Local Counsels:

• Adamou Coulibaly
• Valentine Meka'mne
• Albert Kongbeto
• Tribert Agondjo
• Francis Diallo
• Christophe Ballovera C.
• Herman Rakotoniary
• Moussa Hamidou Fazil
• Roger Degninou
• Kayitare François
• Diouf Fall
• Jean Bernard Padare
• Mupenzi Adolphe
• Hussein Ranchhod
• Mamboleo Omar
• Serge Médard Missamou

Hussein Ranchhod

Hussein Ranchhod is our local counsel in Ivory Coast. He is a Member of the Harare Bar Association.

His main areas of practice include general commercial law, corporate and restructuring in both international and domestic fields, public procurement.

In relation to public procurement contracts, he represents and assists clients in their relationships with public authorities and advises them on registration procedures, planning works and other issues, including related litigation.

Hussein also advises and represents regional and international clients involved in real estate development retail and construction projects. He advises on leases, acquisitions, project finance, on social, economic and environmental projects.

He equally advises clients on wind-ups and acts as liquidator of several companies across various industrial and financial sectors covering all subjects relating to wind-ups as well as labour projects.

Hussein is international practice focuses on business relations between Ivory Coast and Asia.

He assists different Asian investors in their settlement projects, whether in joint venture or not, in activity sectors such as textile industry, sports & leisure equipments, printing industry and food industry.

In Ivory Coast, he has handled a lot of legal audits, negotiations as well as the drafting of conventions for the recovery of large companies in the banking steel, energy supply, mining, transport and telecom sectors.

He acts as counsel to private and public operators, liquidator to banks and industrial companies in Ivory Coast.

He often stays in China, working in team with our local permanent corresponding office.

 

EDUCATION

From 1992 to 1994: LL.M (Master of Laws) studies in Business Law at Kenyatta University in Kenya.
From 1990 to 1992: M.A (Master of Arts) studies in Private Law at Kenyatta University.
From 1986 to 1990: University studies (undergraduate) at University of Ivory Coast.

 

LANGUAGES

French: Written: Fluent - Spoken: Medium - Read: Fluent.
English: Written: Fluent - Spoken: Fluent - Read: Fluent.
Chinese: Elementary