Bennani & Associés LLP offers a comprehensive dispute resolution practice, providing expertise in commercial arbitration and conventional litigation across a range of sectors, including construction, tax, and intellectual property. The firm is well-positioned to manage multi-jurisdictional disputes due to its strong regional presence across North, West, and Central Africa, and its experience counselling multi-national corporations. Slimane Abdelhami is a recent addition to the team as head of litigation, and he is supported by Mourad Seghir, a New York-qualified lawyer who is renowned for his work in international arbitration.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Algiers office of the law firm offers legal assistance, having standards of quality above average for the country.'

  • 'The Law Firm is dependable, reliable, and shows a good attitude to consider any emerging need presented by the client.'
  • ‘Mourad Seghir is available to meet the client's emerging needs or to provide legal explanations on the progress of activities entrusted.'

  • ‘They have excellent legal knowledge and can provide advice in English which is a plus for law firms in Algeria.'

  • ‘Mourad Seghir is a very professional attorney at law and managing partner.'

  • ‘Mourad Seghir is responsive, experienced and efficient.'

Key clients

  • Abbott
  • AXA
  • Azadea
  • Bluworld
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • BP
  • Consortium of Centrotherm International AG
  • Kinetics Germany GMBH
  • EVATHERM AG
  • Eusider
  • Gucci
  • Interstarch

Work highlights

Acting for Studio Altieri and Ital Consult in a dispute involving the construction of the 40,000-capacity Douera football stadium in Algiers.
Acting for M+W Group GmbH in relation to a payment claim introduced against the Algiers Governorate for the construction of the new Medicine University of Algiers.
Assisting Itron in an important commercial litigation against ENAMC concerning a sale contract for meter-reading equipment.

Practice head

Mourad Seghir; Slimane Abdelhami