issam mokni

senior legal counsel

About

Reactivity and intelligence are the key to success and improvement. Through my work experience,I have learned to be professional, result-focused and to deal with various issues to overcome by finding the approriate solution. Although I am professionnaly highly autonomous, I like working as a team when the opportunity arises. My objective would be to continue improving and taking up challenges in order to achieve my full potential.

Country

côte d’ivoire

City

côte d’ivoire

Industry

law practice

Skill

corporate law, legal assistance, competition law, due diligence, french, legal advice, legal research, commercial litigation, dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, legal writing, english, international law, corporate governance, project finance, negotiation, legal compliance, trademarks, intellectual property, corporate finance, legal services, legal support, oil and gas, oil and gas exploration, international arbitration, employment law, business networking, project management

Experience

senior legal counsel

african development bank

2018-5 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

Senior Legal counsel in the public sector division of the Bank's legal department

founder

mokni law firm

2016-1 - 2018-4 · 2 yrs 4 mos

legal consultant

african development bank

2017-3 - 2018-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

ilfa secondee

watson farley & williams

2015-9 - 2015-12 · 4 mos

* Secondment in the framework of the "International Lawyer For Africa" programme (i.e. capacity building programme for African experienced business lawyer). it is composed of effective work within the hosting law firm and high value training sessions on relevant subjects (project financing in mining and telco * corpoate finance * M&A * oil & gas * negotiation * private equity * trade finance * Public private partnerships * contracting the Government,...) provided by the best UK City Law Firms involved in this Programme (Ashurst, Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose Fulbright, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Watson Farley & Williams, Baker & Mckenzie, White & Case, Mayer Brown, ....)

senior associate

ferchiou & associés

2010-10 - 2015-11 · 5 yrs 2 mos

* all aspects of business law * Mostly dedicated to Oil & Gas: * due diligence for the acquisition of onshore interests in hydrocarbons concessions and researche permits * assistance for the negotiation and the process of obtaining hydrocarbons research permit in Tunisia (Conventional/unconventional) * Assistance in the set up of an oil & gas related entity (seismic acquisition service company) taking into account its specific framework in Tunisia) * review of oil swap deal agreement, oil trucking contract, gas sale and purchase agreement,...