CÔTE D’IVOIRE Law and Practice Contributed by: Andy Lionel Biaou, Evelyne Biaou and Marine Quintric, Houda Law Firm
Houda Law Firm is a multi-sectoral and multi - disciplinary law firm based in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. The firm has a total staff of 53 people, comprising a team of lawyers, jurists and pa - ralegals. The staff work in French and English to ensure the satisfaction of local and interna - tional clients. Houda Law Firm provides legal advice and assistance to a diverse clientele in
a variety of practice areas, including business law, insurance law, banking and finance, public and private international law, contract law, min - ing, oil and gas, renewable energy, and tax. The firm has proven expertise in the energy and ex - tractive sector, as well as in PPPs, banking and finance, and corporate and commercial law.
Authors
Andy Lionel Biaou is an attorney registered at the Ivorian Bar. Prior to joining Houda Law Firm, where he is a managing associate, Andy accumulated more than ten years of
Evelyne Biaou is a legal counsel and team leader at Houda Law Firm in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. She is involved in due diligence, incorporation and structuring of commercial companies,
experience as a legal practitioner and attorney at KSK and FDKA law firms in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. He has acquired solid skills in the fields of business law and litigation. Andy regularly intervenes in administrative contracts (public procurement, PPP), corporate law, foreign exchange regulations, commercial law, labour law, consultations, legal opinions, collective proceedings, banking and insurance, due diligence, telecommunications, personal data processing, and energy.
providing assistance and advice to companies, and monitoring the firm’s invoicing and debt collection. Before joining the firm, Evelyne worked as a legal counsel and supervisor at a reputable law firm in Abidjan, where she acquired solid skills in the field of business law and benefited from almost ten years of practical experience. Evelyne’s areas of expertise include business and corporate law, contract law, M&A, labour law, banking law and mining law.
Marine Quintric has been a lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2019 and practises as a senior legal counsel at Houda Law Firm in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Marine has specialised in international
arbitration and litigation and now focuses on areas such as commercial law, contract law, telecommunications, banking law, financing, and project development in Africa. She has been advising companies in France and Côte d’Ivoire on strategic and complex issues in various sectors for more than five years.
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