King & Spalding LLP
The Paris-based practice at King & Spalding LLP is a market leader for project work in Algeria and North Africa more broadly, with a transactional offering that focuses primarily on energy and oil and gas matters, as well as complex corporate restructurings and acquisitions. Practice head Mehdi Haroun is licensed to appear before courts in Algeria and splits his focus between transactional and contentious work, with the energy and infrastructure sectors being key areas of strength. Counsel Nora Djeraba has a continuously growing transactional practice, and is especially strong in upstream oil and gas acquisitions, divestitures and developments.
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Key clients
- Baker Hughes GE
- Bloom/EIIC
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Work highlights
- Advising the EIIC group on an ICSID dispute against the Algerian state in relation to the development of a mega leisure park in Algiers.
- Acted for GE Power in a dispute over a $234m power plant project.
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