Expertise
International Litigation

Enforcement & Asset Recovery

Sovereign Debt

Anti-Fraud

Business law

OHADA law
Professional background
Trained with Caisse d’Epargne Auvergne Limousin

Trained with Agent judicaire of the Ministry of Economy of Ivory Coast

Trained with Eyal Chvika law firm
Education
University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Master 2 Comparative law, major in African law

University Clermont Auvergne - Master 2 in Business law - major in Banking and Finance
Languages
French

English

Spanish
Basit’s practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes

He advises and represents clients in international business litigation and also in connection with the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards/foreign judgments against sovereigns
Details of recent activities
Counsel to a North American financial advisory firm for urgent interim attachments in France to secure the payment of fees relating to a M&A transaction and to obtain a payment order against a European company

Counsel to an African company in worldwide enforcement of two ICC awards against an African state

Counsel to North American creditors/investment funds on the worldwide recognition and enforcement of a North American judgment against a South American state

Counsel to a Latin American company in a dispute with French major oil company over the exploitation of a piece of land in Latin America

Counsel to a European company to prepare enforcement of upcoming SCC arbitral award against European Sovereigns

Counsel to a foreign liquidator in the recognition of an English bankruptcy order and initiated steps to collect information in support of the bankruptcy proceedings against an international fraudster

Counsel to a Central Asian school for the recision of the sale of a piece of land

Counsel to a North American individual in the recovery of funds due by a French notary further to the sale of an apartment
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