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Aboubacar Fall

Address: 

FALL & Partners Law Offices

Villa 5031 Liberté 4

PO Box 17295 Dakar -Liberté

Dakar

Senegal

Phone Number: 
+ (221) 77 184 65 45/ 33 864 05 78
Fax Number: 
+ (221) 33 842 62 75
Email: 
fall_aboubacar@yahoo.fr
Born: 
13 January 1950 - Dakar
Languages: 
Wolof French English Spanish
Nationalities: 
Senegalese
Education: 
Certificate of Petroleum Resources Policy and Management (2010), Petrad–Stavanger (Norway)
Ph.D, International Business Law (1983), University of Rouen (France)
LL.M, Law & Marine Affairs (1993), University of Washington (Seattle)
Masters in International Transportation (1981), University of Paris-1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (France)
Masters in Private Law (1980), University of Paris-X Nanterre (France)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the Senegal Bar Association (July 1983)
Admitted to the Paris Bar Association (April 1997)
Present Position: 
Partner at GENI & KEBE Law Firm (Dakar) as of January 2015.
Professional Experience: 

From 2001 to 2014, Legal Counsel at the African Development Bank (Abidjan & Tunis); Chairman of the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF); from 1999 to 2001, Private Sector Legal Expert at the Law Reform Committee (Dakar); from 1996 to 1999, Practicing Lawyer at the Paris Bar Association; from June 1993 to July 1994, Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington (Seattle); from 1995 to 1996, Legal Consultant at the Rimlinger-Amiel Law Offices in Paris; from 1990 to 1993, Managing Partner at FALL & Associates in Dakar; from 1985 to 1990, Of Counsel at different law firms in Paris including Holman Fenwick & Willan (Solicitors), Villeneau-Rohart-Simon and Lassez & Associes.

Professional Associations: 

London Couer of International Arbitration (LCIA) ,, Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), African Law Institute (ALI), IBA, ABA Section of International Law, International Law Association (ILA) Swiss Arbitration Association, International Arbitration Institute, Association for the Promotion of OHADA Law (UNIDA), Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).

Arbitration Experience: 

Between 1985 and 1990, participated in the preparation and submission of several briefs in the context of international maritime disputes handled by the Chambre Arbitrale Maritime de Paris (CAMP). Further, in 1999 while in practicing lawyer in Paris, was involved, as a counsel for the Senegal Maritime Navigation Company (COSENAM), in an arbitration procedure in London. The dispute was settled before the hearings took place. Further, have delivered a presentation on “Defence and Illustration of Lex Mercatoria in International Maritime Arbitration: the case study of ‘extra-contractual detention’ in voyage charterpaty disputes” at the 12th International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA) held in Paris in 1998.

Areas of Specialization: 
Banking & Finance
International Commercial Arbitration
Investment
Mining and Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Shipping
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Le nouveau droit de l’exéquatur au Sénégal in Le Droit Maritime Français 2004 “La prescription extinctive de l’action nee de contrats de charte-partie.” In Le Droit Maritime Francais- 1986; “A propos de la regle “once on demurrage, always on demurrage” in Le Droit Maritime Francais 1986;  “L’arbitrage : une voie alternative pour le reglement des litiges commerciaux” in Echanges Commerciaux No 5 – 1991; “La detention extra-contractuelles du navire dans le cadre d’une charte partie au voyage “ in Le Droit Maritime Francais 1998; “Defence and Illustration of Lex Mercatoria in International Maritime Arbitration: the case study of “extra-contractual detention “ in voyage charterparty disputes” Paper presented at the 12th International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA – Paris 1998) and published in Journal of International Arbitration – 1997;  “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Senegal” in IBA Arbitration and ADR Committee NewsLetter. May 2004.