Leading the global provision of legal counsel surrounding all litigation matters for Sonatrach – a state-owned Algerian enterprise concerned with the exploration of hydrocarbon – Hafed Nassim Stambouli is recognised as one of the preeminent in-house lawyers in the litigation space on the African continent.

Stambouli has been a fixture in the in-house legal department of Sonatrach for a decade, having first joined in 2007 and subsequently undertaking a number of different positions within it eventually attaining the role of the most senior litigation lawyer within the company. His remit is concerned with mitigating and dealing with the entire litigation portfolio of the Sonatrach business.