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Administrative Law: Banking and Financial services
Arbitration: Charities
Company and corporate law: Energy
Litigation and alternative dispute resolution: Healthcare and Pharmacies
Employment and Labour Law: Insurance
Environment Law: Mining
Governance and Legal Reform: Oil and Gas
Public-Private Partnerships: Manufacturing
Business and Human Rights: Retail
Intellectual Property: Real Estate, Property and Construction
Mergers and Acquisitions: Technology, Media and Communications
Tax: Transport
Mouhamed Kebe is Managing Partner of Geni & Kebe a member of DLA Piper Africa. He is admitted to practice in Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal.
He has over 30 years of experience in the field of commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and domestic litigation in Africa.
He acts for states and their entities, as well as for corporate clients in all types of disputes, focusing on energy and natural resources, infrastructure, telecommunications, banking and finance. Advises on corporate transactions, major projects and public-private partnerships, with a particular focus on the mining and energy sectors.
He sits also as arbitrator serving as tribunal chair, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator with arbitrator appointments under the rules of ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, CCJA.
He has lectured and published extensively on questions dealing with investment treaties, including a recent book on ‘’the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Africa.’’
He is a member of the Court of Arbitration of the ICC, a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA, and a member of the panel of arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).
Member of the Senegalese Bar Association
Member of Cote d’Ivoire Bar
Law Society of England & Wales
The Court of Arbitration of the ICC,
Member of the panel of arbitrators of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA,
Member of the panel of arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC
Doing Business in Cameroon : Key Issues to be aware of: IFLR 2014 Legislation guide, 2014
Doing Business in Cote d’Ivoire : New steps for a more attractive business climate, IFLR 2014
Senegal Business Environment : From a local to a regional perspective, IFLR 2014
Le Nouveau Code des Investissements de Côte d’Ivoire: Focus sur les principales innovations, 2019
The liberalization of financial services in Africa, Africa Connect, Issue2, 2019
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/africa/insights/publications/2019/04/africa-connected-issue-2/the-liberalization-of-financial-services-in-africa/
Winner TOP 100 Advisors Finance Monthly (2013, 2014)
TOP Ranked, Chambers Global, since 2009
Highly Recommended IFLR 1000, Energy & Infrastructure, since 2014
Deal Maker of the Month, Finance Monthly, 2012
Jeune Afrique Top 50 African business lawyers Award, 2016, 2017
Acquisition International Arbitrator of the Year - Senegal 2016
Financial Africa TOP 18 African business lawyers Award, 2018
He is qualified to practice in the 17 OHADA member states due to their unified business laws (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Republic of Congo, Senegal and Togo).
Represented Oracle on a claim before the Employment Court of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Represented BBC on a claim before the Employment Court of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Advised SANOFI on regulatory labour issues in Ivory Coast
Represented Plan International in a class action claim in Guinea
Represented Microsoft on a redundancy claim in Senegal
Advised Nokia for the closure of physical offices in Mali & Niger
Advised Facebook on regulatory labour issues in Senegal
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Chambers Global
2024
BRITISH PETROLEUM
KOSMOS ENERGY
SINOPEC
ENGEN PETROLEUM
WOODSIDE PETROLEUM
ECOPETROL a Colombian company
MINISTRY OF ENERGY, THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD
TOTAL ENERGY
PETROSEN
CONOCO PHILIPS
CATERPILLAR
JINDAL STEEL
◼ Jindal Steel & Power, a company registered in India on a BOT contract with SENELEC, the State Senegalese energy company. Through the agreement Jindal will build, develop, finance, insure, own, operate and maintain a Power Station of 300 MW coal connected to the Senelec Grid. Jindal will also sell energy to Senelec
◼ Advised Abhijeet Group on an electricity equity investment in Senegal
