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Habibatou Touré

 

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Habibatou Touré
I practise/work in
  • International Arbitration
  • International Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Mrs
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Habibatou Touré
Gender
Female
Country
Senegal
Country of Birth
Senegal
Nationalities
Senegalese
Languages
French
English
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Arbitrator
  • Counsel
  • Mediator/Conciliator
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
1-5
Number of Cases as Co-Arbitrator in international arbitration
1-5
Number of Cases as International Mediator/Conciliator
1-5
Areas of Speciality
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • International Investment Disputes
  • Investment law
  • Public International Law
Other Speciality (Please Specify)
public private partnership & mining
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
- Montpellier University - Master of Law in Arbitration Law with merit – (2018)
- University of London Postgraduate certificate of law with merit (2016
- University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne Master in Public Law (2014)
- Certificate of capacity Paris Bar 1995
- Post graduate University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne in Economic International Law (1993)
- Master in International Law University of Paris I Panthéon (1992)
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
ICC
CCJA
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
Attorney at Law Paris Bar since 2005
Associate Herbert Smith Paris office 2001-2005
Associate François Sarr & Partner (Dakar (2000)
Associate Georges Glasco Office (Los Angeles USA) 1999
Biography
Habibatou Touré est Avocat au Barreau de Paris depuis 24 ans. Après une spécialisation en droit international économique et droit des pays d’Afrique en France Habibatou Touré a travaillé aux Etats-Unis avant de rejoindre le département financement de projet d’un cabinet international où elle a travaillé sur des projets miniers, pétroliers et d’infrastructures.

Elle intervient particulièrement en matière de financement de projets, PPP, contrats internationaux, marchés internationaux, constitution de sociétés et joint-venture, dans les secteurs variés (transports terrestres (train, routes, bus eau, électricité, transports aériens), et ressources naturelles (mines, hydrocarbures).

Habibatou Touré parle couramment anglais et français. Elle rédige également et négocie la documentation juridique dans ces deux langues.

Conseil pour des Etats ou des sociétés d’Etat, elle est également sollicitée par d’autres personnes publiques nationales ou internationales en matière de concessions, délégations de services publics et marchés publics. Elle les assiste notamment lors des phases pré-contentieuse et en.

Elle est arbitre à la CCJA et à la Chambre de Commerce Internationale de Paris.

Habibatou figure parmi le top des avocats d’affaires classés au Sénégal par le Chambers Leading Firm et le « International Financial Law Review » l’a classé « rising star » pour le Sénégal et parmi les 1000 cabinets d’avocats de référence en matière d’infrastructures et fusion /acquisitions.

Habibatou Touré has been a member of the Paris Bar for 24 years. After specialising in international economic law and the law of African countries in France, Habibatou Touré worked in the United States before joining the project finance department of an international law firm where she worked on mining, oil and infrastructure projects.

She is particularly involved in project finance, PPP, international contracts, international markets, company formation and joint ventures, in various sectors (land transport (train, roads, water buses, electricity, air transport), and natural resources (mining, hydrocarbons).

Habibatou Touré is fluent in English and French. She also drafts and negotiates legal documentation in both languages.

As a counsel for States/ State-owned companies, it is also called upon by private companies or other national or international public entities in matters of concessions, public service delegations and public contracts. It assists them in particular during the pre-litigation and litigation phases.

She is an arbitrator at the CCJA and at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

Habibatou is among the top business lawyers ranked in Senegal by Chambers Leading Firm and the International Financial Law Review has ranked her as a "rising star" for Senegal and among the 1000 leading law firms in the field of infrastructure and mergers/acquisitions.
Legal Background
  • International Law
Qualified in (specify jurisdiction(s))
French Law
Senegalese Law
OHADA Law
WAEMU Law
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Charter parties
  • Concessions
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Share Purchase/Joint Venture
List arbitration/ADR articles, book chapters, books and where published
Senegal chapter Herbert Smith multijurisdictional review of dispute resolution in Africa legal guide second edition 2016

Senegal chapter Herbert Smith multijurisdictional review of dispute resolution in Africa legal guide first edition 2013



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