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Provided by Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes is an international firm with a singular focus: managing international disputes in a result-oriented and integrated manner.

Our practices cover the entire spectrum of disputes management. We represent companies, States and State-owned entities in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations under all major arbitration rules in respect of disputes governed by a wide range of applicable laws, including international law, English law, French law, US law, Egyptian law and the laws of the Middle East, as well as Colombian and Brazilian law, amongst others. We are able to conduct arbitral proceeding in nineteen languages, including English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Russian and Portuguese.

Chambers Review

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Dispute Resolution - Africa-wide

3

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes (GBS) is a Paris-based international arbitration boutique which was founded in 2021. Its admired team possesses experience in disputes occurring across a wide range of industries, including energy, mining and oil and gas. The firm already enjoys an excellent reputation as a go-to group for major investment treaty and commercial arbitration cases, and also demonstrates considerable expertise in enforcement and asset tracing matters.

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Work Highlights

GBS represented the People's Republic of Algeria in a dispute with Qalaa Holdings relating to a high-value investment in Algeria's cement industry.

Strengths

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The lawyers of this firm provide us with high-quality legal advice, outlining the different options available to us and involving us at each stage in the implementation of the strategy.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Global

The team understands client expectations from a technical point of view and is very responsive, providing concrete answers to any questions or concerns.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Global

GBS is able to perfectly master the factual and technical issues specific to large-scale projects and their related disputes.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Global

The lawyers of this firm provide us with high-quality legal advice, outlining the different options available to us and involving us at each stage in the implementation of the strategy.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Global

The team understands client expectations from a technical point of view and is very responsive, providing concrete answers to any questions or concerns.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Global

GBS is able to perfectly master the factual and technical issues specific to large-scale projects and their related disputes.

Dispute Resolution respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Yas Banifatemi

1

Band 1

Founding partner Yas Banifatemi is a well-respected international arbitration lawyer with notable market recognition for her expertise in investment treaty arbitration and other commercial disputes. She has considerable experience representing North African states and global corporations in sensitive and high-stakes proceedings.

Yas has extensive expertise in complex, high-stakes arbitration coupled with a great capacity to come up with legal strategies and good advice.

I admire her - she is unbelievably skilled.

4

Maude Lebois

4

Band 4

Paris-based Maude Lebois has a strong focus on energy and construction disputes originating in francophone Africa.

She listens to our needs and always makes herself available to respond to them. She has a pragmatic approach and quickly understands technically complex issues.

Faced with strategic choices, she clearly explains each of the options available to us, with their advantages and disadvantages, then we discuss them together to choose the best option.

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Dispute Resolution

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Yas Banifatemi

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Band 1

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Maude Lebois

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Band 4

Members

Provided by Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Mohamed Shelbaya

Clients

Provided by Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)

Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)

Sportfive EMEA (formerly Lagardère Sports)

The Arab Republic of Egypt

The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria