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Mr Sébastien Thouvenot
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Counsel
Career
Sébastien Thouvenot is a counsel specialised in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law in Africa.
Sébastien has over 20 years’ experience dedicated exclusively to Francophone practice in Africa. He advises on corporate, regulatory and commercial matters, as well as on major infrastructure projects such as public-private partnerships. He works in the fintech, telecoms, mining, hydrocarbons and energy sectors.
Sébastien spent 11 years in the projects team at Eversheds Sutherland in Paris, 9 years as a partner at ENSafrica, based in South Africa and Mauritius and 2 years in the Africa team at CMS Francis Lefebvre.
He completed a doctorate on the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) in 2002 and co-wrote several books and articles on the subject.
He has been ranked since 2012 by Chambers and Partners among the best lawyers in OHADA law and since 2018 by Africa Business+ (Jeune Afrique) in the 100 Legal Powerlist.
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- Industry focus: Energy
- Real estate
- Administrative and public law
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Tax
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory