Organization
Our firm is fully integrated and structured around 4 Desks designed to respond in the most efficient way to the specific needs of our clients. We are acquainted to “task-force mode” when end-to-end support is needed.
DESK
ADVISORY, NEGOTIATION, TRANSACTION
We support our clients at all stages of their investments and their organic or external growth projects. Our sequential approach enables us to handle:
- Feasability studies and due diligence process.
- Negotiation, drafting and implementation of appropriate contractual architectures (new investments, M&A, Private Equity, bilateral or syndicated financing, etc.).
- Operational phase monitoring (contractual and regulatory follow-up, foreign exchange control and repatriation of dividends, assignment and exit strategy etc.).
Our Desk also supports our clients within national and international tender procedures and has strong experience in matters related to public procurements and complex public contracts.
Our team has accompanied several dozens of investors over the last few years.
DESK
CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY, INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Construction and infrastructure projects are one of our strong specialties at Alvisory. We have developed more than two decades of experience in accompanying major infrastructure clients in all aspects of their project lifecycle, from the early stages of financing, development and design to implementation, construction and close-out.
Energy law, and more increasingly, renewable energies, are another of our leading practice. Our team, undisputed leader in energy law since 30 years, benefits from some of the most solid experience in the Africa & MENA region.
We are present in North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe on projects of national and transnational scope.
We are renowned for our ability to resolve intricate situations and support our clients through all the complex difficulties encountered in the course of their project, always finding ways to minimise disputes in uncertain economic and political environments and achieve shared project objectives at local and international levels.
We have been, and are currently, involved in many ICC arbitration cases for clients in the construction and energy sector.
DESK
PUBLIC AFFAIRS, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, LITIGATION
We know that each project entails a certain level of uncertainty and specific risks. However, our experience enables us to reduce significantly our clients’ exposure to exogenous threats, through:
- Crafting and implementing institutional strategy aiming at securing our clients’ projects from legal and regulatory perspective.
- Preventive and curative crisis management, when needed, in close collaboration with headquarters of international groups.
- Lodging legal and administrative litigation action and representing our clients in front of regulatory bodies.
Our team also has a significant experience in compliance matters and has guided major clients to align their internal procedures with relevant regulatory framework. We work in close collaboration with IT services partners in order to back our regulatory screenings with technological audits.
During the last two years, our team has handled several hundred litigation files for a rate of more than 80% favorable decisions.
DESK
TECH THE LEAD
We are convinced that the new challenges triggered by resources’ scarcity call for cutting-edge solutions based on creativity, intelligence and sustainability.
We are at the forefront of the dynamics of emergence of new digital ecosystems and we have built a recognized and original practice on legal issues related to innovation. Our Desk « Tech the lead »:
- Supports Tech champions in a vast array of matters related to fintechs, blockchain, platformization or AI for predictive use.
- Actively contributes to the enactment of innovation-friendly regulatory frameworks adapted to new « business models ».
- Makes available our various networks of Business Angels and Family Offices to support innovative project holders and start-uppers in their search for financing and their integration into new value chains.
We are also particularly aware of the importance of personal data management and support our clients in their commercial and organizational strategy, especially through DPOs outsourcing.