Profil complet
Hakim is a French national and a qualified French lawyer, with many years’ experience. He has lived and worked in Algeria and Republic of Congo, is trilingual in French, English and Arabic.
Hakim is widely recognised as a leading expert in Maghreb and Francophone legal matters and has extensive experience in advising a wide range of companies in the region across the full spectrum of the legal issues which arise.
His deep knowledge and understanding of the local legal landscape ensures that clients receive the best possible legal advice.
Hakim is a trusted advisor with a varied practice that allows him to assist clients with local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, structuring, foreign direct investment, commercial transactions and regulatory advice across the continent.
His client base includes local and multinational companies across Healthcare, Hospitality, Construction, Transportation, Technology, Energy, Real estate, Finance and Education.
Expérience
- Advising subsidiaries of a leading pharmaceutical company dealing with corporate, real estate and litigation issues in Algeria.
- Providing legal support to a major firm for the construction of a public park representing 670 hectares in Algiers (value around 5 billion dollars).
- Advising one of the world’s leading companies in the water treatment space regarding corporate and litigation issues in Algeria, including Arbitration.
- Assisting a subsidiary of an Italian company in the recovery of debts (more than USD$23 million) held with the Congolese State and private companies.
- Advising an international Mall operator, regarding their real estate, HSE issues for their operations in Algeria & Morocco.
- Carrying out due diligence in the context of a transaction on petroleum assets in the Congo. This due diligence included CPP in 3 locations, and assistance with all laws and regulations relating to all operating licenses obtained.
