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Firms To Watch: Dispute resolution

Led by the vastly experienced Houda Sahri, Matouk Bassiouny in association with SH-Avocats provides a comprehensive disputes offering, fielding a team of attorneys with experience in appearing before the Appellate Courts and the Court of Cassation of Algeria.

Dispute resolution in Algeria

Bennani & Associés LLP

Bennani & Associés LLP is especially noted for the scope of its disputes practice in Algeria, covering commercial and administrative litigation, arbitration, and a range of IP, tax, construction and projects disputes. The practice is well placed to handle disputes with a multi-jurisdictional element, leveraging its offices in key regional hubs of Morocco, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Zakaria Zereg leads the dispute resolution practice and has strong experience across oil and gas, transport and infrastructure disputes, as well as IP and commercial litigation. Managing partner Mourad Seghir, qualified in New York, focuses on assisting international companies with commercial, labour and administrative disputes, as well as white-collar criminal matters and international arbitration.

Responsables de la pratique:

Zakaria Zereg


Autres avocats clés:

Mourad Seghir


Les références

‘Bennai & Asscoies LLP in Algeria has a team that is strong, capable, professional and reliable.’

‘Mourad Seghir has been great to communicate and understands the client’s needs perfectly. Also, he understand the difficulties of the situation and provides practical solutions for his cliemt. Very impressive individual. ’

‘A reliable and responsive team. To be recommended. ’

Principaux clients

Azadea


BP


EVATHERM AG


Consortium:


Centrotherm International AG / Kinetics Germany GMBH


Gucci


Ital Consult


Motion Picture Association, Inc.


SG E&C


JGC Corporation


Safege


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising Bristol-Myers Squibb on the layoff of employees and subsequent labour litigation arising from its disinvestment in Algeria.
  • Acting for Studio Altieri and Ital Consult in a dispute involving the construction of the 40,000-capacity Douera football stadium in Algiers.
  • Representing JGC Corporation in a massive anti-corruption case involving the Former Minister of Energy, the former CEO of Sonatrach, Petrofac, Saipem, SNC Lavalin, and many other state officers.

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Gide Loyrette Nouel supports its clients throughout the entire dispute life cycle, from the pre-litigation phase and strategy development through to the enforcement of awards and judgments. Leading the team is managing partner Samy Laghouati, who offers extensive expertise in settling shareholder disputes before both local courts and international arbitral tribunals, including the ICC and ICSID. Counsel Julien Gontier is also a key contact for litigation and arbitration, with strong expertise in the fields of infrastructure projects and public procurement.

Responsables de la pratique:

Samy Laghouati


Autres avocats clés:

Julien Gontier


Les références

‘All partners and associates I dealt with have long experience in Algeria and have proven to be very professional and available.’

Principaux clients

Asmidal SPA (a subsidiary company of Sonatrach)


Principaux dossiers


ADNA

Regularly representing major national and international companies and financial institutions, ADNA’s Algerian litigation team has extensive experience in cases arising from large projects, M&A transactions and shareholder disputes. Practice head Abderrahmane Lassakeur focuses on business-related litigation. He is supported by managing partner Foued Bourabiat, who offers strong experience in complex cross-border disputes concerning significant projects in Algeria.

Responsables de la pratique:

Abderrahmane Lassakeur


Autres avocats clés:

Foued Bourabiat