Feriel Caid Essebsi

Associate

Languages spoken
French | English | Arabic | Spanish

About Feriel

Feriel Caid Essebsi practice focuses on the arbitration of commercial and investment disputes. Feriel assists French and international companies in court and arbitration proceedings.

In addition to French and English, Feriel speaks Arabic and Spanish.

Experience

  • Advising a creditor of an insolvent company in a conciliation procedure.
  • Participated in an ICC arbitration regarding the interpretation of a shareholder agreement and the valuation of shares.
  • Participated in several investment arbitration cases involving a North African state, including one related to expropriation.
  • Assisting in the establishment of foreign companies in Qatar.
  • Participated in an ICC dispute regarding the construction of a landing airstrip.
  • Participated in a commercial arbitration involving a shareholder dispute in the cigarette production sector, governed by OHADA law.
  • Working on disputes involving contractual liability, breach of commercial relations, distribution and franchising, unfair competition and cross-border corporate litigation involving private international law issues.
  • Negotiating settlement agreements, conciliation protocols and commercial contracts.
  • Participated in conventional mediations.
  • Conducting legal and judicial risks analysis on strategic and procedural alternatives for clients.
  • Assisting in legal expertise proceedings in the context of construction law disputes.

Credentials

Education
  • Universite Paris Descartes, Master II, International Business Law, with honors, 2020
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, LL.M., Arab World and Middle East, with honors, 2019
  • Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Master I, Business Law, with honors, 2018
  • Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Bachelor in Law, Licence, 2017
Admissions
  • Paris, 2022

Expertise

Services
International Dispute Resolution