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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‘This practice's excellent track record is already proven. They are fully dedicated; their teams are construed in a manner to cover all the needs of a specific case and their work is fully integrated. They are a machine.’
‘The team is from diverse horizons, they are totally dedicated to your case.’
‘Mehdi Haroun: He was, from a formal standpoint, outstanding, notwithstanding the fact that he was particularly competent and vigilant from an academic and operational point of view.'
‘Mehdi Haroun is an exceptional lawyer with an exceptional knowledge of the French and Algerian laws and principles paired with an outstanding strategic management of arbitrations. His experience in construction issues in challenging areas of the world makes him one of the best lawyers in his field.’
Key clients
- Baker Hughes GE
- Bloom/EIIC
- GE Power
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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Practice head
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Mehdi Haroun