GENI & KEBE

Energy Natural Resources

Managing Partner

Mouhamed KEBE is the Managing Partner of GENI & KEBE, a full service law firm member of DLA Piper Africa,based in Senegal, and Ivory Coast, with affiliate offices across several jurisdictions mainly in the OHADA region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad,Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger).

Qualified with the Senegal Bar in 1993, he advises our clients, mainly on Energy and Natural Resources, Litigation and Dispute matters, on M&A, PPP and focuses very well on the mining and Oil and Gas sectors

He holds a LLM in Business law from the University of Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal, a LLM in International law from the University of Essex, United Kingdom, and a Certificate in Commercial and Investment Arbitration from the University of London.

English, French and Arabic

§ Senegalese Bar Association (Qualified, 1993) § Law Society of England & Wales (International Division), 2009 § International Bar Association § Côte d’Ivoire Bar Association (2018) § Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London branch) § Chartered Arbitrator, Cour Commune de Justice et d’Arbitrage (OHADA) § Member, Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

LLM in Business law from the University of Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop

Master of Laws (UCAD Dakar, Senegal) 1992

LLM in International Law with Merit (University of Essex, United Kingdom) Certificate, International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, University of London

Recognitions : 

Winner TOP 100 Advisors Finance Monthly (2013, 2014) TOP Ranked, Chambers Global, since 2009 Highly Recommended IFLR 1000, Energy & Infrastructure, since 2014 Deal Maker of the Month, Finance Monthly, 2012 Jeune Afrique Top 50 African business lawyers Award, 2016, 2017 Acquisition International Arbitrator of the Year - Senegal 2016 Financial Africa TOP 18 African business lawyers Award, 2018

Recent Publications :

Doing Business in Cameroon : Key Issues to be aware of:  IFLR 2014 Legislation guide, 2014 Doing Business in Cote d’Ivoire : New steps for a more attractive business climate, IFLR 2014 Senegal Business Environment : From a local to a regional perspective, IFLR 2014 Le Nouveau Code des Investissements de Côte d’Ivoire: Focus sur les principales innovations, 2019 The liberalization of financial services in Africa, Africa Connect, Issue2, 2019 https://www.dlapiper.com/en/africa/insights/publications/2019/04/africa-connected-issue-2/the-liberalization-of-financial-services-in-africa/

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