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Julien Gontier

Julien Gontier is Counsel in the International Arbitration and Litigation team at Gide's Algiers office. As part of his experience in Algeria, Julien assists multinationals and Algerian private and public companies in international arbitration, mediation and expert appraisal proceedings, as well as in major disputes before local courts. He also advises economic operators on infrastructure projects, both at the contracting stage and during implementation. Julien has acted in arbitration proceedings relating to various sectors, such as infrastructure and construction projects (cement industry, water desalination etc.), the performance of company management contracts, raw materials supply contracts and relations between partners of companies. Julien holds a postgraduate diploma in Business and Economic Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and is a graduate of the Magistère de Droit des Activités Economiques from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2007.

Samy Laghouati

Samy Laghouati is a partner in charge of Gide's Algiers office, which he set up in 2003. He focuses exclusively on projects and investments in Algeria, assisting and advising both Algerian public bodies and foreign investors. He deals mainly with joint ventures, major infrastructure projects and company acquisitions and disposals. Over the last twenty years, he has been involved in the creation of the main mixed industrial companies between Algerian public entities such as Sonatrach, Sonelgaz, Asmidal, Sider and foreign partners such as Total Energies, General Electric, Volkswagen, Siemens, Renault, Air Liquide, Linde Gas. He has also developed a practice and expertise in settling disputes between partners and shareholders in the context of complex partnerships (joint ventures, consortiums, state contracts) before both local courts and international arbitration tribunals. Samy holds a DEA (post-graduate diploma), a DESS (post-graduate diploma) and a Magistère de Juriste Conseil d'Entreprise (post-graduate diploma in corporate law) from the University of Montpellier. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1996 and joined the firm in 2002.