◼ Advised Cairn Energy, a company registered under Scotland law on legal aspects of oil and gas license exploration under Senegalese law
◼ Advised ERDF, a company registered under Senegalese law on the regulatory framework of the electricity sector in Senegal
◼ Advised Caterpillar, a company registered in Texas (USA) on a Power Purchase Agreement with SENELEC, the State Senegalese energy company
◼ Advised Conoco Phillips, on legal issues regarding gas exploration and production under Senegalese law
◼ Advised Ecopetrol, a company registered in Colombia on a PSC project with PETROSEN, the State Senegalese hydrocarbon company
◼ Advised TOTAL SENEGAL, the Senegalese branch of TOTAL on several due diligence in relation to legal issues regarding hydrocarbon under Senegalese law
◼ Advising the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Chad and the Energy Regulatory Authority for the drafting of concessional PPP models in the energy sector in Chad◼ Advising Cairn Energy, with joint venture partners FAR, Conoco Philips and later Woodside on Senegal’s first off-shore oil discovery including:
- Sangomar project (SNE): legal due diligence on the legal framework governing the hydrocarbon sector in Senegal
- Assessment of oil contracts related to the SNE/Sangomar project
- Assisting the Consortium on the negotiation of the Host State Agreement with government of the Republic of Senegal
◼ Advising Kosmos Energy in relation to Senegalese legal and regulatory issues
◼ Advising Woodside Petroleum on Senegalese law requirements (Oil and Gas, corporate, Tax)
◼ Advising Colombian company Ecopetrol on the legal environment of the hydrocarbons sector in Senegal
◼ Advising SINOPEC on legal and regulatory issues related to the oil & gas sector in Mauritania
◼ Advising Engen Petroleum on the sale of a subsidiary in Guinea Bissau
◼ Advising British Petroleum regarding on:
- Incorporate a company in Senegal
- Licenses required for importation and storage activities
- Employee Requirements
◼ Advising British Petroleum regarding Bunkering operations in Senegal and Mauritania
Provided by Chambers
Mouhamed Kebe is a top-quality lawyer who advises on a wide range of matters, including project finance, commercial contracts, real estate law and infrastructure developments. He serves as managing partner of the firm and is based in Dakar. He is qualified at the Senegalese Bar.
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With his extensive experience, Mouhamed clearly understands the challenges of transactions and is responsive to the client's needs.
With his extensive experience, Mouhamed clearly understands the challenges of transactions and is responsive to the client's needs.
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Impact of U.S. Government’s suspension of international aid on implementation partners in Senegal
At the wake of President Trump decision with regards to USAID, our lawyers have taken the necessary steps in informing and educating our readers and clients of the impacts and solutions.
The New Investment Code in Cote d'Ivoire: A focus on key innovations
Cote d'Ivoire has adopted a new investment code through Ordinance No. 2018-646 of 1 August 2018. This text repeals Ordinance No. 2012-487 of 7 June 2012 on the Investment Code amended 2015.
MOUHAMED KEBE APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE ICC’S INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATION
GENI & KEBE's Managing Partner, Mouhamed Kebe, has been appointed as a member of the ICC's International Court of Arbitration. Mr Kebe is one of 41 new members from 38 countries who will join the Court on 1 July 2017.
Impact of U.S. Government’s suspension of international aid on implementation partners in Senegal
At the wake of President Trump decision with regards to USAID, our lawyers have taken the necessary steps in informing and educating our readers and clients of the impacts and solutions.
The New Investment Code in Cote d'Ivoire: A focus on key innovations
Cote d'Ivoire has adopted a new investment code through Ordinance No. 2018-646 of 1 August 2018. This text repeals Ordinance No. 2012-487 of 7 June 2012 on the Investment Code amended 2015.
MOUHAMED KEBE APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE ICC’S INTERNATIONAL COURT OF ARBITRATION
GENI & KEBE's Managing Partner, Mouhamed Kebe, has been appointed as a member of the ICC's International Court of Arbitration. Mr Kebe is one of 41 new members from 38 countries who will join the Court on 1 July 2017.
