Dispute Resolution
Global Guide 2024 : Africa-wide
Band 5
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Provided by ASAFO & CO.
ASAFO & CO.’s dispute resolution and international arbitration department provides seamless coverage and handling of clients’ disputes, whether before national courts, community courts of justice, regulatory bodies or international arbitral tribunals.
The team has longstanding relationships with many international clients, including energy and natural resources clients, industrial clients, aeronautical clients, as well as African states.
Chambers Review
ASAFO is a specialist Africa-focused law firm with broad capabilities in litigation and arbitration. The firm has noteworthy experience representing sovereign states in public international law cases concerning disputed land and maritime boundaries. It is also active on contentious regulatory matters as well as commercial arbitration proceedings arising from terminated contracts and defaults on loan agreements.
Work Highlights
- ASAFO represented the Republic of Congo in an ongoing border dispute with the Republic of Angola.
Strengths
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"I appreciate the team's focus on client satisfaction. The lawyers meet all deadlines and communicate well."
"I appreciate the team's focus on client satisfaction. The lawyers meet all deadlines and communicate well."
Notable Practitioners
Charles Kaplan is an accomplished international arbitrator and arbitration counsel who is commended by sources for his extensive experience in investment treaty arbitrations, as well as in contentious matters relating to distribution agreements, loan recovery issues and construction projects. He recently joined ASAFO's Paris office after leaving Orrick.
"Charles is a trusted adviser. He is very knowledgeable and a sharp litigator, who is great at assisting us."
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Provided by ASAFO & CO.
Aeronautical
Energy
Industrial