Recent cases as counsel

  • Counsel of a foreign group company against a State regarding in opposability of international arbitral awards (seat of arbitration Paris)
  • Counsel to a North African trading company in a dispute with a Turkish listed company regarding commission due from a pipeline construction contract (ICC arbitration)
  • Counsel to a telecommunications company in a shareholder dispute involving an African company and a state-owned company in the Middle-East (ICC and OHADA CCJA arbitrations)
  • Counsel to a software company who successfully claimed damages for software counterfeiting/ infringement of intellectual property rights, in a dispute against a State
  • Counsel to an African investor in an investment arbitration against an African state relating to the privatisation of the cotton industry (OHADA CCJA arbitration)
  • Counsel to a African company in a dispute with an African state relating to telecommunications (ICC and OHADA arbitrations)
  • Counsel to an airline company in a shareholder dispute involving European and African companies (ad hoc UNCITRAL)
  • Counsel to a telecommunications company in a hostile takeover attempt involving two African companies (OHADA CCJA arbitration)
  • Counsel to a Hong Kong company in an ICC arbitration involving a global aviation company in a dispute relating to sales contracts and the non-payment of commission (AFA arbitration)
  • Counsel to an European company against a Chinese one in a dispute regarding building materials
  • Counsel in approximately 25 large real estate disputes arising in the construction of large buildings and in contentious matters relating to public works and quality disputes (e.g. nonconformity of materials used, failure to comply with specifications, technical inspections, quantification of damages, extensions of time, guaranties, health and safety, resurfacing works, disputes relating to payment terms etc.)