequently asked questions
Direct questions deserve precise answers.
What should e-commerce terms and conditions address?
They should reflect the actual business model and address identity, products or services, price, payment, delivery or performance, cancellation and returns, acceptable use, intellectual property, privacy, liability and dispute resolution.
Are electronic documents and signatures legally effective in Lebanon?
Law No. 81/2018 gives electronic documents and signatures legal recognition when the statutory conditions are met. The technical method, attribution, integrity and surrounding evidence remain important.
Can a foreign online business face proceedings in Lebanon?
Possibly. The answer depends on the parties, contractual clauses, place of performance or harm, consumer context and the jurisdictional rules applicable to the particular claim.
How should an agreement with a store or page manager be structured?
It should address account access and control, rights in content and data, fees, responsibilities and handover when the relationship ends. The office reviews the agreement or a related dispute in light of the documents.
Professional enquiries
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A brief outline of the issue and any approaching deadline is enough to begin. The office will clarify whether it can assist and explain the proposed scope and fees before work starts.
OfficePanorama Towers, T3, 21st Floor
Mar Roukoz, Lebanon
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General information only. This page does not constitute legal advice and does not create an attorney–client relationship.