Bio

Mehdi Haroun specializes in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, particularly in the energy (oil & gas, power) and infrastructure sectors (major infrastructure projects), covering France and French speaking countries, in particular North Africa. A partner in our Paris office, Mehdi represents clients in various types of projects and transactions, as well as related disputes. Mehdi is one of the few international law firms partners qualified to practice in France and Algeria. Mehdi works with leading energy and infrastructure clients on mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and restructurings, as well as on project development, finance and dispute resolution relating specifically to these areas. A dual French and Algerian lawyer, he works mainly with clients and projects in France, North Africa (from Mauritania to Egypt) and Francophone Africa. Mehdi has extensive experience in upstream oil and gas, including large unconventional projects, as well as downstream and midstream. He has also worked on several power projects, both on conventional (various IPPs and IWPPs in North Africa and France) and renewables (PV, CSP, Biomass, Wind and Hydro), and also on nuclear projects in France. He advised throughout the energy value chain: from company/asset acquisition or divestiture as well as greenfield/brownfield project development. He also advised on several industrial projects in France and North Africa, mainly in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya advising both Owners, developers and EPC Contractors. In addition, Mehdi has been involved in several international arbitrations relating to energy and infrastructure projects, both for breach of BITs and breach of contracts under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitration rules. Fluent in French, English and Arabic, Mehdi is a Board Member of the Franco Arab Chamber of Commerce, as well as a member of the Algerian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. He was the Algerian representative at the ICC Court of Arbitration for four consecutive years. Mehdi also regularly lectures in project finance and hydrocarbons laws at the University of Montpellier (France).