Roland Ziadé
Linklaters
Linklaters
Client SatisfactionLinklaters is particularly active in cases concerning Africa (Gabon and Senegal) and the Middle East, dealing with mining, natural resources, energy and construction-related issues. The Paris team, which regularly combines forces with colleagues from the firm’s other international offices, also handles M&A arbitration disputes and is present in cases pertaining to various other parts of the world including Portugal and Latin America. The team mainly acts in commercial arbitration but also manages some investment disputes while exequatur proceedings is another field of expertise. Practice head Roland Ziadé is the key figure in the team, while senior litigator Arnaud de La Cotardière and counsels Andrew Plump, Maria Mitaeva and Claudia Cavicchioli also contribute.
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Key clients
- Republic of Gabon
- Jordan Phosphate Mines Company PLC
- Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International
- Republic of Senegal
Work highlights
- Successfully represented the Republic of Gabon in obtaining the setting-aside by the Paris Court of Appeal of a EUR135m ICC arbitral award that had been rendered in favour of Groupement Santullo-Sericom in November 2019.
- Successfully represented Jordan Phosphate Mining Company in obtaining a decision from the Paris Court of Appeal in November 2021, entirely rejecting the adverse party’s setting-aside challenge to an ICC 2019 Final Arbitral Award in favour of the client.
- Successfully represented Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) in an ICC arbitration and subsequent proceedings before French courts.
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Roland Ziadé