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Mouhamed Kebe advises on corporate and investment transactions in sub-Saharan Africa.

With extensive experience supporting clients in emerging markets in Africa, Mouhamed advises on major projects in the infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors. He has acted on a number of landmark development transactions in the region. Mouhamed oversees commercial transactions, including joint ventures, corporate restructuring and project finance.

Mouhamed’s practice also includes international and investment arbitration. He is a chartered arbitrator with the OHADA Court of Arbitration, a member of the Arbitration Court of the ICC and a member of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).

Experience has included advising:

  • The SNE-1 joint venture (Cairn Energy / Woodside Petroleum / FAR) on the largest global offshore oil discovery  in Senegal
  • Commerzbank AG on the financing of the Burkina Faso Government for the construction of health infrastructure and supply of equipment in Burkina Faso
  • The Government of Mauritania on the drafting and implementation of its new Commercial Code
  • The State of Burkina Faso on the assessment of the State’s mining projects and conventions 
  • The State of Chad, on the drafting and implementation of a new law related to electric energy 
  • The State of Senegal, on the drafting and implementation of a new law related to enforcement of contracts and investment protection 
  • Millicom on the sale of its subsidiary in Senegal and on a litigation claim brought during the sale process
  • China Export-Import Bank on the financing for the Senegalese government's Mbour-Thies Expressway project
  • Plan International, on a class action before the Court of Appeal of Conakry, Guinea
  • China Export-Import Bank on the financing for the government of Chad for the modernization of the public sector of information and telecommunication 
  • KEC in a case before the Sanctions Commission of the African Development Bank

Professional Qualifications

  • Avocat à la cour admitted to the Senegalese Bar (1993)
  • Avocat à la cour admitted to Ivory Coast Bar (2018)
  • Law Society of England and Wales (International Division)

Education

  • University of London, Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration (2013)
  • University of Essex, United Kingdom, LL.M. (2009)
  • University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal, LL.M. (1997)
  • University of Cheikh Anta Diop,Senegal, LL.B. (1992)
  • Senior Executive Program Africa, Harvard Business School, 2024 
  • Certificate in Investment Arbitration, Georgetown University, 2019   

Recognition

  • Ranked in Band 1 in Chambers and Partners Global since 2008
  • Leading Individual, Legal 500, 2024 
  • Listed in Who’s Who Legal – Mining since 2015
  • Named as one of Francophone Africa’s Top 50 lawyers in Jeune Afrique since 2017
  • Ranked as a Leading Lawyer in IFLR1000 since 2014

Memberships

  • Arbitration Court of the ICC
  • African Arbitration Association
  • International Bar Association
  • China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) 

Mouhamed Kebe featured in international arbitration textbook

Managing Partner Mouhamed Kebe was several world-renowned academics and practitioners featured in an international arbitration textbook. In his contribution, Kebe explores the new trends in the extractive industries, some of the most important industries on the continent, and how these trends have resulted in a more hybrid, supranational system of law resolving investment-related disputes. 

Resolving infrastructure and energy disputes in sub-Saharan Africa

Africa has the world’s lowest use per capita of modern energy. The need for infrastructure buildings and projects are higher than in any other region in the world, and therefore the energy and infrastructure sectors are of paramount importance given their key role for economic and social growth.

Legal 500 recognizes Geni & Kebe

Geni & Kebe, a member of the DLA Piper Africa group, has been recognized once again as a Tier 1 leading law firm by the Legal 500.