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GENI & KEBE
47, BOULEVARD REPUBLIQUE
IMMEUBLE SORANO 2nd FLOOR
DAKAR
Senegal
Mouhamadou Bassirou  Balde photo

Work Department

Litigation / Dispute Resolution / Tax

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Prior to joining the firm GENI & KEBE as lawyer, he previously worked in a tax firm where his responsibilities were focused on planning, tax consultation, assistance to clients in their investment projects (mining, oil, real estate, banking).

Part of his career he has published the following articles:

  • Substantial Reform of the OHADA Arbitration, LEDAF No.2, February 2018, Lextenso
  • Introduction of the Local Economic Contribution to Replace the Patent, LEDAF No.6, June 2018, Lextenso

Senegal: Fiscal reorganization of the upstream oil industry, Editions-Alexandrie, 2018

 

Languages

French / English

Memberships

Member of the Senegalese Bar Association

Education

October to December 2022: Training at Paris Bar Association and LPA-CGR Law Firm

Since 2018: Phd Candidate on Mining Law, Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal

2016 MBA in Expertise and Tax Advisory, Higher Institute of Management (ISM), Dakar, Senegal

2016 Certification on Public-Private Partnerships, World Bank Group

2015 Certification in Business Contracts and Continental Law, University Paris 2, Panthéon-Assas

2013 LLM Master in Business Law, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal

Personal

EXPERIENCE
◼ Advising CASA ORASCOM Ltd (social housing construction) in partnership with the DGPU (Délégation Générale à la Promotion des Poles Urbains de Diamniadio et du Lac Rose.
◼ Advising SOLEVO SENEGAL (Project Lima II) on a refinance with STANDARD CHARTERED BANK concerning the Facility Agreement and the Securities Agreement for a loand to EURO 150 million.
◼ Advising RINGIER DIGITAL MARKETING SA on the Shares Transfer Agreement.
◼ Advising a foreign bank on the matter of export financing for the contsruction of five regional airports in Senegal
◼ Advising RESOLUTE MINING, on the discharge of the mining licence mortgage.
◼ Advising FAMY SENEGAL SUARL tax audit of the company, in particular on transactions between Senegal and Mauritius.
Advising BPIFRANCE and SANTANDER BANK on the acquisition, by Senegal Airline, of the A330 MSN 1923 aircraft, concerning the tax matter.