Dispute Resolution
Global Guide 2024 : Africa-wide
Band 3
Email address
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+33 1 40 06 54 00Chambers Review
A&O Shearman has a longstanding commitment to Africa. It is regularly instructed in sophisticated investment treaty arbitrations, acting for sovereign states and governmental entities as well as global corporations and financial institutions. The international arbitration group offers African expertise across anglophone and francophone jurisdictions from offices in Casablanca, Johannesburg, London and Paris. In addition, the firm also regularly handles commercial litigation and internal investigations. As with its arbitration practice, much of its work in these latter fields relates to energy and petrochemicals projects. On 1st May 2024, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merged to form A&O Shearman.
Key contacts include Gerhard Rudolph in Johannesburg and Yassir Ghorbal in Casablanca.
Work Highlights
- The firm represented Group Five Power International in an arbitration against Worley Parsons South Africa arising from delays to the construction of a power plant project in Ghana.